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The electric coach Yutong ICe12 has been certified as an ultra low emission bus with respect to the BSOG LEV scheme in Scotland, the dealer Pelican Bus and Coach announces. It means that Yutong vehicle is now eligible to receive the 30 pence/kilometre as it has attained ULEB status. The Yutong TCe12...

Vy Buss Norge recently placed an order for a large number of Volvo electric buses for operation in Drammen and Ålesund, with delivery set for later this year. 22 e-buses were ordered in May. By summer 2021 Vy Buss will have 150 electric buses in operation, Volvo Buses points out. The same operator a...

Hamburger Hochbahn has selected Solaris, Mercedes and MAN as potential suppliers of 530 electric buses to be delivered in the period between 2021-2025. Today the public transport operator in Hamburg, Hamburger Hochbahn announced the list. UPDATE 16TH DECEMBER 2020:...

The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) has released a Guidebook for Deploying Zero-Emission Transit Buses, authored by CTE staff Meredith Linscott and Amy Posner and funded through the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medici...

The go-ahead has been given: over 470 million euros will be allocated from the Italian government for the reorganization and expansion of Genoa trolleybus system (and of the public transport network of the city as a whole). According to the ambitious plan proposed by the Genoa City Council earlier t...

Fuel cell buses in Hamburg. The operator Hamburger Hochbahn has launched a tender for the supply of up to 50 fuel cell buses for the years 2021 to 2025. The invitation to tender is split in four lots. The operator intends to buy both fuel cell buses and battery-electric buses with fuel cell range ex...

Jean-Luc Deflandre has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Vėjo projektai, companies group producing Dancer Bus. He has gained experience in the e-bus field with positions in Ebusco and BYD. Earlier this year, European Energy Efficiency Fund (eeef) and Dancer manufacturer have announ...

BYD has handed over its first electric buses in Germany. The landmark moment was celebrated a few days ago when the operators BOGESTRA (Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen) and HCR (Straßenbahn Herne-Castrop-Rauxel) have taken delivery of the first vehicle in a joint fleet order for 22 eBuses from ...

Ploiești, in Romani, has opted for 20 low-floor Solaris Trollino 12 trolleybuses. According to the contract worth PLN 36 million, the vehicles will have been delivered within two years from the signing date. These will add to electric vehicles made by the Polish manufacturer on Romanian roads. The o...

De Lijn and VDL Bus & Coach take a further step in their cooperation next with 70 hybrid buses. The Flemish passenger transport company De Lijn just placed an order for 70 Citeas SLFA-180 Hybrid that will be delivered in the second half of 2021 and will operate at various locations in Flanders. ...