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West London’s best known bus route has been fully electrified. In late February 29 pure electric BYD ADL Enviro400EV buses reached their destination and started service on route 94. The buses are operated by London United, a subsidiary of RATP Dev. Route 94 provides a 24-hour service for West ...

The City of Lincoln Transportation and Utilities, operating as StarTran Bus Service, has purchased ten 10.6-meter Xcelsior CHARGE from New Flyer. Each bus is estimated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 100-160 tons per year, compared to a traditional clean diesel bus, according to the manufactur...

New York goes hybrid. Public transport authority MTA awarded Nova Bus, subsidiary of Volvo Buses, with a major contract for no less than 165 hybrid buses. Volvo Buses has therefore received the second major MTA contract in a short time. In fact, Volvo Buses also recently announced an order for 307 P...

Beverly Public Schools in Massachusetts opt for the newly released Thomas Built electric school bus Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley, equipped with Proterra technology with regards to electric drivetrain and batteries. Also a Proterra 60kW charging system has been selected. The project represents the first all...

24 meters of highly advanced design. The newly released bi-articulated trolleybus Solaris Trollino 24 has received the Top Design Award handed out during the Arena Design 2020 event currently under way in Poznań. Singled out for its innovative, unique design, the vehicle was on display on the premis...

Irizar e-mobility is set to provide nine 18-metre emission-free electric buses to In-de-City-Bus GmbH (ICB) Frankfurt (Germany), in addition to nine interoperable slow charge stations for their garages. The same operator has procured five Solaris Urbino 12 Electric. With a huge battery equipment 560...

The first hydrogen articulated buses in the US goes to… MTD. New Flyer has secured an order for two sixty-foot Xcelsior CHARGE H2, powered via Ballard Power Systems fuel cell modules. The buses will be in operation in Illinois for Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District. Whose fleet is 85 per c...

Ekoenegetyka is supplying Berlin with no less than 130 charging stations for electric buses. Each station will deliver 150 kW through plug-in connection. The Polish supplier is then involved in BVG’s ambitious project of transition to zero emission vehicles. By 2021, some 225 e-buses are expec...

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...