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Iveco Bus has signed a production agreement with bus manufacturer Otokar, under which Iveco branded buses will be produced in the Turkish factories in Sakarya. This contractual partnership covers existing models in the Iveco Bus portfolio for international distribution, as well as the production of ...

Vancouver public transport is moving towards a zero emission future. It’s yet to be decided how much time this conversion will take.  TransLink is in fact asking the Mayors’ Council to support the transition to a less polluting bus fleet. According to the Low Carbon Fleet Strategy, the w...

20 e-buses already in the fleet and 13 further units coming. But the plans are much wider. University of Georgia (UGA) is targeting the complete phase-out of diesel buses from the fleet. Accordingly, UGA will be the university hosting the largest electric bus fleet in the US. 12 charging stations fo...

Foton is about to begin the production of battery-electric buses in Egypt. The first batch of vehicles will be realized in November in Egyptian military factories. At least, this is what the Minister of Military Production Mohamed al-Assar announced on Sunday. Also, Assar explained that his ministry...

130 BYD e-buses weren’t enough: Los Angeles has decided for a further order, this time with Proterra, bringing the figure up to 155 electric buses. That now marks the largest investment on this technology in North America. The major investment of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT...

The Mercedes eCitaro has deserved the “Blue Angel” environmental label. What is more, it’s the first fully-electric city bus entitled to bear this label, that will be displayed on the three vehicles in delivery in Jena for Jenaer Nahverkehr. “Blue Angel” has been for ov...

Aix-en-Provence will have a batch of 13 Rampini E60 in operation. The Italian company announced the awarding of an order from Keolis France. Delivery is expected by the end of 2020, with starting of the operation in January 2021. In late 2019, Rampini delivered a first six-meter electric minibus in ...

The MAN Lion’s City E has been chosen as the winner of the iF Gold Award in the “Automobile/Vehicle/Bike” category by the design judging panel of the iF International Forum. The bus design team has now won an iF Design Award for the fifth year running. This year, also BYD won a prize at the [&hellip...

North America’s first cluster dedicated to researching battery electric and fuel cell electric buses has been launched by CUTRIC (The Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium) together with seven partners. CUTRIC and its members are contributing a total of $4.2 million in fund...

BYD 12-meter eBus has been crowned with the iF Design Award in the public transport category. The award was addressed at the ‘Home from Home’ design concept, that BYD showed at Busworld Brussels in October 2019. 7,300 participants from 56 countries entered the design competition – first conceived in...