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Lionel Vialat has been appointed Plant Manager of the Switch Mobility factory in Valladolid. In March this year Switch Mobility held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the upcoming creation of its new advanced manufacturing facility in Valladolid, Spain. The newly launched Switch Mobility e1 electric...

SASA Bolzano is going to roll out a further batch of 13 zero emission buses (with 18-meter fuel cell buses). The local government has given ‘go-ahead’ to a project that will see the operator taking part in a national call for tender for three battery-powered and ten articulated fuel cell...

Solaris has signed a contract for its 2000th e-bus. So far, Urbino electric models of various lengths and configurations have been chosen by carriers in over 140 towns and cities in 21 European countries. Over 1300 vehicles out of this pool have...

In 2025 Barcelona will have an integrated tram network and no longer two separate networks. The beautiful Spanish city, 1,636.000 inhabitants, capital of Catalonia, in the early 2000s chose the streetcar as a new mode of transport for high-traffic surface routes, and from 2004 to 2008 put into servi...

Solar-powered mobility specialist Sono Motors has unveiled a ‘Solar Bus Kit’ for public transportation fleet. Through a retrofit intervention, with installation of solar panels on the roof of a conventional bus, the system aims to reduce fuel consumption and inner-city greenhouse gas emissions. In A...

Endera and The Mobility House announced a new partnership with focus on providing an integrated technology offering for commercial fleets. 40 electric shuttle buses are run by two parking operators – ACE Parking and Aladdin Airport Parking – both servicing the San Diego International Airport. Endera...

Tata Motors has been awarded the largest order to date for electric buses by Delhi Transport Corporation. India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer (also fuel cell buses are in the portfolio) is set to supply, operate and maintain 1500 air-conditioned, low-floor 12-metre electric buses model T...

Bratislava is going to deploy Slovakia’s first fuel cell bus fleet. DPB (that stands for Dopravný Podnik Bratislava), the capital’s public transport operator, has received approval for its call for funding addressed at the government. The news is reported on The Slovak Spectator. Slovakia to d...

ARST, the Sardinia Region’s public transport company, will have around EUR 40 million at its disposal for the purchase of 90 12-metre electric buses. The news is reported on Italian specialized media Autobusweb. The sum was earmarked by the Regional Council in a resolution with the ultimate go...

Taiwan national bus operator Chung-Shin Bus Group is bringing 150 electric buses in operation in the country by end 2022 (and further 100 within 2023). What is more, the company is developing its own bus model: Danish supplier Danfoss has been chosen as technological partner. Danfoss Power Solutions...