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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...

No IAA Commercial Vehicles this year: for the German bus industry the next meeting occasion will occur in spring 2021. At least, this is the intention of BUS2BUS‘ organizers, that today have announced that next year’s BUS2BUS will take place from 14 to 15 April in Halls 18, 19, 20 and the Pala...

100 hydrogen buses on Australian roads. It’s the target, at least for Phase 1, of the just established  H2OzBus Project, which has the goal of exploring delivery of innovative and sustainable transport solutions in the country. Public transport operator Transit Systems group has announced it i...

Battery manufacturer CATL will provide VDL Bus & Coach with its high-energy density battery system based on LFP formula. The Chinese company recently announced the agreement with the Dutch manufacturer, which is the leader in Western Europe with regards to electric bus sales volumes so far. Also...

Solaris and the Romanian city of Craiova have just signed a contract for the delivery of 16 e-buses Urbino 18 electric. The articulated vehicles will make it to Craiova in the first half of 2021, Solaris announces. The city authorities opted for battery buses for the first time in their history, the...

Vy Buss is ready to bring a further batch of electric buses in operation in the Norwegian town of Drammen. 22 Volvo e-buses have just been ordered, with delivery planned for the period October – December 2020. What is interesting, two of the commissioned buses will be articulated models (unvei...

No bids were submitted to ATAC’s tender for hydrogen buses in Rome. The call for tender for five vehicles was issued in February in the framework of the European project 3eMotion. The news of the unsuccessful tender was reported on local media RomaToday and on the Italian specialized media AUT...

Coronavirus, good safety practices on board. Beyond bus disinfection, air conditioning systems are the ‘major suspects’ as potentially dangerous elements. What are the manufacturers’ indications? MAN Truck & Bus shares its recommendations on the topic, with Heinz Kiess, Head of...