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Half a year from the launch, already 100 vehicles in the orders book. In August 2021 Mercedes-Benz unveiled its first electric bus chassis developed for the Brazilian market. Named eO500U, the chassis was about to be launched in 2022, meeting the demands of Brazil and Latin American market (but...

BYD recently won another significant order from Nobina in Finland for a total of 30 electric buses. Nobina is the largest public transport operator in the Nordic region, and this is the third significant order from Finland for zero-emission BYD buses. Nobina’s latest order is split evenly betw...

A fleet of 159 electric buses is set to serve Oxford and its surrounding areas after a bid for government funding was approved. Oxfordshire County Council has been awarded £32.8 million from the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme. Oxford: electric buses are coming Along with £43.7m from...

Dutch manufacturers VDL Bus & Coach and Ebusco win the ‘Red Dot’ for design of the 3.0 model and of the new generation Citea  The jury of the world’s most prestigious design competition, Red Dot, gave the award in the ‘Product Design’ category to the two Netherlands-made electric buses. The...

Lightning eMotors, provider of medium-duty and specialty commercial electric vehicles for fleets, announced it has expanded its partnership with Forest River to offer a factory-certified all-electric repower program for shuttle buses and passenger vans. Forest River, in facts, is a Berkshire Hathawa...

The board of directors of De Lijn has started a new procurement for the purchase of up to 1,250 emission-free buses of different types with lengths between 8.5 to 24 metres. This procedure runs parallel to the framework agreement for a maximum of 350 standard e-buses that was awarded last year. De L...

Solaris sold a total of 1,492 vehicles in 2021 (a slight 4% less than in 2020) and ranked first in the European zero-emission bus market with a 15.1% market share. From 2012 to 2021 Solaris was the leading manufacturer of zero-emission buses in the European market with a market share of 15.5% (sourc...

The Iveco Group brand IVECO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Enel X, the Enel Group company dedicated to developing and selling energy services and solutions for the electrification of consumptions and mobility. Enel X aims to support the decarbonization of Cities through innovati...

ADL provided an electric double decker for an immersive transmission of a live music performance during a bus journey across London as part of the 5G Festival. Delivered as part of the 5G Festival showcase, selected passengers travelling across London enjoyed a live transmission from musicians in Br...

Karsan‘s expansion into the Old Continent’s bus (midi and mini bus) market continues. To date, the Turkish manufacturer can boast the presence of 306 full electric vehicles in 16 different European countries; now in the company’s plans there is the intention to double exports in 20...