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A third of the 200,000 buses in European public transport will be zero-emission by 2030. At that year, zero emission buses will cover two thirds of the new city bus registrations. These figures are written down in the report “All aboard Europe’s electric bus revolution” by financial cons...

Software platform for public transport Optibus is entering a partnership with GreenRoad Technologies, the safety telematics leader, to increase passenger safety and comfort by bringing historical road safety data into the earliest phases of transportation planning.  To reduce risks, Optibus and...

North American manufacturer Gillig announces it had completed production of its 100th battery electric bus. The bus is scheduled for delivery to Metro Transit in St. Louis, Missouri in October. By the end of 2021, Metro Transit will have a total of 10 Gillig battery electric buses in its fleet. In J...

New, electric sap for road transport in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. On the occasion of the Asian country’s 75th anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi officially handed over 75 units of Foton electric buses to Uttar Pradesh. This is part of the central government’s e...

New York City school bus fleet must be fully electric by 2035. The decision is part of a bill passed on Thursday by the New York City Council with 44 votes in favor and one vote against. Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign the bill into law, a press note says. New York […]

Île-de-France Mobilités turns to the ‘alliance’ between Van Hool, Kiepe Electric and Alstom for the delivery of a batch of 24-meter bi-articulated e-buses. They’ll be ’employed’ on two new BRT lines and will be the first 100% electric vehicles of such size in the Île-de...

A large fire event in Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen (SBB)’s depot, in Gaisberg, destroyed 25 buses on Thursday 30th September. A few days ago, a first assessment by the police, reported on many German media, said that the fire could have been caused by an electric bus during charging procedure. As...

Solaris wins 30 e-buses in Genoa, Italy. The news was ‘in the air’ already last summer, but now it’s official: the manufacturer has achieved another success in the Italian electric bus market, winning a tender for the delivery of as many as 30 e-b...

ChargePoint, that has taken over Dutch fleet monitoring company ViriCiti, has completed the acquisition of leading European electric mobility platform has·to·be. “We announce our accelerating leadership position in the European EV charging market with the closing of our acquisition of has·to·be, whi...

New Flyer has received a new contract from Foothill Transit for 20 fuel cell Xcelsior CHARGE H2 buses. This order is supported by Federal Transit Administration funds. This fuel cell bus order follows the order for 5 H2 buses commissioned a few days ago by GET, also in California. Still il Californi...