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Three electric buses by Scania are running on a bus route in Östersund (Sweden) from March 2018 for a pilot. And other three vehicles will be added soon. A new electric bus route will be established. The line is one among nine routes operated by Nettbuss Stadsbussarna in Östersund. The next step? Th...

It has been the first European public call for tender on LNG powered buses. The tender procedure was issued by the Italian public transport company TPER during 2017 and both lots (city and intercity buses) were won by Industria Italiana Autobus with the LNG version of Citymood. A bus that, actually,...

Solaris enters in the French trolleybus market. The Polish company won a tender for the supply of 22 trolleybuses 12 meter to Saint-Etienne in the years 2019-2022. The vehicles will be fitted with a Skoda drive system and 40 kWh battery. The value of the contract is over 17 million euros. Solaris Tr...

From October 2019 Denmark will have in operation the country first fuel cell bus system, in Aalborg. Three Van Hool buses and the refuelling station are financed by the EU through the project 3Emotion, whose aim is to promote hydrogen technology in public transport. The hydrogen buses in North Jutla...

KVG Kiel (Germany) calls for tender to buy 36 articulated battery electric buses. The contract notice has been published on 14th January and the deadline for the presentation of bids is set on 13th February. The contract includes 36 articulated electric buses to be delivered in the period 2020 &#821...

Ebusco won a tender for two units of electric bus in Eisenach, in the German region of Thuringia. The buses will be deployed by the local public operator Wartburgmobil. The purchase of the two electric buses and related charging infrastructure, as reported on Electrive, are supported by the Thuringi...

The Polish city of Włocławek commissioned to Solaris Bus & Coach the first electric buses for the city. Solaris won the tender for the supply of 3 Urbino 12 Electric and four charging stations. The contract is to be performed by the end of this year. The order is worth nearly PLN 8.5 million (al...

Today Janary 14th 2019 Proterra announced that John Walsh has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Sales. With nearly three decades of experience in the mobility industry and particular expertise in the heavy-duty vehicle sector, Walsh, Proterra says, brings a track record of helping grow ...

JTB Hawaii ordered three zero emission buses from Proterra for the subsidiary Travel Plaza Transportation (TPT), that thus becomes the first Proterra’s customer in the state. Hawaii is the first U.S. state to adopt a 100 percent renewable energy portfolio standard. Hawaii, an important goal Th...

Luxembourg bets again on Irizar zero emission buses. The company Voyages Simon has ordered to Irizar e-mobility six units of Irizar ie bus in the 12-metre version. The Irizar e-mobility division will also supply the charging infrastructure. The contract also includes maintenance and repair services....