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The Transport Region Amsterdam has announced that bus company EBS is set to face fines for providing substandard service in the Zaan region’s regional transport. The potential fine could amount to a significant 2 million euros, local trade media OVPro.nl reports. That underlines the fact that ...

Only 4 percent of all emission-free vehicles in 2044 are estimated to be fuel cell powered, according to IDTechEx’s latest report on “Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles 2024-2044“. The consulting company “forecasts a low penetration of fuel cell city buses, restricted to a limited n...

CRRC and BYD secured two tenders for electric buses in Southern Italy (99 and 45 units respectively). The news have been reported on Italian trade media Autobusweb (belonging to the same publisher of Sustainable Bus) Bari is indeed going to receive 99 electric buses from CRRC, following the tender a...

The board of De Lijn, the public transport authority and operator in Flanders, Belgium, has approved the putchase of 92 standard (12 m) electric buses from BYD Europe. Deliveries are set to begin in early 2025. The order represents an investment of more than 43 million euro. “This order confirms tha...

New customer for Ebusco: Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (Germany) kicks off fleet electrification with first e-bus order. The operator has opted for 23 Ebusco 3.0 buses (10 Ebusco 3.0 12-metre buses, and 13 Ebusco 3.0 18-metre buses). The buses are scheduled to commence service in 2025 and will operate in ...

130 vehicles (trolleybuses and e-buses) have just been awarded in Genoa, Italy. Solaris (in partnership with Skoda) will supply 112 IMC trolleybuses for a value of more than EUR 100 million. The second part of the contract, dedicated to electric flash charging buses for the Valbisagno route, has see...

If the European Parliament and the European Commission prevail over the member states in the current trilogue negotiations, only zero-emission city buses will be allowed to be newly registered from 2030. The German VDV urges more reliable and constant funding from the federal level. “Small and...

A contribution by prof. Gabriele Grea, researcher, and lecturer at TU Berlin and Bocconi University. He has been featuring the Sustainable Bus Tour VideoSpotlight “End of Public Transport as We Know It?”, broadcasted on 14th December (REPLAY AVAILABLE) With flexible services we mean thos...

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), the Berlin public transport company, has placed an order for 50 Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses. The buses will be delivered in the years 2024 and 2025. The order can be extended by up to a further 650 articulated e-buses. In Madrid, EMT is going to receive 20 low-e...

First commercial success achieved by the newly-formed partnership between Indcar and Bluebus. Indcar has indeed been awarded a tender for 22 (+ 8 optional) 6-meter e-buses in Turin, offering the Bluebus 6m. According to a deal signed in mid 2023, Indcar has become exclusive distributor of the B...