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Irizar is set to debut in the LNG Class II and coach segment as it announces it has manufactured the first LNG i4 model, for intercity or short distance routes. Manufacturer claims a range of more than 1,000 kilometres. This option is an addition to the range of technologies and sustainable fuels th...

MAN Truck & Bus launches NewMAN strategy, a corporate plan focused on zero emission mobility, autonomous vehicles and digital solutions. In a press note, the Munich-based group underlines that the company «is focusing on zero-emission technologies in its role as a “smart innovator”, with a parti...

Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Finland, UK. Six European countries in 2020 have registered a number of zero emission buses (battery-electric plus fuel cell buses) accounting for over 25% of the Class I registrations. Today unreachable, the Netherlands: 81 per cent of the city buses registe...

Gareth Joyce has been appointed as Proterra President, while A.J. Cederoth is the new Interim CFO of the California-based electric bus manufacturer, that debuted on Nasdaq in early summer 2021. Gareth Joyce, who currently serves as President of Proterra’s Powered and Energy business units, has been ...

Karsan has just been awarded Turkey’s largest electric bus export deal worth 35 million euros. The group won the tenders for fully electric public transport solutions, issued by the Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Management. Karsan won both tenders with its fully electric 18-me...

The opportunities, challenges and outlooks related to fuel cell bus adoption will be put under the spotlight at the second and last webinar of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2021, which will be live broadcasted on 14th October at 3 p.m. CEST, entitled: ‘Hydrogen buses. Their time is... now?’.

Moscow is among the leaders regarding the deployment of electric buses for public transport. There are already more than 700 of them in Moscow. Following the Order of the Mayor of Moscow, in 2021 the Government of Moscow refused to purchase diesel buses, so the main emphasis is on the development of...

Public transport in Europe show clear signs of recovery. But rates are uneven: «Traffic in Switzerland, Germany and France is close to pre-virus levels, being just about 10% down. Passenger volumes in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are still significantly lower, by around 25 t...

School bus manufacturer Collins Bus (subsidiary of REV Group, Inc.) has reached an agreement with all-electric powertrains provider Lightning eMotors. The strategic partnership has the goal of manufacturing and deploying zero-emission, all-electric Type A school buses. The agreement includ...

An hydrogen bus model, a battery-electric one and a fuel cell minibus. These are just three among 15 new generation vehicles (alternative drives and diesel-fueled) unveiled by Russian GAZ Group at COMTRANS 2021 in Moscow. GAZ Group, new buses powered with batteries and hydrogen At the International ...