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As the project to convert diesel buses into electric buses is progressing well, with Green-eBus successfully passing the first development milestone, clocking up the first kilometers with its new electric motor (responding perfectly to the constraints of driving, including uphill driving and untimel...

Optibus, a cloud-native solution for mass transit planning, scheduling, rostering and operations, announced the acquisition of Trillium, a SaaS provider that helps transportation operators and agencies keep passengers informed. Trillium will become Optibus’ Global Center for Data Excellence an...

By obtaining from Deutsche Bahn, the largest public transport operator in Germany, a framework agreement for the supply of electric buses, Ebusco further strengthens its position in the German market. The manufacturer of ebuses and charging systems announced that it has been awarded a framework agre...

Antoine Grange has been appointed Transdev’s new CEO Europe as of April 19, 2022. He will be responsible for managing and supervising the Group’s European operations outside of France and Germany. Antoine Grange at Transdev: European operations outside France and Germany As CEO Europe at Transdev an...

Boston Public Schools (BPS) will be launching an electric school bus pilot program, deploying 20 buses during the 2022-2023 school year. It’ll only be the first step toward full electrification of the school bus fleet by 2030. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced major strides toward electrifyin...

Below, a contribution fromTUMI – Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative.It’s the second of a series of articles focusing on TUMI E-Bus Mission.Funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and participated by organizations such as C40 Cities, GIZ, ICCT...

The figure of 1,700 zero emission buses funded by the German government “has to be seen against the background of currently around 5,000 e-buses applied for and also in view of the planned budget cuts in this area. If nothing changes here, many, especially medium-sized and small transport comp...

Iveco Bus has delivered two E-Way 9.5-meter electric buses to TPER, a company that provides public road transport in the Bologna and Ferrara areas and the regional rail service in Emilia-Romagna, for service on urban line 29. The very first 9.5-meter Iveco e-buses was delivered in the same city in l...

1,600 zero emission buses (and 110 biomethane-powered ones) financed in Germany: the Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing has awarded grants amounting to 600 million euros (part of the 1.25 billion plan announced last year) within the new “Directive on the promotion of alternative drive s...

Everfuel has been awarded contract for constructing and commissioning of a heavy-duty hydrogen refuelling station in Wuppertal, Germany. After a European-wide tendering procedure, WSW mobil GmbH has awarded Everfuel GmbH the contract for a hydrogen refuelling station that will serve a fleet of fuel ...