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Berlin targets a 100 % zero emission bus fleet by 2030. Last week, the city’s senate has approved a new 15-year direct award contract with the state-owned public transport company. It is worth up to 19 billion euros and, as reported on the International Railway Journal, it includes 450 million...

29 BYD ADL Enviro400EV electric double deckers represent the first step towards zero-emission National Express fleet. Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD Europe jointly announced today that their electric vehicle partnership, which stands out for being UK’s leading electric bus producer, has supp...

Meritor announced nearly one year ago that it was about to supply its components to the battery-electric bus Alstom Aptis. Axles, air disc brakes and right angle gear box, in fact, came from Meritor’s advanced technologies brand Blue Horizon, which is a new Meritor brand focused on electric dr...

Solaris has delivered two Urbino 12 electric buses to the German city of Würzburg. It is the first delivery performed for the operator NVG Omnibus-Betriebs-GmbH. It is the first time that the customer has opted for battery vehicles, which is why Solaris will also provide chargers as part of the orde...

BMW chooses Karsan Jest Electric, equipped with the German group “i” line of engine and battery technology,  to transport their factory personnel in Germany. Delivered by Quantron, Karsan’s dealer in Germany, the new Jest Electric became the new carriers of BMW personnel in the Mun...

Dr. Richard Group is the protagonist of a new test round of the hydrogen bus Solaris Urbino 12 in Austria.. After the test held in Vienna in June, the bus was handed over to the Dr. Richard Group, the largest private bus operator in Austria, which presented the vehicle in St. Pölten on 7 July 2020. ...

Dafo Vehicle is launching a fire protection system that aims at increasing safety of electric and hybrid buses with regards to fire risks. The product,  that is scheduled to be commercially available from 1st September 2020, has been developed in the framework of the EU-funded Li-IonFire (Automated ...

Andreas Tostmann is the new Chairman of the Executive Board at MAN Truck & Bus SE. Joachim Drees leaves the Executive Board. MAN Truck & Bus SE is reorganising its Executive Board team. Tostmann is currently Brand Director for Production and Logistics at Volkswagen Passenger Cars. He succeed...

Keolis Downer launches a trial of autonomous electric shuttle made by Navya in Newcastle (Australia). The French group already operate trams, buses, on-demand transport service in real-time and ferries in the city. Now, Keolis’ subsidiary Keolis Downer has beginning a new project focused on au...

FIAA Madrid will be postponed to March 2021. After the meeting of the Organising Committee of the International Bus and Coach Trade Fair, FIAA 2020, on 26th June, and considering the COVID‑19 situation, it was agreed to postpone the next edition of the event, the organizers point out. At the beginni...