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Unexpected turn of events in Genoa (Italy): according to leaks reported on the Italian magazine AUTOBUS, public transport operator AMT Genova has cancelled the awarding of the 30 e-bus tender to the Chinese manufacturer Alfabus. This leaves the first place to Solaris, which had come second in the fi...

TMB Barcelona yesterday has held a conference day, together with MAN, focusing on the presentation of the Lion’s City 18 E electric bus and on the sustainability projects of the municipal PTO. The event, TMB points out, was attended by more than 40 managers and delegates from operators such as...

ViriCiti has signed a new partnership with ABC Companies, exclusive distributor and reseller of Van Hool motorcoaches in North America. The Dutch telematics company is set to power ABC Connect Telematics, which is used to manage all Van Hool CX45E electric motorcoaches. This comes as a result of a l...

A total of 650 e-buses have been launched in Moscow so far. This was reported, as reported in a press note released by state-owned operator Mosgortrans, by the Department of Transport and development of road transport infrastructure of Moscow with reference to the Deputy Mayor for Transport Maksim L...

Switch Mobility announced its formal launch on July 2nd 2021. Behind the name lies the new electrified commercial vehicles group backed by the Indian Hinduja Group. Switch Mobility combines the electric commercial vehicle operations of Ashok Leyland and the former bus manufacturer Optare company (a ...

CNH Industrial N.V. today announced the first Newco senior leadership team appointments for Operations and Powertrain. Effective October 1, 2021, Annalisa Stupenengo will assume global responsibility for Operations, while Sylvain Blaise will assume responsibility for the Powertrain Business Unit wit...

Navistar is now part of Traton group, with the latter now holding all Navistar common shares. Navistar (that owns the IC Bus brand, which is now focusing on electric school buses) is to be delisted and deregistered with the SEC during July 2021. A strategic alliance has been in place between Traton ...

Not only fuel cell buses: Wrightbus portfolio is ready to feature also the battery-electric double decker bus StreetDeck Electroliner. The product launch has been announced by the Northern Ireland-based manufacturer a few days ago. It joins the hydrogen bus Streetdeck FCEV, announced in late 2018 an...

Following the Mayor’s announce that Moscow will no more buy diesel buses for public transport, state-owned public transport company Mosgortrans today released that «Hydrogen buses are a next step of Moscow surface transport development». A sample of the hydrogen bus will be developed for testi...

Solaris presented its hydrogen-powered bus, the Urbino 12 hydrogen in Neuenstadt am Kocher, Germany. Omnibus-Verkehr Ruoff GmbH (OVR), part of the Transdev Group, that manages public transport in the city set its hopes on innovation and is planning to use “green hydrogen” produced in an environmenta...