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Kleanbus has appointed former TfL and GLA air quality specialist Lucy Parkin as its first Director of Environmental, Social and Governance. Ms. Parking will be in charge of leading relationships with operators and authorities in drive towards decarbonising the UK’s bus fleet. Founded in early 2021, ...

First Bus has announced the official appointment of Duncan Cameron into the role of managing director. The appointment is effective from 1 January 2022. Duncan Cameron, who has been with the company for more than five years, was made interim managing director in May 2021 following the promotion of A...

One hundred and fifty Karsan Jest+ and Atak Buses Ready to Circle the Streets of Kharkiv, in Ukraine. We explain. Recently Karsan that signed a cooperation agreement with the Ukrainian municipality of Kharkiv for 500 vehicles and delivered 150 vehicles planned for 2021, consisting of 6-meter Jest+ d...

Arrival has been working quite silently for the last six years, conceiving, fine-tuning and developing a project that, if successful, might shake up not only the so-called last mile delivery, but also urban public transport (trials of the bus started recently, ahead of EU certification). It was rath...

Temsa has won the electric vehicle tender held in Lithuania’s city of Druskininkai. 9 MD9 electriCity, which have been signed with the Municipality of Druskininkai, will be on their way to serve in the city’s public transportation operations. Hakan Koralp, Temsa’s Chief of Sales & Marketin...

The three zero emission lines of EMT Madrid have carried more than 2.6 million passengers in 2021. Line 001 (Atocha-Moncloa Station) was the most used with an annual total of 1.6 million passengers. It was launched in February 2020 as a pioneering measure and one of the most emblematic of Spanish ca...

Compagnie des Alpes, in France, is launching an experiment with an electric shuttle in Val d’Isère and Tignes, French media Mobilités Magazine reports. As part of a partnership with the manufacturer Iveco Bus, Compagnie des Alpes (ski and leisure park specialist), via its subsidiaries STVI (So...

In the last days of December, Swiss energy storage solutions specialist Leclanché announced a spin-off for transport batteries. The name of the spin-off is Leclanché E-Mobility S.A. The Swiss company has also confirmed that it has signed a mutually exclusive letter of intent with a U.S.-listed Speci...

Issues are rising (for the second time) with BYD electric bus fleet operating in the Netherlands. The operator Keolis «is going to check all 246 electric buses for the second time and solve problems». The news is reported on specialized Dutch media PV Magazine, and is based on a report by the newspa...

Kansas City International Airport is on its way investing in wireless chargers for electric buses. The airport turned to Momentum Dynamics, becoming first airport with wireless charging for its electric bus fleet in the whole US. Such system was adopted also in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The choice is ...