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KVB, the public transport company of Cologne, Germany, has issued a tender for 53 low floor electric buses. The delivery of the vehicles is set for 2020 – 2021 (more precisely: 13 vehicles in 2020, the remaining 40 in 2021). The tender (a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition) c...

Frankfurt inaugurates its first “electric quintet”. Five Solaris Urbino 12 Electric have been recently presented by the urban public transport company ICB (In-der-City-Bus GmbH). From Sunday, they will be operating on Campus Line 75. In the same day, Frankfurt mayor Peter Feldmann announced that &#8...

The new BYD factory in France has produced the first electric buses. The plant is in Beauvais, in north France. These two first zero emission vehicles will be deployed in Agglo du Beauvaisis by Transdev. A ceremony has been held to mark the event. BYD plant in France is focused on the production of ...

On the road with the Mercedes eCitaro. For the first time. Today, Mercedes is showing to European press the new vehicles presented at IAA Hannover. The elctric bus eCitaro will be tested together with the coach Tourismo. Also the new Sprinter range will be available. Among the goodies there are the ...

Volvo Buses has officially started a test regarding the second life of electric bus batteries. Sustainable Bus already reported about the preparations HERE. Today, 5th December, the company announced the official inauguration of what is probably Europe’s first ever energy warehouse using electric bu...

The newcomer of the electric VDL Citea family got its first order. Finnish public transport company Tammelundin Liikenne Oy, that provides the regional transport in Helsinki for the public transport authority HSL with around 40 buses, is the first customer to place an order for 2 units of VDL Citea ...

New York State has launched an electric school bus test fleet. The five vehicles were purchased from Lion Electric and are used by the operator National Express. Range? About a hundred kilometers, with night recharging times of 4-6 hours. The news is reported in local press and New York Times. 66 mi...

RATP‘s charging infrastructures in Paris will be provided by the Polish consortium Ekoenergetyka-Polska and El-Cab. The companies won a tender for delivering at least 62 charging stations for electric buses to RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens). The agreement is in force for two co...

The Zero Emission Bus Conference 2018 brought together 370+ policy makers, bus operators and industry experts to drive forward the realisation of zero emission public transport for Europe. The first edition, that was held in 2016 in London, received 250 registrations: attendees increased by 50 per c...

13 Volvo electric buses 7900 will start operating on route 7 in Malmö from mid-December. The vehicles are part of one of the biggest investments ever in all-electric bus traffic in Sweden. The buses, deployed by Nobina, are equipped with fast charging systems and are charged at the end stations of t...