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Irizar has recently signed with the operator Rheinbahn in the city of Düsseldorf (Germany) the contract for the supply of 10 zero emission buses. The model? Irizar ie bus with length 12 meters. 12 units have been ordered by Voyages Simon in Luxemburg. Irizar zero emission bus portfolio is made up by...

Up to 25 fuel cell buses will hit Liverpool City Region’s roads. The buses will be the Enviro400 hydrogen double deck bus developed in partnership between Alexander Dennis and Arcola Energy. The first vehicles are expected to begin operation in 2020. The Liverpool City Region is set to be the ...

The first Mercedes eCitaro for BVG Berlin arrived at destination. It’s the first unit out of a 15 electric bus order. Berlin public transport company also ordered 30 Solaris Urbino Electric (15 solobuses and 15 articulated. Those will be the first articulated electric buses in Berlin bus fleet...

Chinese company Yin Long takes control of the Serbian manufacturer Ikarbus by paying the company’s debts. As reported on SeeNews, the Chinese bus manufacturer repaid Ikarbus’ debt to Banca Intesa. In this way, according to a statement by Dragan Stevanovic, state secretary at the economy ...

New York City Transit has awarded New Flyer with a contract for 15 low floor sixty-foot (i.e. articulated 18 meter) Xcelsior Charge battery-electric, zero emission buses. New Flyer business analytics on the zero emission buses New York City Transit (NYCT) is part of the Metropolitan Transportation A...

A group with a global coverage of 5 continents and about 7,000 employees all around the world, and 2,5 per cent of revenues invested in R&D. The tyre supplier Prometeon unveiled the first product range entirely developed by the company and focused on bus & coach sector. And by the end of the...

Proterra sets a new US record equipping the electric bus Catalyst E2 35-foot with no less than 440 kWh of battery capacity. The bus, Proterra claims, has successfully completed the safety, structural strength and distortion tests at the Altoona Bus Research and Testing Center with 440 kWh of onboard...

BUSWORLD SOUTH EAST ASIA 2019 will be ASEAN’s largest gathering for bus & coach platform.

Government subsidies’ decline could be just one among several reasons for the halt of operation in BYD GAC Guangzhou factory, where electric buses are being produced. Yesterday we reported about the fact that workers in the factory have been sent in leave till 31st May. Guangzhou GAC Group BYD...

Busworld China will be “on air” one year from now, with a key focus: electromobility. As announced in August 2018, Busworld International and VNU Exhibitions Asia Ltd. are partnering up to relaunch the reputational Busworld China. The event will be organised in the SWEEC (Shanghai World ...