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A new alliance for commercial battery electric vehicles development. BYD and Hino signed a strategic business agreement today. The two companies will collaborate on a development of BEV products. Also, by utilizing both of their knowledge and experience, the Sino-Japanese cooperation will led to a c...

20 per cent of Keolis bus fleet worldwide runs on alternative energy. It means 3.704 vehicles. Keolis group just released the 2019 results. The public transport company has exceeded the 6 billion euro turnover mark (+ 11 per cent), achieving in 2019 an increase of the operating result EBITDA (+7%). ...

MCI is ready to launch two battery-electric coach models in two years. The North America coach manufacturer is expect to bring the MCI J4500 CHARGE to the market in late 2020, while in 2021 it’ll be the turn of the MCI D45 CRTe LE CHARGE, which has lately been tested in Canada by Coach Atlanti...

Following two years of web activities, Sustainable Bus is ready to debut in the ‘magazine’ shape. Two issues will be published in 2020: one is now out, the second will be released in September. This new initiative does not, of course, mean an interruption or a drop in activity on www.sus...

Karsan is developing an autonomous version of its 8-meter city electric bus Atak Electric. The Turkish manufacturer announces it will bring SAE Level-4 Autonomous driving skills in the electric vehicle. Prototype is scheduled to be completed by August 2020, Karsan’s CEO states. Technological s...

Volvo Group and Daimler Truck are planning to establish a joint venture focused on fuel cell trucks and buses. The two societies announced today, 21 April 2020, that they have signed a preliminary non-binding agreement to this extent, with final agreement expected by Q3 and closing before year-end 2...

More and more new bus contracts in Spain are marked with Solaris’ logo. The Polish producer sums up the latest success in the country and highlights that «customers from Spain are primarily interested in the comprehensive range of vehicles with alternative drives. Almost all orders placed this...

Flixtrain has decided to postpone its plans for the French railway market. The reason for the postponement seems not to be linked to the Covid-19 emergency, but to the high fees required for the access to the French railway infrastructure, which in this specific case is the conventional network and ...

100 Yutong electric buses are headed to Kazakhstan, where the capital city Nur-Sultan (formerly known, till March 2019, with the denomination of Astana) announced it will upgrade the bus fleet purchasing zero emission vehicles. The vehicles are jointly developed by the Chinese manufacturer and Kazak...

by Stefano Alfano Trolleybus in  Czech Republic. The pandemic has not brought to an halt the renewal of trolleybus fleets in the country. In fact, new full electric trolleybuses have been delivered to the Teplice network, and others are being ordered. Being more specific, Opava has ordered new vehic...