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UITP has just released the Report “The Road to Sustainability: Transition to Renewable Energy in Public Transport“, that provides guidance on how public transport organizations can successfully transition to renewable energy sources in order to meet their decarbonization goals. The repor...

This is not the first time that Estonian railway operator Eesti Liinirongid (Elron) has turned to the Skoda Group for the supply of trains. And so Elron has ordered ten more trainsets of the winged arrow, which will also serve the new electrified rail route between the capital Tallinn and Tartu, whi...

Sono Motors has been awarded a €1.46 million grant from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency to advance the development of the company’s proprietary solar technology. The SEAMLESS-PV project was granted by the European Commission and aims, over a four-year peri...

The 3rd edition of the Sustainable Bus Tour is set to begin in May. It’ll consist on trio of webinars focusing on a series of key topics such as the new European policy framework for CO2 reduction from heavy-duty vehicles, the process of decarbonization of bus fleets in Latin and North America...

ADL and BYD launch eleven Enviro 200EV for urban transport in Athlone: a first for Ireland, which will have its first all-electric city bus service. Procured and funded by the National Transport Authority, the buses are operated by Bus Éireann. The new fleet will reduce carbon emissions by 400,000kg...

First Bus has launched an autonomous bus service in Milton Park business, science and technology park near Didcot and Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The service started on Monday 23th January 2023. The service will improve the way people move both around the park, which is home to 250 companies and 9,000 em...

The Canadian city of Ottawa is going to deploy 350 zero emission buses thanks to federal funding, as it was announced lately by Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury Board and a Member of Parliament, along with Mark Sutcliffe, Mayor of Ottawa. $350 million in federal funding are to be used for the...

Webasto, besides offering in-house developed battery system, is launching an Electrical Battery Thermal Management (eBTM). The system helps to maintain the ideal temperature range for traction batteries in vehicles like trucks, vans, buses, and construction machinery. By keeping the batteries within...

The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to fix a date by which new trucks and buses sold in Europe must have zero emissions, according to a joint statement from the countries reported Reuters. This call comes ahead of the proposal of stricter CO2 emission stand...

The TRATON Group has reported record sales in 2022. For the first time, the group’s overall sales exceeded 300,000 units, with 305,500 vehicles sold in total. This represents a 12% increase from the previous year, where the group sold 271,600 vehicles. However, if we exclude the first-time ful...