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On 27 June 2021, Keolis’ subsidiary in Denmark, Keolis Danmark began operating and maintaining the Greater Copenhagen region’s bus network. This ten-year contract with a possible two-year extension is expected to generate a total income of more than €100 million.  The contract was awarded in Februar...

The Regensburg transport company Stadtwerk Regensburg.Mobilität GmbH wants to convert a good part of the bus fleet to fully electric city buses within a short period of time. Six Mercedes eCitaro are now making the start, Daimler says in a press note. The long-term conversion of the 120 city buses f...

Zenobe has partnered with Welsh bus operator Cardiff Bus to charge and facilitate the launch of a new fleet of 36 electric buses in the capital city (a fleet awarded to Yutong in April). The project marks the second large-scale project Zenobe has taken on in Wales, helping the country drive tow...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced approximately $182 million in funding for low and no emissions buses and the facilities that support them. This program helps contribute to the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of reducing greenhou...

«It’s not the bus, which is a mean to an end. The issue is how to power the bus, how to organize the infrastructures around the depots. This is the big planning exercise». Take Jo Bamford words for it. He is chairman and owner of Wrightbus, the North Irish bus manufacturer on the verge of bankruptcy...

UITP has joined forces with EBRD (the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and GIZ (Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) for the launch of a new policy paper ‘Going electric: A pathway to zero-emission buses’. Goal: to advance and facilitate p...

Lothian Buses’ first four BYD ADL Enviro400EV electric double deckers are funded as a flagship project of SP Energy Networks’ £20m Green Economy Fund. SP Energy Networks is part of the ScottishPower group, a Principal Partner for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) to be held in Gla...

Karsan Jest Electric is the European market leader in the segment of 3.5-6 ton electric minibus, by achieving a 43 percent market share. First introduced to the European market and achieving a 24 percent market share in its own segment in 2019, now Jest Electric’s market share has reached 43 percent...

Michael Preusker covers the position of Innovation Manager at PSI Transcom, a depot management systems supplier that has been chosen as supplier of depot and charging management system for Hamburger Hochbahn and BVG Berlin which are today companies with the largest number of e-buses in Germany. PSI ...

Arrival and STMicroelectronics have announced the beginning of a cooperation aimed at enhancing Arrival’s next-gen electric vehicle portfolio with STMicroelectronics’ components and technologies. The future collaboration will indeed include products dedicated to processing, power and battery managem...