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According to the order placed in 2019 by the Keolis Norge AS operator, Solaris will provide 10 Solaris Trollino 18 articulated trolleybuses to Bergen this year. First four of them just arrived to Norway’s second largest city. Official launch of all new trolleybuses is planned for beginning of ...

The European Commission is allocating €23 million in grants for the purchase of electric buses and the conversion of depots to electricity and bio-gas in Île-de-France region. Through this funding, the European Commission is supporting the commitment of Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP towards an ec...

Arriva Group has been awarded a new bus contract worth €259m in the south-west region of Lisbon, Portugal. The seven-year contract is due to start in October 2021 and will see Arriva operating 350 buses on 116 routes in the districts of Almada, Seixal and Sesimbra.  This includes 43 new routes, plus...

New tender has been opened for the purchase of 52 electric minibuses in Sofia (Bulgaria). The procurement has been issued by the public transport company Stolichen Avtotransport, as reported on SeeNews. The tender includes charging infrastructures. Tender for electric minibuses in Sofia It is the th...

VDL Bus & Coach is introducing VDL Pure Air Technology (for the Futura) and VDL Clean Air Technology (for Citea and Futura) as solutions developed in order to reduce the risk of Covid infection during the journey. VDL, ionisation process for bus disinfection Going into details, VDL Pure Air Tech...

Forsee Power has signed a new contract with fuel cell bus producer Wrightbus for «several hundred battery systems per year». The French supplier has been equipping the buses of the northern Irish brand since 2013. Once again, it announces it has been designated as official supplier, thus pursuing it...

E-bus manufacturer Proterra unveiled a new high-powered charging solution designed to enable the electrification of large-scale vehicle fleets. Developed in partnership with Power Electronics, the new Proterra charging systems aim to offer transit agencies and fleet operators a customizable vehicle ...

Silicon carbide technology is approaching the electric bus market. An increase in the e-powertrain’s efficiency is the main advantage brought by the adoption of such technology. Recently, Yutong and Solaris (even in the latest unveiled Urbino 15 LE Electric) have announced they are using SiC t...

ASSURED, the project co-funded by the European Commission (EC) to promote the electrification of urban transport vehicles, has on 21 October kicked off its first demonstration. Hosted by Volvo Buses, the Gothenburg launch marked the start of a series of demos taking place around Europe that will tes...

European Mobility Expo 2020 goes ‘full digital’. Already postponed to mid December (15-17), now the board of directors of GIE Objectif transport public, organizers of the exhibition that was to be held in Paris, has unanimously resolved to cancel the face-to-face event and replace it wit...