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Germany has stopped subsidizing electric trucks and buses. Such a decision follows a similar one concerning electric cars, taken not long ago. The Government used to subsidize the purchase of heavy-duty vehicles with alternative drives so to cover about 80 percent of the price difference c...

First 2024 issue of Sustainable Bus magazine is out today. The expansion to four issues per year, vs three yearly issues published so far, is a significant milestone for Sustainable Bus magazine, made possible by the support and interest demonstrated by our readership. For those seeking access to ph...

Temsa announces it has achieved a 252% turnover growth during the 2020-2023 period, with a sales volume of 3,391 units last year. The Turkish company, since end 2020 under the umbrella of the joint venture of Sabancı Holding-PPF Group, states it closed the year 2023 with a total revenue of 387.5 mil...

Kempower is introducing a next generation charger platform with silicon carbide (SiC) technology for the company’s full product portfolio, the Finnish charging infrastructure provider announces. Kempower has just been selected for a 10 million euros funding aimed at boosting heavy-duty electric mobi...

Fuel cell bus project dismissed, a fleet of 120 12-meter e-buses that won’t be expanded (and rumors of intention to sell them have quite strong). This is, according to German media, the situation facing ESWE Verkehr, public transport operator of the city of Wiesbaden. The Wiesbaden-based trans...

Deliveries of the 10 Metrostyle Trollino ordered from Solaris in September 2022 have begun in Arnhem, the Netherlands. On January 23, 2024, the first one, numbered 5275, arrived in the Dutch city and was immediately deployed on the Arnhem-Oosterbeck-Wageningen line 352. As far as Oosterbeck, the new...

Optibus announces that usage of its software for planning and operating more sustainable and efficient public transportation has grown to 5,000 cities. The milestone comes with Optibus’ adoption in Manaus, Brazil, where the Union of Passenger Transport Companies of the State of Amazonas (Sinetram) w...

The European electric bus market experienced a remarkable surge in registrations in 2023, with a 53% growth in 2023. A total of 6,354 electric buses were registered across EU27, Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland. Notably, over 42% of city buses now operate as zero-emission vehicles. But let’s s...

Motor provider Traktionssysteme Austria announces it’s supplying electric motor to Solaris, that will be delivering in Berlin a fleet of 50 Urbino 18 Electric (with options for up to 700 vehicles). In 2021, TSA has won one of the largest delivery contracts ever awarded in Europe. Up to 4,500 m...

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions division is leveraging global growth opportunities brought by increasing trends towards decarbonizing commercial vehicles, as on 14 February, the division opened a plant in Oragadam, India (Tamil Nadu Province), where electric components will also be produced ...