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The number of e-buses in operation in West Yorkshire is set to grow, according to plans approved by West Yorkshire Combined Authority: 111 e-buses are awaited in the first phase, with another batch for 126 to follow. The new vehicles would be part of the West Yorkshire Zero Emission bus program...

Arriva Group has announced the appointment of Sian Leydon to the role of Managing Director for Mainland Europe, reporting directly to the Arriva Group CEO Mike Cooper, effective from 4 July 2022. Sian Leydon has been an Arriva Management Board member since March 2021 when she joined the business as ...

Nordjyllands Trafikselskab (NT), the public transport authority for Northern Denmark, awarded Keolis a new contract to operate and maintain a fossil free network of 31 buses in Northern Jutland, which notably covers Aalborg and its surroundings.  The contract is set to begin on 1st August 2022 and i...

In Canada Karsan enters the North American market. A e-Jest, the leading model of the electric minibus market in Europe for two consecutive years, has been delivered to the Canadian city of Saint John in cooperation with Karsan’s distributor Damera. A fleet of six Karsan vehicles will start offering...

All-electric powertrains provider Lightning eMotors is giving gasoline and diesel vehicles a second, zero-emissions life by repowering a variety of passenger transit vehicles for shuttle service providers to some of the leading tech companies located throughout Silicon Valley. The all-electric vehic...

MAN Truck & Bus is establishing large-scale production of batteries for electric trucks and buses at Nuremberg site, until now known as a historical place for combustion engine manufacturing. The group will invest around 100 million euros (securing 350 jobs in Nuremberg). Planned battery manufac...

IAA Transportation 2022 is in the starting blocks. The presentation of the full electric Iveco Daily will be among the highlights of the exhibition scheduled in Hannover for 20-25 September. A first taste of what visitors can expect at the Hannover exhibition center between September 20 and 25 was o...

Engineering company Ricardo is partnering with Stagecoach North East, focusing on the repowering of a diesel double decker bus with a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system. “Ricardo is seeking to offer the hydrogen fuel cell re-powered vehicles at around half the price of a new bus, significant...

North American bus dealer ABC Companies is conducting a demo tour of its 100% battery electric Van Hool motorcoach models along with several zero emission shuttle vehicles (i.e. from 12 to 69 passengers) in USA and Canada. The initiative is called ‘ABC Companies Zero Emissions Tour‘. Wha...

Transdev Rhein-Main GmbH is going to operate the bus line bundle East in Frankfurt/Main with the Alpina brand from December 2022 until the end of 2030 with the option of a one-year extension. This was announced by the regional transit authority Rhein-Main Verkehrsverbund (RMV) as the result of a com...