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Energy giant Copec invests in Optibus to accelerate bus electrification and smart charging in Latin America. A strategic partnership between Copec WIND Ventures, Copec’s strategic venture capital arm, with Optibus has been made official: together they will explore synergies related to bus depo...

A new inverted pantograph electric charging station has been inaugurated at the Carabanchel operations centre of EMT Madrid. Now the depot has been enhanced with further 118 electric bus’ chargers, enabling a total of 260 vehicles to be charged simultaneously. With the fourth phase of charging...

Ballard Power Systems announced the signing of a Long Term Supply Agreement with bus manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach, for the supply of 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell engines through 2027 for the European transit bus market. Over 1,700 fuel cell buses powered by Ballard are in operation worldwide as ...

First York has put in operation 12 upgraded electric buses. The first generation e-buses Optare Versa singe-deck models have been updated by Equipmake, incorporating the company’s Zero-Emission Drivetrain (ZED) technology, which in this specification, features a 274 kWh capacity battery, providing a...

UITP and 43 European transport organisations urge the Council and the European Parliament to increase the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) budget for transport in the upcoming review of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework, in a quest for more funding for public transport. A quest for more funding f...

Nordjyllands Trafikselskab (NT), the public transport authority for the Northern Jutland region in Denmark has awarded Keolis the contract to operate and maintain a 100% electric bus line serving the towns of Frederikshavn and Aalborg, the country’s fourth largest city and capital of Northern ...

The first trolleybus model Škoda 32 Tr for Vilniaus viešasis transportas has entered the type tests and homologation process in Pilsen, the manufacturer announces. This milestone signifies big progress in producing 91 trolleybuses bound for Vilnius, Lithuania. The contract with the transport operato...

«Van Hool remains determined to pursue a sustainable future for the company. In the context of the ongoing procedures at the Mechelen Business Court, Van Hool will take an extra week to safeguard the possibility of a quick restart», the company itself makes known in a press release issued on 2nd Apr...

Hungarian bus builder Ikarus and Yutong, the world’s largest bus manufacturer, have formed a consortium to participate in a trolleybus tender in Hungary for solo and articulated vehicles issued by BKK (Budapesti Közlekedési Központ Zrt) in Hungary (up to 160 units). Ikarus has already in force...

Vehicles chargers manufacturer Ekoenergetyka, from Poland, will unveil what it call “a groundbreaking charging solution” at this year’s Nordic EV Summit in Oslo. Despite being a relatively small market, Norway has become a pioneer in electromobility. In 2023 alone. 83% of all vehic...