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Stagecoach has announced plans to introduce 170 electric buses in Stockport (Manchester area): it’s the operator’s largest electric bus order to date. Stagecoach is introducing a further 122 new fully electric buses in key transport networks across the UK in the next 12 months. The elect...

by Usha Praveen Switch Mobility has launched India’s first iconic double-decker bus Switch EiV22 with fully electric drivetrain (announced in mid 2022). The first set of deliveries (in mid February 2023) is part of the 200 electric double decker buses ordered by Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Tran...

Unexpected turning point in Milan’s maxi-tender for 340 electric buses. According to rumours published in the Italian media Autobusweb, in the two main lots (for as many as 310 12-meter and 18-meter e-buses), the only bidders were BYD and Solaris. The latter, today the monopolist of ATM’...

Eight per cent of Parisian voters have decided in a referendum that shared e-scooters will not be part of the city’s transport mix. The streets of Paris will be cleared from rented e-scooters by September 1, “the date by which the contract expires that currently allows three companies — Dott, ...

Across the EU, “the sales of electric city buses should overtake those of vehicles running on diesel this year”. It’s the prediction contained in the study “City Buses in the EU: Electricity Is Overtaking Diesel”, by Rabobank, authored by Pablo Ruiz, Gijs Hoogeveen, Erw...

Over 700 million euros investment in infrastructure, with extension of the metro network with four more stations, two tram lines and 30 kilometres of extra track. Plus, 437 new low and zero emission buses (315 electric buses and 122 CNG-powered) and 70 new trams for a further 380 million euros of in...

Alexander Dennis has plans to expand its Larbert head office and warehouse facility into a manufacturing site for the future, in order to increasing zero-emission manufacturing capability Being more specific, Larbert site (roughly between Glasgow and Edinburgh) will focus on the production of the ne...

Škoda Group has acquired a 93.9 percent stake in The Signalling Company, a Belgian digital developer of on-board safety software and signaling systems for railway operators. The acquisition is in line with the Group’s strategy to expand into modern mobility systems. Earlier this year, the Grou...

Changes in top management at the Škoda Group. Effective April 1, 2023, Jan Christoph Harder has taken over as President of the Western Region and Laurent Fromont has joined the company as Senior Vice President Rolling Stock Engineering. Both bring international knowledge and experience to the group,...

It’s the largest ever framework agreement for hydrogen buses in France. CTS-Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois, has awarded CaetanoBus a framework agreement to supply 60 hydrogen-powered electric buses over the next five years. The H2.City Gold units will be equipped with Toyota’s n...