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The European Council has given its verdict on the Euro 7 standard (following the Commission’s proposal in end 2022), which is expected to set permitted emission levels for new internal combustion engines. For the first time, a single EU legal act covered several automotive segments, such as ca...

The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) has approved the purchase of 57 hydrogen-powered, fuel cell electric buses, marking the largest acquisition of FCEBs in United States. The purchase includes forty-eight 40 ft. buses and nine 60 ft. articulated buses. Buses are scheduled for rollou...

Alexander Dennis has appointed Big Rig Manufacturing as contract manufacturing partner for the production of Enviro500 double decker in North America. Big Rig Manufacturing is a subsidiary of Big Rig Collision Group, a leading provider of truck, bus and motorcoach accident repairs in Canada and the ...

Scania has a surprise in store for those who will be attending Busworld Europe 2023 in Brussels. The group, that earlier this year has announced the decision to cease body production for Scania bus chassis in Poland and to continue offering complete buses and coaches thanks to partnerships with body...

Altas Auto is expanding its EV bus lineup through a strategic cooperation with Chinese manufacturer Zhongtong Bus. The Lithuanian company, specialized in minibuses, has just announced the move: the portfolio will be increased with two battery-electric buses. The first one, 7.5-meter long, will be pr...

Scottish bus operator Lothian has announced an order for 50 new Volvo BZL Electric double deck buses, each with MCV bodywork, for Scotland’s capital city Edinburgh. At an investment of over £24million, Lothian will introduce these new vehicles in two batches across 2024, with the first vehicles appe...

Hess will supply 248 zero emission buses to Lyon and Geneva. The Swiss bus manufacturer has won two international tenders for the electrification of bus fleets. Over the next four years, the company will deliver a total of 127 electrically powered articulated buses in France and 121 electric articul...

Journeo has announced the acquisition of MultiQ Denmark A/S from Vertiseit AB. MultiQ is a leading provider of Intelligent Transport solutions with customers in Denmark, Sweden and Iceland.  This move “strengthens Journeo’s existing presence in the Nordic market which already includes an engin...

Eight new trolleybuses (Solaris Trollino 12 with Kiepe Electric equipment) presented today, another 25 buses set to arrive by the end of the year and a batch of e-buses (the first for the city) to be delivered in 2024 (again Solaris, from central body Consip). These are the stages followerd by TEP P...

UK tech company Aurrigo is taking part in the EU-Funded Living Lab for Autonomous Electric Vehicles, in which its Auto-Shuttle vehicles is running with a safety driver on board. The first place of deployment is Prague, where the vehicle started operating on 19th September at the Výstaviště Praha Exh...