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Dutch public transport operator Qbuzz has signed a second order with Chinese manufacturer Yutong for 62 new electric buses. The move follows the deployment of 50 Yutong electric buses in the Zuid-Holland Noord concession, which began operations in December 2024. These were the first Yutong vehicles ...

In Burgdorf, within the Hannover Region, the autonomous bus project “albus” has entered its test phase. The trial involves the Karsan Autonomous e-Atak, an 8-metre electric bus equipped by Adastec for fully automated operation, within what Karsan claims being the first large-format auton...

German operator Wupsi, operating in Leverkusen area (between Cologne and Dusseldorf) is pushing ahead with its plan to fully transition to zero-emission buses by 2034. As part of this shift, the company ordered 56 electric buses at the end of 2023 — 46 battery-electric buses from MAN and 10 hydrogen...

First Bus-owned carrier Solent has introduced four newly converted electric buses into service in Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport. These are the first of a order by First Bus for 32 units. The repowered vehicles have been fully refurbished to a near-new standard and converted to electric power, the ...

“Pickups every 20 minutes along busy corridors during weekday commute hours.” That’s how Uber describes Route Share, its new ride option aimed squarely at commuters—and the description could just as easily come from a city bus schedule. Route Share was just presented during the company’s own G...

The run-up to the UITP Summit 2025 in Hamburg, scheduled to take place from 15 to 18 June, continues inexorably. For four days, the city in northern Germany will become the epicentre of the global mobility debate: conferences, press conferences, product launches and networking make the UITP Summit t...

ZF is set to present its latest advancements at the UITP Summit Hamburg 2025 (June 15-18, 2025) showing some if its bus technologies including the next-generation family of electric central and axle drives, the just-announced new air compressor e-comp Scroll, intelligent ADAS safety solutions as wel...

Lion Electric may avoid liquidation after a takeover offer was submitted by a group of investors led by Montreal businessman Vincent Chiara, coming from the real estate business. Lion Electric filed for creditor protection on December 18, 2024, with debts exceeding $411 million. A previous deal coll...

Bus doors provider Ventura Systems announces the opening of a new sales and service office in Japan. Located in the city of Kobe, the new facility aims to strengthen Ventura’s local presence and “enhances our ability to support bus manufacturers and Japanese operators in the transition t...

Volvo Buses announces it has started the production of its first electric bi-articulated bus chassis. The Volvo BZRT model, in articulated and bi-articulated versions, is manufactured at Volvo’s Brazilian plant in Curitiba, which is now capable of exporting the chassis to BRT systems worldwide, the ...