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Irizar e-mobility has secured a contract to supply fifteen new electric buses to Bremer Straßenbahn AG, which will operate on the streets of Bremen from next year. The chosen model is the 18 metre long Irizar ie bus. The contract for the fifteen new ie bus units has been signed through Jebsen & ...

Iveco Bus will showcase at UITP Summit in Barcelona the first 100% electric intercity vehicle ever produced by the brand, in a 13-metre version. It’ll be accompanied at the stand by a 9.5m long electric urban midibus from the E-Way range. The intercity e-bus launch is in line with the brand ro...

Rheintal Busverkehr GmbH, a transport operator in western Austria, has recently purchased 16 Solaris Urbino 9 LE electric buses from Solaris Bus & Coach. The low-entry 9-metre vehicles will serve passenger traffic in the Lustenau area, which is located in the Rhine valley. The purchase will be c...

ZF will take the opportunity of UITP summit in Barcelona to showcase for the first time in Europe the CeTrax 2 dual electric central drive system for buses. It features an integrated three-speed transmission. This, “together with the system’s low weight of 385 kg, makes tackling steeper slopes...

The Scottish Transport Minister Kevin Stewart has launched the CAVForth autonomous bus service across the Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh. The project is one of the most ambitious and complex autonomous bus trials worldwide, and is led by Fusion Processing in cooperation with project partners Stage...

“Within the next decade, the mobility ecosystem will most likely undergo a transformation not seen since the early days of the automobile — and one main shift will be the decline of private-car use”. It’s the opening of McKinsey “The future of mobility” paper, where Kersten Heineke, Nich...

Italian private public transport operator Autoguidovie and Via have announced a new partnership that aims to offer more flexible and convenient travel experiences to Autoguidovie passengers. By combining Autoguidovie’s expertise with Via’s innovative software solutions, the two companies...

Volvo Buses has secured two orders for a total of 189 new electric buses from Stagecoach, a leading coach and bus operator in the UK. One of these orders, comprising 170 electric buses (we have already covered it), is the biggest electric bus order to date for Volvo Buses. Volvo Buses has announced ...

Frankfurt-based public transport company In-der-City-Bus (ICB) has ordered further ten hydrogen fuel cell buses from Solaris, is reported on German media Busblickpunkt. ICB’s fleet currently includes 29 electric buses, 16 of which are battery-powered, and 13 hydrogen buses (also made by Solari...

Equipmake is showcasing its coach repower technology at ITT Hub in Farnborough. The technology can provide pure electric ranges up to 250 miles, and it is entirely scalable and modular, Equipmake says. Named “Equipmake’s Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED)”, it can be applied to any coach, fr...