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Across the EU, “the sales of electric city buses should overtake those of vehicles running on diesel this year”. It’s the prediction contained in the study “City Buses in the EU: Electricity Is Overtaking Diesel”, by Rabobank, authored by Pablo Ruiz, Gijs Hoogeveen, Erw...

Over 700 million euros investment in infrastructure, with extension of the metro network with four more stations, two tram lines and 30 kilometres of extra track. Plus, 437 new low and zero emission buses (315 electric buses and 122 CNG-powered) and 70 new trams for a further 380 million euros of in...

Alexander Dennis has plans to expand its Larbert head office and warehouse facility into a manufacturing site for the future, in order to increasing zero-emission manufacturing capability Being more specific, Larbert site (roughly between Glasgow and Edinburgh) will focus on the production of the ne...

Škoda Group has acquired a 93.9 percent stake in The Signalling Company, a Belgian digital developer of on-board safety software and signaling systems for railway operators. The acquisition is in line with the Group’s strategy to expand into modern mobility systems. Earlier this year, the Grou...

Changes in top management at the Škoda Group. Effective April 1, 2023, Jan Christoph Harder has taken over as President of the Western Region and Laurent Fromont has joined the company as Senior Vice President Rolling Stock Engineering. Both bring international knowledge and experience to the group,...

It’s the largest ever framework agreement for hydrogen buses in France. CTS-Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois, has awarded CaetanoBus a framework agreement to supply 60 hydrogen-powered electric buses over the next five years. The H2.City Gold units will be equipped with Toyota’s n...

Arriva London‘s commitment to building a sustainable, zero-emission bus network throughout the English capital continues. In fact, the operator has welcomed 50 new zero-emission electric vehicles into its fleet that will enter service this year, further ensuring its commitment to providing a s...

Industria Italiana Autobus has won a lot of the tender issued by SASA Bolzano for five 12-metre fuel cell buses, worth 3 million euros. IIA will provide the vehicles within the commercial agreement signed last year with Caetano-Toyota. SASA has already in operation a batch of 12 Solaris Urbino hydro...

Coinciding with the visit of Presiden Biden in its Fridley plant, Minnesota, Cummins has announced that the company is investing more than $1 billion across its U.S. engine manufacturing network in Indiana, North Carolina and New York. The investment “will provide upgrades to those facilities ...

RBU Santiago will add 220 electric buses to their operation in 2023. The company wanted to prepare early on for a range of EV-specific scenarios and challenges that may arise, including a lack of chargers, governmental restrictions on charging times, and the high cost of overnight charging. And it t...