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First Bus is introducing the largest fleet of zero emission buses in West Yorkshire. A fleet of 57 electric buses sourced by Wrightbus is beginning to appear on the network and due to be completed by the end of March. The bus operator made the announcement today Tuesday 5 March as directors joined w...

Solaris is using the opportunity of Mobility Move 2024 in Berlin to present a new version of its best-seller, i.e. the Solaris Urbino 12 electric bus featuring an innovative propulsion design and new batteries providing “an impressive range”, ...

“Significant growth in sales and profits and continued progress in sustainability performance“, this, in the extreme, extreme summary, is the content of the Annual and Sustainability Report released by Scania, which details its financial, social and environmental performance in 2023. Sca...

From September 17-22, 2024, IAA Transportation returns to Hannover. In recent weeks we have written about how the incoming edition includes an interesting novelty on the bus&coach side, as there will be an outdoor theme park dedicated to bus&coach. In recent years, the vocation of the Hannov...

by Stefano Alfano Benr chooses the trolleybus again. And it does so in grand style. Bernmobil, the operator of public transport in Bern, has signed a contract with Hess for the delivery of 13 24-metre double-articulated trolleybuses, model lighTram® 25 DC, similar to the 14 already in operation sinc...

Zero emission buses adopted in the US have been growing 12 percent in 2023 according to CALSTART survey Zeroing on Zero-emission buses (that takes into account electric buses both ordered and deployed). A total of 6,147 vehicles are counted for the US (dated as of September 2023). In 2023, still acc...

by Stefano Alfano Lyon, one of the cities with excellent electric public transport, will soon see its tram network expanded. The construction of two new tram lines, the T9 and T10, will soon begin, adding to the 7 existing lines and the Rhonexpress line. The network expansion plan continues apace: t...

The supervisory boards of MAN and Traton have extended his contract until November 2029 ahead of schedule, MAN states in a press note. Vlaskamp has been in charge of MAN Truck & Bus since the end of 2021, following Andreas Tostmann. Vlaskamp’s former roles included working for Scania in Germany and ...

The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) announced it is investing a further 53.4 million euros in the procurement of buses with climate-friendly drive systems and the associated infrastructure. Parliamentary State Secretary Daniela Kluckert today presented funding certif...

Lion E-Mobility has achieved a 12 million euros battery pack order from Karsan. It has not been specified on which models Lion battery will be mounted. So far Karsan has been sourcing battery modules from Chinese giant CATL for the e-bus range e-ATA launched in 2021 (and BMW from the shortest in th...