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BYD announced it has completed the manufacture of the first 100% electric articulated bus chassis in Brazil. Now, vehicles will be produced in scale at the company’s plant in Campinas, countryside of São Paulo. The D11B chassis model, 22 meters long, will have lithium-iron phosphate batteries ...

BAE Systems announced today that is has been selected by New York City Transit Authority to supply 435 electric hybrid power and propulsion systems for its new fleet of transit buses, reducing carbon emissions and fuel consumption. With the new order, BAE Systems’ footprint will extend to more than ...

Heliox is poised to power e-buses for 16 MW in two Transdev – Connexxion concessions, namely Amstelland-Meerlanden and Haarlem-IJmond. On 24th of June 2020, Heliox was chosen as the fast charging partner. Both concessions together cover a total of 16 MW. The concessions will see the debut in o...

Karsan brings the number of Jest Electric circulating in Coimbra to 11. The Turkish manufacturer announces it has recently won the public transportation tender held for the city of Coimbra in Portugal and is now getting ready to provide nine Jest Electric vehicles. The company had already delivered ...

The Mercedes eCitaro G is ready to be delivered by the end of this year. There are already definite orders for over 60 of the new Mercedes eCitaro G from half a dozen towns and cities (starting from Munich), the manufacturer points out. Depending on the version, it can transport up to 146 passengers...

Hydrogen is back on the spotlight. Although number are still small, more manufacturers are launching fuel cell bus products and interest is growing at a European level. Recent agreements between Volvo – Daimler and Iveco – Nikola for long-distance trucks pave the way for the future devel...

AMT Genova‘s trust in Rampini has been confirmed with a second order for another ten electric buses E80. A new supply that will bring to 20 the number of eight-meter electric vehicles made in Passignano sul Trasimeno, central Italy, in circulation in the city. Deliveries of the first order beg...

Arriva is now the principal bus operator for the Pilsen Region. The public transport company has this week started a new 10-year bus contract (worth 270 million euros) in the south west of the Czech Republic. It means that Arriva is now the principal bus operator for the area, which will benefit fro...

Siemens has been awarded a contract for e-bus charging infrastructure in Nuremberg. Bus operator VAG will benefit of Siemens technology for 39 parking spaces in its new innovative depot. Operations at the new VAG premises are set to begin in 2021. So far the public transport company has ordered a ba...

Santiago de Chile has 411 battery-electric buses today in operation within the largest e-bus fleet outside China (…although the brands are the same, as only Chinese-made ZEBs are running in Santiago, and Latin America, so far). The capital city is in the spotlight of a lately released case stu...