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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...

A ‘bacteria killing’ lamp able to eliminate bacteria through an innovative LED lighting system. It’s the proposal coming from the company Code 3 (Ecco group), based in the UK. Called ‘Bacteria killing interior light‘, the lamp is enhanced by Vital Vio VioSafe technology...

IAA Commercial Vehicles 2020 cancelled. It was in the air, now (as of 6 May) it’s official. The pandemic of Covid19 takes away the IAA Hanover. The exhibition scheduled at the Hannover Fair from 24 to 30 September has been cancelled and re-scheduled, confirming the biennial frequency, to 2022....

Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, in Germany, opts for VDL Bus & Coach for its first electric bus order. 21 vehicles have been recently ordered, as the public transport company LVB announced on Monday 4 May. The new electric buses will be 12 meter long and the delivery is planned within this year. The...

A new actor shows up on the North American stage of electric bus manufacturers. Gillig, indeed, in May 2019 took the opportunity of the APTA (American Public Transportation Association) conference to announce the launch of its first 12-meter electric bus, after a premiere held at the end of April. D...

Intel announced yesterday it has acquired Moovit, a mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) solutions company, for approximately $900 million ($840 million net of Intel Capital equity gain) and therefore brings Intel’s Mobileye closer to achieving its plan to become a complete mobility provider, including robo...