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10 double decker electric buses have been delivered by the JV between Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD Europe to National Express for operation in Coventry, as part of a wider investment in 29 zero emission BYD ADL Enviro400EV. The first 19 were delivered in Birmingham in July. The batteries o...

BVG Berlin ‘christens’ the E-MetroBus project with the debut on the road of the first full electric articulated bus. The novelty occurred on 27th August 2020. A total of 17 Solaris Urbino 18 electric vehicles are now gradually taking over operation on Line 200, BVG points out. Elect...

Everfuel will establish a hydrogen refuelling station at the Connexxion bus depot in Heinenoord. It will be operational by the end of 2021. The Danish company has won the European tender issued by the province of South Holland for a facility that will stand out to be one of the largest in Europe. Si...

Finnish electric bus manufacturer Linkker announces the launch of LinkDrive retrofit kit, which enables the conversion of diesel buses to electric in order to allow faster transition to emission-free public transport. First application will be realized in Singapore, where Linkker has recently delive...

Karsan is ready to open a spare parts warehouse in Nuremberg, Germany, in order to be able to send components to any point in Europe within 2 days. Combining the forces with Barsan Global Logistics for on-site spare parts service, Karsan says it plans to multiply its operational power by taking adva...

Go Bus has awarded Siemens two contracts for electric bus charging in New Zealand. DC fast charging technology will be provided to 34 buses through charging devices made by the German group. Two depots in Christchurch and Auckland are concerned: an overall power capacity of around 3.7 Megawatt will ...

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...