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The Italian initiative Mobility Innovation Tour stops off in Cagliari, on 17th September, where the public transport network managed by CTM represents one of the most interesting case study in the national public transport sector. The conference will be part of the European Mobility Week 2019. The o...

Skoda Electric will adopt Skeleton Technologies ultracapacitor systems for 114 trams to be delivered to Mannheim, Heidelberg, and Ludwigshafen in Germany. The contract has been awarded to Skoda Transportation by Rhein-Neckar transport authority RNV on June 2018. Skoda Transportation will use Skoda E...

Solaris claims to be the first manufacturer in Europe in terms of contracts for electric buses in 2019 (so far). A position related to the three large orders placed by customers from Berlin, Warsaw and Milan, for a maximum amount of 470 vehicles. And 90 more electric buses have been ordered through ...

FlixBus is working to prepare the introduction of hydrogen buses in its long distance bus network. The collaboration between the green and orange colored brand and Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, aimed at studying this possibility, is being launched. In the future, the partnership will be enriched...

The road is paved for the transition of Hamburger Hochbahn bus fleet to electric drive. The 20 Mercedes eCitaro and 10 Solaris Urbino 12 Electric are just the stepping stones for a plan that aims at the introduction to no less than 530 electric buses between 2021 and 2025, including both battery and...

The operator owns the bus, the energy company owns the batteries (and the charging infrastructures). That’s how Abellio and Zenobe Energy, together, are bringing 34 electric buses to London, according to a new scheme aimed at ‘setting free’ the operator from a series of issues rela...

New German contract for the Mercedes eCitaro. ÜSTRA, public transport provider in Hanover, concluded a framework agreement for 48 units of the fully electric Mercedes city bus. The first four already ordered eCitaro buses will be delivered this year already. All of the eCitaro models in this large o...

Ekoenergetyka Polska secures a new commission for charging stations in Norway. The Polish company announced it has signed a framework agreement with the PTA Brakar AS for the delivery of a fast charging depot that will be built in Drammen city, a 70,000 people’s town some 40 km south west of O...

The Mercedes Citaro with natural gas drive (and mild hybrid module) gains ground in the Netherlands. From the end of August the EBS public transport company will be operating 93 of such vehicles in the Rotterdam – The Hague metropolitan area. The fleet is made up of 83 Citaro NGT hybrid solo b...

The Polish city of Ostrów Wielkopolski commissioned six Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses. The contract value amounts to slightly over PLN 16 million (3.5 million euros). In the city, four electric buses by Solaris have been riding on the streets since 2017. Pursuant to the newly signed contract, the...