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by Jean-Philippe Pastre The French law entitled “Loi de Transitition énergitique pour la croissance verte” issued in August 2015 planned a meeting initially scheduled on July 2018. It was intended to check if the operators, manufacturers and local authorities were ready to fulfill the 20...

Irizar e-mobility has just signed a contract with RDT 13 that includes the delivery and the maintenance of 15 Irizar ie tram, belonging to the last generation of electric buses realized by the Basque manufacturer. The vehicles will be deployed on the roads of Aix en Provence. Irizar ie tram, all Iri...

Below, a contribution from Interact Analysis, a market research firm focused on intelligent automation, with a specific department for truck, bus and off-highway electrification. Interact Analysis is cooperating with Sustainable Bus providing in-depth analysis on the dominant market trends and outlo...

Electric bus versus diesel bus… If, in environmental terms, there does not seem to be any match, the issue of costs is much more open. The ‘Electric Buses in Cities’ report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published in spring 2018, dedicates much attention to this topic. «City electric buses a...

Aerosol fire extinguishing system AK0746 by Firecom Automotive has received approval according to the new regulation ECE-R107, which aims to standardize rules for accessories and vehicle spart parts in Europe. The system, which fight fire arising in the engine compartment of of buses and coaches, is...

If a diesel bus attained 12 miles (instead of 4,8) per gallon… then they would be as clean as an electric bus. Across the United States, electric buses have lower global warming emissions than diesel and natural gas buses, even in cities with power grids that depend on coal and natural gas pow...

Stagecoach and autonomous bus. The operator is working together with Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and technology company Fusion Processing. Why? To produce and test a single decker driverless bus. The first full-sized driverless bus in UK. Indeed, the vehicle is based on the Enviro200 by ADL, powe...

EMT Madrid is heavily investing in CNG buses. The board of directors of the Municipal Transport Company of Spanish capital has indeed approved an investment of 138 million euros (USD 161M) for the acquisition, during the next two years, of 460 new CNG buses for the municipal fleet. Mercedes and Scan...

Two tenders, the first for 3,138 and the second for 1,672 battery electric buses. A total of 4,810 electric buses. Chinese figures, we might say: the buses are bound to hit the road of the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Several companies are involved in the bidding calls. The winner? BYD will provide 4,...

A team work in order to electrify diesel double-decker buses (once used by BVG Berlin for normal service) and deploy them for tourist services in Berlin. Tassima, Ziehl-Abegg and IAV are the protagonists of a project that involves buses originally built for BVG, Berlin public transport company. Afte...