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A few days ago Gerard Slegers (vice chairman of the Amsterdam Transport region), Egbert de Vries (councilor of traffic and transport of the city of Amsterdam) and Claudia Zuiderwijk (general manager of GVB) signed the letter of intent Zero Emission Transition Amsterdam. 44 e-buses are now operationa...

It is the German urban operator Hanauer Straßenbahn that has received the first (two) mild hybrid versions of the Solaris Urbino. Under the agreement signed in April 2021, a total of 16 buses, including nine 12-meter and seven 18-meter buses, will be delivered to the city of Hanau, all of which will...

Cummins is going to take over Meritor. The first is willing to pay $36.50 in cash per Meritor share, for a total transaction value of approximately $3.7 billion, including assumed debt and net of acquired cash. Headquartered in Troy, Meritor is a primary brand when it comes to drivetrain, mobility, ...

First step to use the funds of the Pnrr for sustainable mobility: the Council of Milan approved a resolution authorizing the submission of the application for access to the funds of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan to be subsequently allocated to Atm for the program of renewal of the bus fl...

Following the launch of the new Volvo BZL Electric chassis in September 2021, production of this model has been ramping up at the Borås factory, with chassis number 200,000 set to be handed over to the Public Transport Authority (PTA) of Western Australia this year, Volvo Buses says. The handover of...

North American electric vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric launches LionCapital Solutions, a new division dedicated to providing customers with flexible financing solutions specifically tailored to the medium and heavy-duty electric vehicle market. The newly-opened division leverages the existing ve...

Below, a contribution from EMCEL, a German-based engineering company focusing on hydrogen, fuel cells and e-mobility. It’s the first of a series of articles on topics around hydrogen economy and applications. Feedbacks, questions and contributions are welcome (at info@sustainable-bus.com) Hydr...

A consortium comprised of Solaris Bus & Coach, Solaris Czech and Škoda Electric (with the latter leading the group) has submitted a winning bid in a trolleybus tender concerning the delivery of 20 bi-articulated Trollino 24, held by the Prague public transport operator Dopravní podnik. This is t...

Frankfurter public transport operator In-der-City-Bus GmbH has ordered a heavy-duty hydrogen station from Everfuel, as a result of a Europe-wide tendering procedure. 13 Solaris-made fuel cell buses will be in operation in the city. The same Everfuel has been commissioned a hydrogen refuelling statio...

A photograph to immortalize the actual state of affairs regarding sustainable mobility in the Old Continent. Heliox, a company engaged in the field of fast charging of electric vehicles, has taken it. Well, do you want to know which is the most virtuous territory in the field of electrification of f...