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The hydrogen-powered Solaris Urbino hydrogen bus has been cruising on the streets of Villach, picturesque towns of the Austrian province of Carinthia for a few days now. Solaris has kicked off the presentation of its hydrogen-fuelled vehicle and, as&...

The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) and Park City Transit have awarded GILLIG a $44.2 million contract for 44 battery electric buses, with an option of 95 additional buses over five years. The contract includes 16 plug-in charging systems and four high-power on-route chargers. E-buses headed to Ogden B...

BYD has started the delivery of the 50-units e-bus order secured in Turin (Italy). It is part of a framework agreement for 100 e-buses. This latest major fleet order for BYD comes as a result of its long-established partnership with GTT – Turin’s principal Public Transport Operator – since first sup...

«Hydrogen-based fuels should primarily be used in sectors such as aviation or industrial processes that cannot be electrified, finds a team of researchers. Producing these fuels is too inefficient, costly and their availability too uncertain, to broadly replace fossil fuels for instance in cars or h...

Below, a contribution from Interact Analysis, a market research firm focused on intelligent automation, with a specific department for truck, bus and off-highway electrification.The report, in exclusive for Sustainable Bus, is by Rueben Scriven. The debate around clean air in our...

Stadtwerke Weilheim acquires five Atak Electric e-midibuses from the dealer Quantron AG. From January 1st 2022, Stadtwerke Weilheim will be in charge of operating the city bus, Quantrom says, in the Bavarian city. Recently Quantron AG announced the launch of the Quantron Academy, a competence centre...

Alfabus would be in first position to be awarded the tender issued by AMT Genoa for 30 12-meter electric buses. The news is reported on the Italian media Autobusweb. The one launched by the public transport company of Genoa stands out for being the first tender in Italy to gather a broad participati...

25-meter new electric buses are set to be in operation in Basel. The Swiss bus manufacturer Hess has been awarded a part of the international electric bus tender issued by Basel operator BVB (Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe) in Switzerland. In the framework of the same tender, 54 vehicles have been awarded...

In the summer, Volvo’s electric buses will begin operating in the Norwegian town of Bodø (with charging infrastructure commissioned to Finnish supplier Kempower). They will be the first to provide scheduled services north of the Arctic circle. At the same time, Volvo is also testing its electr...

Two electric buses by VDL launched in Malpensa airport mark the Italian debut of the e-mobility range from the Dutch manufacturer. The 2 Citea SLF-120 Electric buses represent indeed the first electric mobility project of VDL Bus & Coach in Italy and is part of a collaboration between SEA and th...