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Printed in early February, already brought “on assignment” at Busworld North America, shipped to a batch of the most important public transport operators in Europe, ready to be in distribution at ElekBu in Germany next month. Besides this, of course Sustainable Bus magazine February 2023...

Wrightbus is not hiding and announces plans to build a green hydrogen production plant at its Ballymena site. Subject to planning approval, the new plant, built by Wrightbus in partnership with Hygen Energy, will initially produce enough clean energy to power 300 hydrogen buses a day in Northern Ire...

The Routing Company (TRC) announced that it has signed a contract with the Anne Arundel County Office of Transportation (AA OOT) to provide on-demand transportation service. The six-month, three-vehicle pilot project is scheduled to launch in early spring 2023. With this service partnership, AA OOT ...

BYD, Iveco Bus, Industria Italiana Autobus, Solaris: four bidders for the 340-units electric bus tender issued by ATM Milano in November 2022. The news is reported on Italian trade media Autobusweb. As of summer 2022, there were some 170 electric buses in operation in Milan, with the target of reach...

“Alternative fuel buses don’t mean bigger fire risks, but different risks“. New components to deal with, new skills to be gained, a good degree of basic (and less basic) knowledge that should be achieved in order to deal with alternative fuel vehicles in the safest way possible. At...

Enel X and Autoguidovie, a relationship that is renewed and strengthened. In fact, the operator has assigned the utility to build electrical infrastructure at the Crema site. Final goal? Even more sustainable public transportation. Specifically, it is a depot needed for the operation of ten electric...

The largest electric bus depot in Northern Europe is now fully functional in Aalborg, Denmark. Kempower has provided its DC fast charging technology to GodEnergi A/S for the depot, which can charge more than 100 electric buses at the same time. Kempower-powered electric bus depot in Aalborg GodEnerg...

BYD has been awarded an e-bus order in Sweden from Transdev AB for 52 vehiclees. It’s the largest order that Transdev has placed with BYD for electric buses since 2015, when it first introduced the BYD brand to its fleet. This new order comprises 8 units of 12-metre low-floor BYD e-buses and 4...

Yutong has ranked first in the electric bus market 2022 in Europe. Quite surprisingly, it must be said. Nothing new in second and third position, where we find the joint venture Alexander Dennis/BYD and Daimler Buses. Iveco Bus and VDL grow, Solaris lags behind after two years at the helm of the ele...

The fuel cell bus market is predicted to grow at CAGR of 67% over the 2023-2033 period, according to research by Future Market Insights. The industry’s estimated value is expected to increase from US$ 8.45 Bn in 2023 to US$ 1,426.68 Bn by 2033. German hydrogen buses market is projected to subs...