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One hundred Toyota hydrogen buses are running around Olympic Tokyo. But costs are an issue. As the Financial Times points out, «A fuel cell bus from Toyota costs ¥100m ($900,000) for a six-year lease. A diesel bus costs ¥24m ($220,000) and has a useful life of 15 years». Fuel cell buses during the O...

A batch of 10 New Flyer electric buses has been ordered in California by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). OCTA serves 34 cities within Orange County, California, providing transportation to the state’s third-largest county and supporting nearly 40 million passengers per year. The P...

by Stefano Alfano After a year and a half from the launch of the Metromare (23 November 2019), as the TRC (Trasporto Rapido Costiero) is identified, what is the situation of the trolleybus service in Rimini today? Last winter, the trolleybus infrastructure of the TRC was tested and USTIF issued the ...

Navya has been awarded 7.5 million euros of subsidies (mainly non-repayable) to pilot four high-tech projects, three of which are part of the Government initiative ‘France Relance’ program.The France Relance program was introduced by the Prime Minister in September 2020 and its objective...

In spring 2022, Ebusco will supply the very first fully-composite, electric buses in the Netherlands. Transdev Nederland has ordered 39 Ebusco 3.0 buses, the manufacturer says, for their city and intercity routes in the Gooi and Vecht region (also 28 VDL e-buses are going into operations). Delivery ...

Genoa City Council has signed the contract that kicks off a revolution in the city public transport system. The municipality has agreed on a deal with a group of companies made of Rina, Systra and Architecna Engineering. The project will be completed by August. The picture above was released by the ...

Clark County Public Transit (C-Tran) in Vancouver, Washington State, has awarded Gillig an order for eight 12-meter battery electric buses and charging equipment with an award value of $9.74 million. The manufacturer has recently secured a 44 e-bus contract in Utah. Gillig electric bus contract with...

Anaheim, in California, has turned to Arrival for the supply of five electric buses. It’s the first deal in the US – and the first deal at all – for the Arrival Bus. In partnership with the City of Anaheim, the Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) has been awarded a two-million-dol...

Alexander Dennis Limited is ready to supply a range of zero emission buses to the Australian market. Nexport, an Australian owned supplier and producer of electric buses, will assemble bodies from the Alexander Dennis Enviro family on BYD chassis for the local Australian market. Nexport will also le...

The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia are investing in e-buses and charging infrastructures with the goal of kicking off the electrification of Halifax transit bus fleet. 60 zero emissions vehicles are expected. The municipality is pursuing full electrification of the bus fleet (340 vehicles) by...