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More than 5,000 electric buses are due to be in operation in India in the short-medium term. At least, this is the intention of Indian government, that recently announced the implementation of electric bus fleets through the Twitter account of Amitabh Kant, the CEO of the government’s Niti Aayog thi...

The interoperability report will be followed by real life demonstrations in Gothenburg, Barcelona and Osnabruck. ABB is part of ASSURED consortium, that has developed a new report that will bring public transport market another step forward in the standardization of ebus charging infrastructure. Nex...

The electric school bus Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley, first outcome of the new cooperation between Daimler Buses and Proterra, received full CARB and HVIP Certifications and is eligibile for funding from the California Energy Commission (CEC). Commercial production of the vehicle is scheduled to begin next...

Mercedes eCitaro breaks through Scandinavian and Luxembourg markets. 20 electric bus units will be delivered following a batch of three orders that will bring for the first time the battery powered eCitaro out of German borders. Mercedes eCitaro out of German borders After many orders from German tr...

The new tram service in Caen la Mer (Normandy) is now in operation. On 27th July, Keolis, which already operates the Twisto public transport system, launched the new tram system. Following 19 months of works, this new mode of transport will replace the previous rubber-tyred tram system. Also the bus...

The Caetano e.City Gold fleet that will hit London roads will be equipped with Forsee Power batteries. The 34 buses will be delivered from 2020. Forsee Power has been a partner of the Portuguese leader CaetanoBus since 2017 and equips the e.City Gold range, for the cities of Guimarães, Porto, Braga,...

The renewal of Timişoara tram fleet, in Romania, relies on Bozankaya vehicles. The Turkish company has been just awarded a 33 million euros contract supported with EU funds. Under this agreement, 16 low floor battery powered trams will be supplied to the city. The contract includes also an option fo...

Public transport agency Groningen Drenthe has commissioned the construction of a hydrogen filling station, the supply of hydrogen and the purchase of 20 hydrogen buses. Shell Nederland has won the tender for the supply of hydrogen for the buses and is building a hydrogen filling station in Groningen...

Irish National Transport Authority issued a tender for up to 600 double decker hybrid buses. The whole batch of vehicles will be awarded to a single manufacturer, according to NTA plans. The purchase is part of the BusConnects programme. The vehicles must be able to run in zero emission mode, so tha...

Seoul will see the city electric bus fleet to grow to 143 vehicles. According to a statement from the government (and reported on local press), from November further 114 electric buses will start operation in the capital city of South Korea. Subsidized ebuses for Seoul The batch of electric buses wi...