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UK company Mellor is to supply a full-electric, emissions-free Orion E bus for Nottingham City Council’s Highways England-funded Electric Van Experience (EVE) Project. The council says it has earmarked the Orion E for use on its passenger transport routes following the project trial. The vehicle sta...

Solaris has been awarded with the largest electric bus order ever commissioned in Romania, eastern Europe. In a government tender run by the Romanian Ministry for Public Works, Development, and Administration, with seven local towns and cities as beneficiaries, Solaris has been awarded a huge order ...

Covid had a strong impact on Keolis 2020 results, bringing revenues down 7.5% and reducing profits of 101 million euros. Losses were limited thanks to cost-saving plans: «We reduced the impact of the health crisis from €519 million to €189 million», the group says. Keolis results for 2020 were relea...

According to Electrive, the first units of Mercedes eCitaro with solid-state battery have been taken out of service and recalled by the manufacturer as «their batteries are undergoing checks due to an insulation fault that could lead to short circuits». Battery issues on the eCitaro for Wiesbaden Th...

Ebusco just announced its first order from Denmark, where Nobina is going to operate 13 vehicles in Copenhagen. These buses, model 2.2, will be delivered n November 2021 and are expected to start operation in December. Nobina signes the first Danish order for Ebusco The largest public transport oper...

Over 400 units sold, with 200 units in delivery to RATP in Paris, following the awarding to Heuliz Bus (together with Alstom and Bluebus) in the maxi tender issued in 2019 for up to 800 e-buses. Today 30% of Heuliez Bus production is made of zero emission buses: the range GX Elec is shared with [&he...

4 MAN Lion’s City E buses have started scheduled operation for Voyages Emile Weber, in Luxembourg. Also, Belgian operator Hansea is now testing an electric bus from MAN demo fleet for a year. MAN’s electric buses are still touring Europe: the roadshow enters its second round, the manufacturer says. ...

The Dutch e-bus producer Ebusco and the telematics company ViriCiti announce they have formalized a 7-year partnership. Therefore, Ebusco will continue to use ViriCiti’s fleet management service to power its Ebusco Live monitoring system, pre-installed in all Ebusco buses. The two Dutch companies ha...

Keolis wins a new bus contract in Thionville in France’s Grand Est Region with a focus on growing ridership. The public transport company will operate and maintain the Citéline public transport network.  This public service delegation contract1 will come into effect on 1 April 2021 for a period of a...

According to Moscow Transport Department, the use of e-buses on Moscow routes reduced the volume of local emissions polluting the air by 400 tons in 2020. E-bus deployment in Moscow started in September 2018. Since then a modern public transport fleet has replaced traditional buses on 42 routes over...