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Bus disinfection practices have become an imperative in this period of spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, and will remain so in the post-Coronavirus period. This is made clear in the national guidelines for public transport and also, as of February 2020, in the UITP Factsheet “Management of Covi...

The Coronavirus outbreak is having a massive impact on public transport systems. Users have plummeted, and so are ticket revenues. And public transport will have to cope over a long period of time with a decrease in passenger capacity due to social distancing measures, and users disaffection due to ...

A few days after the announce of the forthcoming introduction of BYD electric passengers cars in Europe, starting from Norway, the Chinese group secured a new commercial success in Scandinavia, on the bus side. BYD has in fact received an order for a further 13 eBuses from Nobina.  The new 12-metre ...

Airfield buses become electric in China. Yutong has just delivered a batch of 12 electric airfield buses in Beijing to China Eastern Airlines. This contract stands out for being Yutong’s largest single order of electric airfield buses. In Europe, Brussels airport opted for electric buses for shuttle...

Shanghai’s airports are bound to be connected with hydrogen buses deployed for shuttle services. And fuel cell powered vehicles will be deployed also for ground services and road mainenance. To this extent the Shanghai Airport Authority has signed a strategic agreement with the Chinese automak...

Electric vehicles gain ground in Lublin public transport fleet. Following the contract for 15 trolleybuses and 20 e-buses secured in December 2019, the Municipal Transport Authority (ZTM) of the Polish city just landed a new order for twelve units of Solaris Urbino 12 Electric. They are to be delive...

The Ebusco 3.0 has been awarded at the Automotive Brand Contest 2020 for the category ‘Commercial vehicles’. In this way, the Dutch electric bus (whose production is set to begin in mid-2020, according to what was stated during the bus launch at Busworld Brussels 2019) joined in the winn...

MAZ adds an electric bus to its portfolio. The Belarusian manufacturer (complete name: Minsk Automobile Plant) unveiled a few days ago the MAZ 303E10, which also stands out for being the second vehicle equipped with the brand new electric central motor CeTrax by ZF (the first is the Solaris Urbino 1...

Dancer Bus has been awarded with one of the Golden A’ Design Award 2019 – 2020, in the category Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation. The award organization announced recently that the Lithuanian vehicle project by Lithuanian company Vejo projektai has been honored with a prize. Two Danc...

New trolleybus fleet in Milan, the day has come. On the 4th of May it was held the debut in operation for the new Solaris Trollino trolleybuses purchased by ATM Milan. That marks a new advancement in the Polish brand presence on Milan’s streets. Following the supply in 2014-15 of 125 Urbino di...