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Clean Vehicle Directive in Germany: the VDV welcomes the federal states’ call for a national procurement quota concerning zero emission buses instead of a quota that would be mandatory for each bus procurement. The Bundesrat (the Upper House of the German Parliament which represents the sixtee...

From 2025 on, in the Netherlands, newly bought buses can only be emission free. In 2030 the entire fleet (around 5,000 buses) has to be clean. Today there are over 1,100 e-buses in the country. In 2020 the Netherlands accounted for over 21% of the battery-electric bus registrations in Western Europe...

With the delivery of the last batch of 55 e-buses for Keolis, Yutong says it has reached a 60% market share in the country regarding e-buses. After entering the Danish market for the first time in 2019, Yutong bus has indeed secured a second contract which ended up with the delivery of 55 E12 in [&h...

Chariot Motors, in consortium with DAT Holding, won a tender for delivery of ten solo, ultracapacitor (UC) electric buses to Serbian capital Belgrade public transport operator GSP. The consortium’s offer involved ten UC e-buses, four electric chargers, diagnostics tools, and staff training. Th...

The HÜBNER Group has entered into a cooperation agreement with AIRDAL for the distribution of the AIRDAL antiviral surface protection products in the mobility sector. The goal: working together to contain the risk of viral spread in public transport vehicles, improving train and bus disinfection. HÜ...

Another follow-up order of Ballard fuel cell modules for Northern Ireland-based bus builder Wrightbus. After the 15 units commissioned in June 2020 (for a total of 50), now the Canadian provider Ballard Power Systems has announced that it has received another purchase orders from Wrightbus for a tot...

Quantron AG is strengthening its management team with Volker Seitz from the beginning of April. By appointing Seitz as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Chief Communication Officer (CCO), the company, which focuses on system application for e-mobility in commercial vehicles, is underlining its ambit...

Seven electric bus manufacturers’ bids to AMT Genova’s call for tenders for 30 12-meter vehicles. Yesterday, 10 March 2020, as reported on the Italian specialized media Autobusweb, the offers have been opened. On the starting blocks: VDL, Solaris, Iveco Bus, Alfabus, BYD, Irizar and Evob...

Scania registered a decrease of net sales by 18 percent during 2020. Operating income decreased by 49 percent. The last quarter of 2020 brought some place for hope: operating income increased by 1 percent. Like most of the industry players, Scania had to stop the production during spring 2020 due to...

Transdev Group has disclosed its 2020 results. Revenues went down 9% compared to 2019 (to € 6.75 billion), with a negative impact on operating profit of € 285 million. Thanks to the savings measures and disposals carried out in 2020, the Group’s net loss was contained at € 109 million, Transde...