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Following two years of web activities, Sustainable Bus is ready to debut in the ‘magazine’ shape. Two issues will be published in 2020: one is now out, the second will be released in September. This new initiative does not, of course, mean an interruption or a drop in activity on www.sus...

Karsan is developing an autonomous version of its 8-meter city electric bus Atak Electric. The Turkish manufacturer announces it will bring SAE Level-4 Autonomous driving skills in the electric vehicle. Prototype is scheduled to be completed by August 2020, Karsan’s CEO states. Technological s...

Volvo Group and Daimler Truck are planning to establish a joint venture focused on fuel cell trucks and buses. The two societies announced today, 21 April 2020, that they have signed a preliminary non-binding agreement to this extent, with final agreement expected by Q3 and closing before year-end 2...

More and more new bus contracts in Spain are marked with Solaris’ logo. The Polish producer sums up the latest success in the country and highlights that «customers from Spain are primarily interested in the comprehensive range of vehicles with alternative drives. Almost all orders placed this...

Flixtrain has decided to postpone its plans for the French railway market. The reason for the postponement seems not to be linked to the Covid-19 emergency, but to the high fees required for the access to the French railway infrastructure, which in this specific case is the conventional network and ...

100 Yutong electric buses are headed to Kazakhstan, where the capital city Nur-Sultan (formerly known, till March 2019, with the denomination of Astana) announced it will upgrade the bus fleet purchasing zero emission vehicles. The vehicles are jointly developed by the Chinese manufacturer and Kazak...

by Stefano Alfano Trolleybus in  Czech Republic. The pandemic has not brought to an halt the renewal of trolleybus fleets in the country. In fact, new full electric trolleybuses have been delivered to the Teplice network, and others are being ordered. Being more specific, Opava has ordered new vehic...

Volvo S-Charge. The Swedish manufacturer is launching a brand new family of full hybrid hybrid buses. The previous range has been upgraded with new capabilities and can now drive silently and emission-free up to 50 km/h and cover longer distances than before (up to 1 km at a time), the group points ...

Keolis in Greater Copenhagen. The French public transport company has been awarded a new, largely electric bus contract by Movia to operate and maintain 47 buses, of which 32 are fully electric. Since summer 2019, Keolis has been awarded contracts to operate fossil-free buses in Gothenburg in Sweden...

by Stefano Alfano Zurich’s trolleybus network looks forward to the future with new technologies and new trolleybus lines. Following the delivery of three 24-metre maxi trolleybuses in 2019, the operator VBZ Zurich is continuing to renew its rolling stock, and Hess is once again the chosen indu...