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Egged Bus System, in Netherlands, bets on gas for the suburban services with Iveco. The transport company based in Purmerend, indeed, has ordered 43 Crossway Low Entry Natural Power. The vehicle was awarded as Sustainable Bus Award 2018 in Intercity category for being the only low entry intercity bu...

H2BusEurope project: 600 fuel cell buses to be deployed in Europe, 200 of them in Denmark. It’s the goal of H2BusEurope project, selected by the Connecting Europe Facility program (CEF) for a proposed award on close to EUR 40 million. The H2BusEurope project, developed by the hydrogen company ...

Alexander Dennis Limited delivered the first Enviro buses with high-definition digital cameras and interior displays instead of traditional mirrors. The SmartVision system, according to the British manufacturer, can improve visibility and reduce the risk of accidents. The system is manufactured by t...

MAN is approaching the beginning of its ‘electric’ era and invests 27.4 million euros in Starachowice plant, where the complete electric bus will be produced. MAN Lion’s City E, the first electric bus realized by the company that belongs to Traton group, will begin mass production ...

ATM, Milan’s municipal public transport company, has launched last year the most ambitious Italian project to date aimed to the electrification of bus fleet. ATM plans to convert the whole fleet (1,200 buses) to zero emission electric drives by 2030. Now, 25 electric buses by Solaris are runni...

Busworld Russia powered by Autotrans is organised by ITEMF Expo with support of Busworld International in Crocus Expo in Moscow from 23 to 25 October 2018. Busworld Russia is held once every two years in even-numbered years, alternating with the Comtrans exhibition of ITEMF.

Heuliez Bus and is the brand of CNH Industrial that produces, in the French plant in Rorthais, electric and hybrid buses, beyond those fuelled with diesel and gas. The plant employs 420 people, of whom 10 per cent are engineers. The 12-metre and the articulated electric bus (named GX 337 Electric an...

Olectra-BYD has signed a contract with the north Indian state of Uttarakhand to deliver 500 electric buses. The contract is valued at about 82 millions euros. The curtain on the partnership between the Indian and the Chinese company was raised in Bangalore at Busworld India 2018. Local electric buse...

Westcoast Sightseeing is moving toward the electrification of the whole fleet, BYD Canada has been chosen as the preferred partner for the transition. The transport company, that prides itself to be the largest private bus operator in Vancouver, has in fact agreed to work exclusively with BYD on con...

Volvo Buses has been the first manufacturer to stop the production and commercialization of dieseI buses for European market, at the moment of the entrance into force of Euro VI standard. We met the president of Volvo Buses Håkan Agnevall at IAA 2018, where the company received the Sustainable Bus A...