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MPK Poznań bus fleet, by the end of 2021, will be featuring a total of 58 electric buses, according to the order just secured with Solaris for 37 Urbino Electric. These vehicles will 21 units already delivered. The new order is made of 31 12-meter buses and 6 articulated vehicles. Value? Over 90 mil...

Electric buses ‘made in Uganda’. The State owned nascent car manufacturer Kiira Motors Corporation is launching a concept of battery-electric bus, named Kayoola EVS. Two units have been running around the capital city Kampala last week. The news is reported on softpower.ug. The prototype...

BYD delivered a fleet of 20 units of electric buses to CUTCSA, Uruguay’s largest urban public transport operator, in the capital city of Montevideo. BYD’s first bus imported in 2013 by the local distributor Abriley served as the foundation for the replacement of units executed under the ...

Ekoenergetyka has signed a new contract with Qbuzz for the supply of charging infrastructures in the Netherlands. The Polish provider will take care of the depot and city infrastructure in Utrecht. Ekoenergetyka has already delivered a special 1.2 MW Mega Charger X 1200 mobile container megastation ...

What has been the impact of Covid-19 on bus operations in India? UITP and the World Bank have surveyed bus operators across India to better understand the topic. Therefore, a new Statistic Brief was published, in order to provide an overview on the specific challenges faced by the sector and practic...

Tower Transit orders thirty-seven electric buses from Optare for London. They’ll be incorporating ZF’s electric portal axle AxTrax AVE. While the central electric motor from Friedrichshafen is almost ready for series production, the well-known AxTrax gets a new commission. London will witness ...

Following on from the 2020 iF Design Award, the electric bus MAN Lion’s City E has now achieved a new victory: the jury of the Automotive Brand Contest awarded MAN’s creation the design prize in the Commercial Vehicle category. Also the Ebusco 3.0 has been crowned at the same competition...

Keolis Nederland – BYD, a secret agreement behind the contract for 259 electric buses signed in early December 2019. According to research by platform Follow the Money (FTM), Keolis made secret agreements with two manufacturers (one is BYD, the other Ginaf, which is located in Veenendaal). Keo...

BAE Systems partners with ViriCiti. Buses with BAE Systems Series-ER (Electric Range) electric hybrid systems can see their engine switched on or off in predefined geofenced areas thanks to an automatic tool developed by Dutch company ViriCiti. The functionality is compatible with more than 1.000 el...

Solaris e-bus fleet in Cracow gets a further boost as MPK has ordered today 50 Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses. These new vehicles will expand the existing fleet of 400 Solaris buses of varying configurations, including 28 electric buses. The number of Polish-made zero emission buses will then grow...