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The EU funded project ASSURED has released a new report (addressed to charging infrastructure suppliers and ebus manufacturers) enabling electric bus interoperability testing. The document aims to bring the standardisation of ebus charging one step closer, as it includes the most common automated fa...

Lithium ion battery market is bound to grow in Europe, with Asian players expected to open European factories soon (Asian is now accounting for 72 % of the market). Transport will account for 68.4% of battery sales in 2023 to become the main demand-side market driver. It’s the result of a new ...

50 per cent of the bus fleets worldwide are diesel buses. Electric buses account for almost 18% of the buses. Thanks to China. UITP is setting off on a journey with “The Story of the Bus”. In the short term future the organization will release four key sector publications, that will be presented wit...

Heliox is taking responsibility of Wiesbaden charging infrastructure’s network, where 56 Mercedes eCitaro will be deployed (the larger order for Mercedes electric bus so far). Heliox will provide the charging infrastructure (for overnight charging) and will be responsible for the electrical in...

34 CaetanoBus electric buses will hit London roads. Public transport operator Abellio has in fact confirmed an order for a batch of Caetano e.City Gold, the vehicle displayed by the Portoguese manufacturer at UITP Summit in Stockholm. The new buses will enter service from March 2020. These will...

In 2020, Solaris Bus & Coach will deliver a large amount of trolleybus models to Italy. While the supply of 30 Trollino 18 in Milan already started, the operators SETA Modena and TEP Parma, both providing carrier services in the Emilia-Romagna region in the North of the country, have placed orde...

Stadler won a tender for up to 80 trams to be delivered to ATM Milano: the first vehicle (out of a 30 vehicles first order) is going to be supplied within a year and a half and then subsequent deliveries will follow the pace of 1 or 2 trams per month. Following a public tender, the […]

ATM Milano, on the way to convert the whole bus fleet to electric drives, takes its relation with Solaris to a new level. Even the second tender, for up to 250 electric buses (much larger in size than the first, for 25 units), went to the Polish manufacturer. Two companies made their bids: Solaris a...

BYD opened its first bus assembly plant in Canada, the second in North America. The 13,000 square meter facility is located in Newmarket and will serve Canadian market, where the Chinese company is already present with buses on order (or in operation) in Toronto, Victoria, Longeuil, St. Albert and G...

Île-de-France Mobilités chose Keolis for the launch and operation of Tram 9 between Paris and Orly. The contract also includes the Bord de l’Eau bus network in the Val-de-Marne department. The public transport company, word leader in tram operations, has been awarded with a five-and-a-half-year publ...