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Düsseldorf operator Rheinbahn AG has signed a second contract with Irizar e-mobility by acquiring 8 new units of the 12 meter long Irizar ie bus. The bus builder points out that these vehicles «will be charged overnight and will be equipped with a new generation of battery and will have reduced weig...

Germany has been in 2021 the leading country in Europe when it comes to e-bus registrations: as many as 555 battery-electric buses have been delivered along with 33 fuel cell buses. And Mercedes, with the eCitaro, gained the first place as leading e-bus manufacturer in the country. The news is repor...

The CO2 heating technology is an innovative system, which allows the reduction of emissions (alternatively the classic heating systems have an auxiliary heater that burns diesel fuel to heat the bus), and is mounted for example on electric buses Mercedes eCitaro. Konvekta is committed to this, savin...

Daimler Buses is merging Production and Product Engineering. Michael Klein will assume overall responsibility for the new division on April 1, 2022. Gustav Tuschen, who has been in charge of Product Engineering at Daimler Buses since 2013, will be retire at the end of March after more than 30 years ...

A fleet of 130 zero-emission double decker buses will be introduced next year in Coventry by operator National Express as part of a £140 million project to make Coventry the UK’s first all-electric bus city. They are set to enter into service in early 2023, helping improve air quality and reduce car...

Unibuss AS has signed a contract for as many as 183 Urbino 18 electric buses. They’ll be in operation in Oslo. The total value of the contract, concluded as a result of a tender, stands approximately €100 mln euro. It is the largest contract for Solaris for battery articulated vehicles complet...

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has appointed Anna Carmo e Silva – Senior Vice President and Head of Buses and Coaches at Scania – to chair its bus and coach division this year. She succeeds Rudi Kuchta, Head of Bus Business Unit at MAN Truck & Bus, as Chairperson of AC...

Kempower has been chosen to deliver electric bus fleet fast charging solutions to bus operator Bergkvarabuss AB’s electric bus depot in Strängnäs, Sweden. The charging infrastructure is included in a total delivery that Scania carries out to Bergkvarabuss, consisting of six vehicles. The delivery wi...

Moscow currently runs 1000 electric public electric buses on 66 bus routes. This year the Government of Moscow plans to buy 500 electric buses. Most of them will be purchased with the funds from the green bonds. Moscow has entered the green bond market to implement the principles of sustainable deve...

TWAICE and ViriCiti have just published a white paper on the benefits their predictive maintenance program provides in terms of vehicle battery life and significant reduction in operating costs for e-bus fleets.  The result of the collaboration between the two companies is a Battery Health Package t...