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Scania announces that the group «plans to stop operations at most of its European production units on Wednesday next week (25 March) due to component shortages and the major disruptions that have occurred in the supplier and logistics chain as a result of the spread of COVID-19 in Europe». Expectati...

Akasol second battery production line in Langen goes into operation six months ahead of schedule. The capacity of the plant, that Akasol claim it’s Europe’s largest production site for battery systems, will increase to 800 MWh per year. Serial production of second-generation battery systems is...

In late January 2020 the first five new trolleybuses by Solaris – Škoda Electric reached their destination city Saint-Etienne. A supply that marks the debut of the Trollino range in the French market. The local transport company will gradually acquire a total of 22 new modern trolleybus vehicl...

IT-TRANS postponed. UITP and Messe Karlsruhe are pleased to announce that the 2020 edition of IT-TRANS will be held from 1-3 December in Karlsruhe, Germany. Initially postponed from 3-5 March due to developments with the coronavirus, the new date will see the largest event of its kind dedicated to d...

Yutong makes its first step in Scotland with McGill. The private bus and coach operator thus has finalized the first zero emission bus order with Yutong in Scotland. The pilot order follows a trial held last year on route 38 into Glasgow city centre. The bus was sold to McGill through Pelican Bus &a...

First Alstom Aptis e-bus ordered in Spain. The Aranjuez city local operator AISA has signed a contract with Alstom to incorporate the innovative Alstom Aptis e-bus (first serial vehicle displayed in October 2019 at Busworld) into its urban vehicles fleet. The bus was sent in a Spanish roadshow in ea...

Ekoenergetyka-Polska is executing a contract for electric bus charging stations for Barcelona. Soon, the capital of Catalonia will receive two pantograph chargers capable of delivering up to 500 kW each. This is not the first contract with a Spanish operator, the Polish supplier points out. Among th...

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...