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In 2027, one third of EMT Madrid bus fleet will be electric and the other two thirds will be made of gas-powered buses. In the meanwhile, two zero emission (and zero costs) lines have been launched and the company has approved a 35 million euros investment for the purchase of 50 new electric buses. ...

In Bakersfield, California, Golden Empire Transit District (GET) will roll out five hydrogen buses. The investment has been deliberated by the Board of Directors and pushes GET forward in compliance with the California Air Resource Board (CARB) regulation. Today Golden Empire Transit District operat...

Public transport is needed now more than ever. But it needs support. This is, in a nutshell, the meaning of the open letter sent by UITP to the European institutions calling for the ongoing support of the sector now, and in the times that lie ahead. A document shared with other fellow associations s...

Cummins makes a further step towards the implementation of fuel cell solutions. Loop Energy announced that it has received an additional cash investment from Cummins. The further investment was made following Loop’s successful completion of requirements established at the time of Cummins initi...

«To succeed in the transition to a fossil-free transport system, biofuels are crucial. In 2019, Scania increased sales of vehicles that run on alternatives to diesel by 46 percent (6,631 vehicles). There is great potential for wider use of biofuels as all Scania vehicles can run on biodiesel-HVO». H...

A new generation of electric motor for road vehicles is ready to roll off TSA production lines. The Austrian company, based in Wiener Neudorf, is behind the technology that powers metro trains and trams in Wien as well as rail vehicles in around 60 countries worldwide. Bus and commercial vehicles ar...

BYD suspens production in the US for at least two weeks. Or «until we get further direction or information that allows us to safely resume our operations», says BYD North America president Stella Li in a letter that we fully display below. The decision follows the measures taken in the past days by ...

A tender for 50 articulated battery-trolleybuses in Mexico City. The Servicio de Transporte Eléctricos (STE) launched the international call for bids. The new vehicles are to be operated on a new route that will be serving some 130,000 people. The same operator has received a total of 63 new trolley...

The very first batch of fuel cell buses in Denmark was delivered between 10th and 16the March in the municipality of Aalborg, in the north of the country. The three fuel cell vehicles manufactured by Van Hool (model A330) with Ballard Power Systems hydrogen technology are operated by Keolis and Arri...

25 natural gas buses (with option for further 30) have been put out on a tender in Grenoble, where the latest diesel buses are going to be replaced to less polluting CNG-powered vehicles. The call for tender has been launched on 17th March by Sémitag, as reported on Gaz-mobilite.fr. The buses will h...