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With high-tech trains, on 16 June, the first new-generation train, the X – Wagen, series 3700, produced by Siemens in cooperation with Wiener Linien, the operator of the public transport network in Vienna, was authorised for operation on the U3 metro line.  The train will be permanently operat...

The just-released UITP’s Knowledge Brief “What does ‘New normal mobility’ look like?” is an interesting read. It portrays the current situation, provides a comprehensive overview of data from public transport networks in various regions of the world, synthesizes conclusions not tha...

The news is exactly one year old: starting in 2025 MAN Truck & Bus will produce high-voltage batteries for buses and trucks on a large scale at its plant in Nuremberg. A total investment of about 100 million euros for a production capacity of more than 100 thousand battery packs per year. Well, ...

The electric turnaround of public transport in Novi Sad, Serbia, is marked by Solaris: ten Solaris electric buses are plying the city’s streets. And that’s not all, as the operator, JGSP Novi Sad, has also ordered a modern infrastructure for fast, overnight charging. This is the first Se...

Irizar e-mobility has signed a new contract with Orléans Métropole to supply seven 12-meter, 100% electric, zero-emission Irizar ie tram. With this new order, the French metropolis once again relies on Irizar e-mobility to renew its bus fleet. The first units are scheduled to be delivered by the end...

Nova Bus is going to stop bus production in the US market and will focus only on the Canadian market. Its Plattsburgh manufacturing and delivery facility will end operations by 2025. Production in North America will then be focused to Nova Bus’ Canadian facilities located in Saint-Eustache and...

EvoBus becomes Daimler Buses. Announced today, the change will be effective as of 12 July 2023. Affiliated European national subsidiaries will also be renamed accordingly. The denomination “EvoBus” will then disappear. EvoBus service centres, previously known as “BusWorld Home”, will be ...

Ebusco expands in Sweden with up to 125 12-meter buses (50 ordered, 75 on option) in Stockholm Delivery of the first 50 buses (model Ebusco 3.0) is scheduled for 2024 and the 75 buses are under option for delivery in 2025. Keolis Sverige has won the E42 tender in and around Stockholm (Bromma, Solna,...

Autonomous driving? Anadolu Isuzu is on it, too. Yes, because the Turkish manufacturer transformed the 8-meter all-electric NovoCiti Volt into a driverless vehicle platform, successfully passing all tests. And so solutions developed with open-source technologies make the next-generation medium-sized...

The Hague’s operator HTM will deploy 95 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses and associated charging infrastructure, as announced in a press note by the carrier. It’s one of the largest e-bus contract received so far by Daimler Buses. The order is provisionally awarded, and it will become final o...