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Traktionssysteme Austria, mostly known as TSA, is anything but a newcomer. It is 60 years so far that the Austrian company has been developing, designing and producing electromechanical drives for rolling stock. TSA’s motors power vehicles in around 60 countries all over the world. The core bu...

Two Finnish cities have ordered a total of 31 11.5 meter e-buses to the Dutch producer VDL Bus & Coach. 13 vehicles will be in operation in Kuopio, 28 in Lahti. The model involved in the order is the Citea LLE-115 Electric. Recently, also in the Finnish market, a large order for 106 e-buses has ...

Birmingham City Council has purchased 20 Wrightbus new hydrogen double decker buses as part of their Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot. The news is made public by Wrightbus itself through a post on the company’s social media. According to the producer, these will be the first fuel cell double decke...

Skywell New Energy Vehicles Group (Skywell) just received index approval from China’s Ministry of Industry & Information and Technology (MIIT) for a zero-emission public transport bus powered by Loop Energy’s fuel cell engines. The bus is manufactured by Skywell’s subsidiary Golden Dragon....

Everything is ready for the launch of the Solaris Urbino 15 LE, the first intercity electric bus in the company’s history. It’s also the longest e-bus in the Polish producer’s range. On October 20, 2020 at 12:00, the premiere of an electric novelty from Solaris – a 15-meter battery...

The electric bus Yutong U12 is being tested in Tallin, Estonia, in one of its first appearance on European roads following its launch at the Busworld 2019 in Brussels. The pilot has been organized together with BUSNEX, that earlier this year has been appointed dealer for the Chinese brand in the Bal...

Hyzon Motors and Warpforge have signed a MOU addressed at developing an hydrogen bus (named Superbus) starting in 2021. Development of the prototype Superbus will take place at Warpforge’s facilities in Perth, Western Australia, is reported on the Australian specialized media Busnews. Hyzon Motors r...

On 30.09.2020 MZK Toruń, in Poland, has bought six electric buses with Solaris’ logo. Pursuant to the signed contract, the vehicles will be ready to carry Toruń residents in 18 months. The vehicles will be recharged by day using fast pantograph chargers deployed in three locations in the city,...

Strasbourg Eurometropole opts for e-buses from Irizar e-mobility placing a large order for as many as 49 ie bus models. Deliveries for 12 Alstom Aptis are underway in the French city. The order placed by the CTS (Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois) includes 49 100% electric zero-emission 12-m I...

The electric bus market in North America is still nascent. Commitments to energy transition taken by states and municipalities are beginning to become numerous (California leading the way), and the coming years will be decisive for the deployment of large fleets of electric buses on the streets. Cha...