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On 13th March 2020 BYD has announced the creation of the world’s largest mass-produced face-mask production plant. The move by BYD comes as demand for hygiene products surges following the global COVID-19 outbreak. The facility is operating at full capacity, producing five million face-masks and 300...

35 buses from 9 manufacturers, the Turkish trio Isuzu, Karsan and Otokar took the lion’s share. With zero emission applications. The 8th edition of Busworld Turkey, organised by Busworld International and its Turkish partner, HKF Trade Fairs took place from 5 to 7 March 2020 in the Istanbul Ex...

Chile is the first country in Latin America to have bus terminals equipped with ABB heavy vehicle chargers, opening the path for the breakthrough of the Swiss group in the region. In fact, ABB’s Heavy Vehicle Chargers (HVC) are set to power a fleet of 25 electric buses in the country. 411 e-buses in...

15 hydrogen buses in Cologne and ten further units headed to Wuppertal. Following the announcement of RVK with regards to the order for a batch of Solaris Urbino hydrogen, the Polish manufacturer transmits it will deliver 10 vehicles to WSW Mobil GmbH in Wuppertal as well. Therefore, the affiliated ...

Cologne region will have a fleet of 52 fuel cell bus units by 2022. The regional public transport company Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has just placed an order for 15 hydrogen-powered fuel cell buses with Solaris Bus & Coach. It’s the second significant order received from the Polish ma...

8th Busworld Fair Turkey proudly showcasing its full range of electrical products. At the fair, the brand displayed the Jest Electric and Atak Electric, that it developed within one year and made ready for mass production. Visitors to the Busworld fair also had the opportunity to test the Jest Elect...

FPT Industrial takes over Potenza Technology, a UK-based company specialized in the design and development of electric and hybrid powertrain systems. This acquisition represents another step in FPT Industrial’s path towards electrification, one of the pillars of its multi-power strategy. This is als...

First time on Canadian roads for the MCI D45 CRTe LE battery-electric coach, already tested by Flixbus in October 2019. On 9-11 March the long-distance zero emission vehicle has been running through Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.  The operator Coach Atlantic Maritime Bus is th...

Oxford sightseeing buses are going greener thanks to retrofit. Recently the very first electric open-top bus has arrived in Oxford, where the first UK’s zero emission city center is going to be implemented in December 2020. Four other clean vehicles will follow, helping to reduce the environme...

Coronavirus emergency can be faced (also) by correctly using the bus’s air conditioning system. Public transport means are one of the critical place for contagion, for the proximity of people commuting to and from work. Taking into account this, how should public bus air conditioners be proper...