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BYD delivered a fleet of 20 units of electric buses to CUTCSA, Uruguay’s largest urban public transport operator, in the capital city of Montevideo. BYD’s first bus imported in 2013 by the local distributor Abriley served as the foundation for the replacement of units executed under the ...

Ekoenergetyka has signed a new contract with Qbuzz for the supply of charging infrastructures in the Netherlands. The Polish provider will take care of the depot and city infrastructure in Utrecht. Ekoenergetyka has already delivered a special 1.2 MW Mega Charger X 1200 mobile container megastation ...

What has been the impact of Covid-19 on bus operations in India? UITP and the World Bank have surveyed bus operators across India to better understand the topic. Therefore, a new Statistic Brief was published, in order to provide an overview on the specific challenges faced by the sector and practic...

Tower Transit orders thirty-seven electric buses from Optare for London. They’ll be incorporating ZF’s electric portal axle AxTrax AVE. While the central electric motor from Friedrichshafen is almost ready for series production, the well-known AxTrax gets a new commission. London will witness ...

Following on from the 2020 iF Design Award, the electric bus MAN Lion’s City E has now achieved a new victory: the jury of the Automotive Brand Contest awarded MAN’s creation the design prize in the Commercial Vehicle category. Also the Ebusco 3.0 has been crowned at the same competition...

Keolis Nederland – BYD, a secret agreement behind the contract for 259 electric buses signed in early December 2019. According to research by platform Follow the Money (FTM), Keolis made secret agreements with two manufacturers (one is BYD, the other Ginaf, which is located in Veenendaal). Keo...

BAE Systems partners with ViriCiti. Buses with BAE Systems Series-ER (Electric Range) electric hybrid systems can see their engine switched on or off in predefined geofenced areas thanks to an automatic tool developed by Dutch company ViriCiti. The functionality is compatible with more than 1.000 el...

Solaris e-bus fleet in Cracow gets a further boost as MPK has ordered today 50 Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses. These new vehicles will expand the existing fleet of 400 Solaris buses of varying configurations, including 28 electric buses. The number of Polish-made zero emission buses will then grow...

No IAA Commercial Vehicles this year: for the German bus industry the next meeting occasion will occur in spring 2021. At least, this is the intention of BUS2BUS‘ organizers, that today have announced that next year’s BUS2BUS will take place from 14 to 15 April in Halls 18, 19, 20 and the Pala...

100 hydrogen buses on Australian roads. It’s the target, at least for Phase 1, of the just established  H2OzBus Project, which has the goal of exploring delivery of innovative and sustainable transport solutions in the country. Public transport operator Transit Systems group has announced it i...