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Valeo has chosen the stage of Bus2Bus in Berlin, scheduled for April 24-25, to introduce to the market the latest “E-Cooler” battery cooling system, the new “Thermo HV” high-voltage heating unit for electric buses and the S120 and S200 SPumps. E-Cooler, with a maximum cooling...

Wrightbus has secured a new order for hydrogen-powered (single-decker) buses in Europe, in Germany: requesting them from Saarbahn GmbH , which has ordered Kite Hydroliners FCEV, the first of which will be delivered during 2024. Saarbahn transports about 43.7 million passengers by road and rail each ...

An Iveco Bus Crossway – the best-selling Class II in Europe – has been retrofitted with a hydrogen fuel cell by a GCK Mobility workshop at the Cournon (Puy-de-Dôme) site in France. The vehicle has been approved for road production, which will enable its mass production. Iveco’s in-...

The ‘Green’ trolleybus took its first steps in Pescara. Technical tests began at 9 a.m. on Thursday 22 February 2024 on the new trolleybus line, known as ‘La Verde’, 8 km and 150 metres long with 25 stops, which will connect Pescara’s railway station with the large hote...

The manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the U.S. Gillig announced that its subsidiary Gerco has acquired select assets from Lightning eMotors and Lightning Systems through a receivership sale, and has hired a number of former engineering employees of Lightning.

Record fuel consumption for the new generation of the Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV, which completed the Zemo Partnership’s zero-emission bus testing and certification program with an energy consumption of only 0.67 kWh/km. A figure that actually makes it the most efficient electric double-deck...

Daimler Buses is going to showcase the articulated version of the eCitaro fuel cell at VDV-backed Mobility Move exhibition (former ElekBu), next week in Berlin. 1,400 participants, 90 exhibitors (vs the 78 companies exhibiting in 2022), 20 vehicles: these are the figures of Mobility Move, the first ...

Furthermore, Hubert Altschäffl will be the new Chief Human Resources Officer of MAN Truck & Bus. Effective April 1, 2024, he will assume responsibility for the human resources department as a member of the Executive Board and labor director. Altschäffl will succeed Arne Puls, who will, at the same t...

Mumbai public transport operator BEST has reportedly awarded a 2,400-units e-bus tender to Olectra Greentech. These vehicles are set to be leased by the manufacturer to BEST. Another manufacturer was awarded 250 e-buses, the Times of India says. The article specifies that “a senior officlal sa...

Egyptian manufacturer Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV) has developed the C127 EV as new electric bus for the German market.