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With almost 130 years of history behind us, the UITP biennial Summit is a truly global occasion that remains the world’s biggest event dedicated to public transport and sustainable mobility. The 2019 edition will be held in Stockholm, Sweden (9-12 June 2019) under the theme “The Art of Public Transp...

ABB is building new global headquarter and R&D center in order to advance its leading position in EV charging infrastructure. With a particular attention on the electric bus segment: the testing areas will be large enough for a public transport bus to drive inside. The new facility (3,600 square...

Scania welcomes its largest gas bus delivery ever. 481 Euro VI gas fuelled buses will be deployed on Transmilenio BRT in Colombian capitol city Bogotà. The vehicles, articulated and bi-articulated, are bodybuilt by Busscar. Also Volvo Buses won a significant tender for Transmilenio and will thus sup...

Public transport company Syntus officially inaugurated two BYD electric buses operating in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. The vehicles have been on trial for half a year in the city center on existing bus routes. Syntus is part of Keolis group. Nine electric buses for Syntus in the Netherlands Last y...

Karsan is ready to face the electrification of public transport with an exceptional partner: BMW. The electric version of the Karsan Jest, the ‘short’ of the Turkish company, was presented today in Munich. Batteries and electric motor are supplied by BMW. Mass production will start at th...

10.8 meters long, 33 seats on board and one wheelchair space. Where, and this is the news, a mobile charging unit can be accomodate, in order to enable operators to trial the bus without needing to install permanent charging infrastructure beforehand. BYD and ADL took part at Euro Bus Expo 2018 in B...

Five German cities, 3,000 electric buses on the road. It’s the 2030 outlook published by Wirtschaftswoche following a survey. Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne have been the first to commit to the electrification of the bus fleet. Frankfurt and Munich are following. German cities investing in electr...

Heliox has been chosen to supply 9,8 MW infrastructure for the biggest electric bus charging network in Oslo. The company is going to provide 40 charging systems in order to power a 40 electric buses fleet. The expected implementation of this large-scale project is less than 4 months, Heliox says. T...

Optare Metrodecker EV and Metrocity EV reach the moment of the evolution to new generation. At Euro Bus Expo 2018 in Birmingham, the UK based company unveiled its new electric buses. Both vehicles are expected to run up to 150 miles on a single charge. Fully electric heating for Optare electric buse...

Dutch public transport company EBS has put 10 units of the electric bus VDL Citeas SLFA-181 in service. The vehicles will provide the regional transport service in the Waterland region. The electric buses will be deployed on R-net line 316 between Amsterdam and Edam-Volendam. This will result in 135...