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For MAN this is a real premiere. Lately ‘landed’ in the electric bus field with the Lion’s City E, the German company is now announcing the very first order (based on a tender) for its battery-electric bus. The contract comes from Hamburg: the transport company Verkehrsbetriebe Ham...

Mainly known among Sustainable Bus’ pages for its electric bus products (both battery-electric and trolleybuses), Solaris Bus & Coach is also active in the field of gas-powered buses. And Tallin, capital city of Estonia, has just issued a large order for as many as 100 Solaris Urbino CNG. ...

Olectra bus built with BYD, the production to ramp up. BYD is planning to increase the electric bus production in India to 5,000 vehicles per year from the 2,000 that are built now. The news has been reported on Business Standard, quoting a statement by Ketsu Zhang, executive director of BYD India. ...

Busworld North America is under preparation. The first edition of the new exhibition will be held in January 28-30, 2021 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore (Maryland), United States. This first Busworld North America will follow exactly 1 year after the inaugural seminar Busworld Academ...

There’s one country in Europe where hybrid technology applied to buses is particolarly alive and kicking. It’s Belgium, where the company De Lijn is based and operation. Lately, the group has issued a mega-order for no less than 200 VDL Citea hybrid, thus continuing its good cooperation ...

A commuter bus service operated through two double-decker buses fueled with biodiesel. Keolis (or, being specific, its subsidiary Keolis Sverige) has been awarded a new contract in Sweden, between Gothenburg and Boras, covering 65km and starting from December 2020. The service will provide a service...

Arriva Group is on track to be listed on the Stock Exchange. Rumors have been circulating for a long time so far (besides they were much more than rumors…). Arriva was expected to be sold by the end of 2019. Three funds were said to be interested in the purchase. Now the scenario looks very [&...

Europe’s largest electric bus order goes to…. BYD. Yes, we know: we wrote it (and you read it…) plenty of time so far. Just a few weeks ago, Volvo Buses announced a 157 electric bus order in Sweden. Indeed: Europe’s largest electric bus order. At that time. Now it’s BYD...

Scania bus LNG-powered has made its way to Bologna. The first LNG buses in Europe have been delivered in the Italian city. And this could set the beginning of a new era for intercity buses. The Scania bus Interlink LD LNG displayed today, the first batch of a 15-units order, will be operated by the ...

20 battery-electric buses plus 10 trolleybuses. It’s an ‘holistic’ group of contracts the one signed by Lublin public transport authority ZTM with Solaris Bus & Coach. The value of the orders exceeds PLN 106 millions (over 24 million euros). Following this purchase, half of Lub...