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The voluntary bankruptcy proceedings of Proterra Inc. and Proterra Operating Company Inc are underway: in this context, Volvo Group has been selected as the highest bidder in an auction for the business and assets of the Proterra Powered unit, at a purchase price of $210 million. The transaction bet...

Business change for pepper motion, which henceforth becomes a technology provider for zero-emission vehicle manufacturers or retrofitters. As a result of this consequential decision, pepper will focus on its core area of expertise, the development and marketing of its modular drive system for the ec...

From January to September this year, the volume of Chinese bus exports reached 30,840 units: +49.23 percent over the previous year. Going into the details of the data, the Dragon country exported 18,180 large buses and coaches (+85.11% over 2022), 4,839 medium-sized buses and coaches, an increase of...

The French metropolitan city of Lille and Mel, manager of the transport network, have chosen Alstom as their supplier for the replacement of the low-floor trams produced in the 1990s by Breda. Alstom will build 24 new low-floor trams (with an option for 6 more), which will enter into service in 2026...

First participation at Busworld as an independent exhibitor for FPT Industrial (belonging to Iveco Group), which in Brussels presented the battery packs made in its Turin plant. Two models are realized: one for minibuses (the eDaily) and the other for standard-size electric buses. Iveco Bus, with th...

Wrightbus will deliver 34 electric double-decker buses to Arriva for operations in London. The latest StreetDeck Electroliner buses will be rolled out across the capital next year and takes the total number of vehicles on order with the bus operator to over 100. Deliveries of the Electroliner from p...

On 1 November 2023, the first of 27 new Tramlinks started regular service on the Bern network. With the introduction of the 20 bi-directional trams and 7 one-way trams supplied by Stadler Rail, Bernmobil achieves its goal of adapting the transport service to the needs of increasing mobility in the c...

Credobus, Hungary’s foremost bus manufacturer, is gearing up to introduce its inaugural battery-electric bus model, the Electronell, as reported on Hungarian trade media Magyarbusz.info. Unveiled at the 53rd Bus Expert Meeting in Zsámbék, the Electronell series represents a major leap forward ...

On September 13, the Minister of Mobility, Francois Bautch, the Burgomasters of the six municipalities involved, Sanem, Esch-sur-Alzette, Mondercange, Schifflange, Leudelange, the city of Luxembourg  (124,500 inhabitants) and Luxtram’s general manager, André Von Marck, presented the proje...

By 2030, there could be up to 10,000 autonomous shuttles on Hamburg’s roads. That’s the goal of an agreement between the Federal Ministry of Transport and the Hanseatic City of Hamburg. A mobility solution will be created in the city using a modern on-demand transport service that supplements ...