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by Stefano Alfanopictures by Roberto Renzi 82 years after the inauguration of trolleybus line 11, which connects Rimini to Riccione via the coast, another trolleybus line was inaugurated yesterday. It is the Rapid Coastal Transport (TRC), known as Metromare, which connects Rimini Station and Riccion...

New e-bus deal for Karsan, which has just rolled out a e-Jest in Croatia (being ‘e-Jest’ the new name of the formerly known Jest Electric, as new names were launched in the framework of the launch of Karsan e-ATA new range). Karsan e-Jest rolled out in Split, Croatia A Karsan e-Jest rece...

The launch of the new BZL electric bus chassis is the latest novelty from Volvo Buses. The group is leading the European e-bus market as of mid-2021, mainly thanks to the huge 145-units delivery in Gothenburg. We had a talk with Anna Westerberg, who has been covering the position of president of Vol...

Lion Electric has received a conditional purchase order for 1,000 all-electric LionC school buses from Student Transportation of Canada, a subsidiary of Student Transportation of America, a north-American leader in student transportation, safety and fleet management services, whose controlling share...

Sidney is increasingly green, Sidney is increasingly electric. Yes, because the city’s e-bus fleet expands and gets the largest e-depot in Australia. And so do the commuters, seeing more green power on Sidney’s inner-West urban streets via Transit Systems currently operating 15 electric buses – with...

Cummins has been accepted into ‘Business Ambition for 1.5°C’ campaign and ‘Race to zero’, two influential groups advocating for climate action ahead of the global COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland (U.K.) starting Oct. 31. Cummins advocates against climate change ...

Snam, Toyota and CaetanoBus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), with the aim of starting a «collaboration to promote and accelerate the introduction of hydrogen-based mobility». The companies signing the agreement – the energy infrastructure company Snam and the subsidiary Snam4Mo...

Iveco Bus is launching a full electric Crossway Low Entry and is ready to offer mild hybrid modules on Urbanway, Crealis and Crossway Low Entry range. On the Crossway the mild hybrid solution will be offered also combined with gas-drive. The mild hybrid module will be available to order by the end o...

NFI subsidiary New Flyer has received an order for up to 150 Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric buses from the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority of Buffalo, New York (NFTA-Metro). To be more specific, the public transport company has issued a five-year contract to NFI subsidiary New Flyer, whi...

The CNH Industrial Design together with IVECO BUS Design team have offered to the transport design students from RUBIKA design school to work on a prospective project: Urban Move Ability, focusing on the urban mobility of tomorrow via an innovative transport solution. The students presented their fi...