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15 hydrogen buses in Cologne and ten further units headed to Wuppertal. Following the announcement of RVK with regards to the order for a batch of Solaris Urbino hydrogen, the Polish manufacturer transmits it will deliver 10 vehicles to WSW Mobil GmbH in Wuppertal as well. Therefore, the affiliated ...

Cologne region will have a fleet of 52 fuel cell bus units by 2022. The regional public transport company Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) has just placed an order for 15 hydrogen-powered fuel cell buses with Solaris Bus & Coach. It’s the second significant order received from the Polish ma...

8th Busworld Fair Turkey proudly showcasing its full range of electrical products. At the fair, the brand displayed the Jest Electric and Atak Electric, that it developed within one year and made ready for mass production. Visitors to the Busworld fair also had the opportunity to test the Jest Elect...

FPT Industrial takes over Potenza Technology, a UK-based company specialized in the design and development of electric and hybrid powertrain systems. This acquisition represents another step in FPT Industrial’s path towards electrification, one of the pillars of its multi-power strategy. This is als...

First time on Canadian roads for the MCI D45 CRTe LE battery-electric coach, already tested by Flixbus in October 2019. On 9-11 March the long-distance zero emission vehicle has been running through Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.  The operator Coach Atlantic Maritime Bus is th...

Oxford sightseeing buses are going greener thanks to retrofit. Recently the very first electric open-top bus has arrived in Oxford, where the first UK’s zero emission city center is going to be implemented in December 2020. Four other clean vehicles will follow, helping to reduce the environme...

Coronavirus emergency can be faced (also) by correctly using the bus’s air conditioning system. Public transport means are one of the critical place for contagion, for the proximity of people commuting to and from work. Taking into account this, how should public bus air conditioners be proper...

There’s no future for diesel buses in Singapore. The country will only buy electric or hybrid buses from now on. The goal? A full electrified bus fleet by 2040. An ambitious goal, as in Singapore there are some 5,400 buses to be converted in twenty years time (270 per year at a rough calculati...

They are waited as the first hydrogen-powered double-decker buses and they’ll be working in the Scottish city of Aberdeen from the summer, following a first approach with the city that will begin in spring with a period of final testing and training for drivers. Wrightbus is almost ready to de...

Electric buses are too expensive, the transition to zero emission drives of Paris bus services need more time. Île-de-France transport authority has asked RATP to reduce the share of battery-electric buses in the fleet renewal program. According to RATP Bus2025 plan, in 2025 Paris buses should be fo...