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The first VDL Citea Electric in France begins operations in Orléans, where the whole public transport network is expected to be fully electrified by 2024. The order follows a pilot held in 2017. Orléans: target emission-free bus transport by 2024 The French government wants to drastically reduce the...

It is the largest order so far for the battery electric bus by Daimler. 56 units of Mercedes eCitaro will be supplied to the public transport company ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH from Wiesbaden (Germany’s Hesse region). 41 of them will be equipped with solid state batteries. The former larges...

The first Solaris electric bus in Lithuania will hit Tauragė’s roads in March 2020. At least, this is the expected timing. On 21 March, Solaris signed a contract with the municipal transport operator of Tauragė for the delivery of one unit of Urbino 8,9 LE electric. The first battery Solaris w...

Tires for electric buses need to support a usually higher overall vehicle weight compared to diesel buses. The reasons? Heavy battery packs and stand instant torque delivery. This is why Continental launched a tire specially dedicated to electric buses, under the name Conti Urban HA3, available in t...

RATP announced today a framework agreement for a potential amount of up to 800 electric buses to be delivered in the period 2019 – 2024. The buses (12-meter) will be supplied by Heuliez, Bollorè and Alstom, following a call for tender worth up to 400 million euros. According to this framework ...

Managing Director for the European and North American markets and responsible for the strategic development of Yutong for markets outside China. These are the positions that today Franco Miniero holds, after economic studies and a long experience in the field of automotive (Fiat, Iveco and Scania gr...

RATP presents the three first Heuliez electric buses for SQYBUS network. An investment in line with the sustainable mobility development goals set by Île-de-France Mobilités. These electric buses can carry up to 85 passenger each and are recharged at night in the Trappes depot, which has been specia...

Further eCitaro will be operating in Hamburg. With extra battery. Beyond the 20 vehicles contract signed in 2018 by Hamburger Hochbahn, today Mercedes announces that Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) just ordered 16 “made in Mannheim” electric buses. The public transport company co...

Hamburger Hochbahn will have the first depot fully dedicated to electric buses in the whole Germany. The public transport company has appointed ABB to supply infrastructure for 44 high-power chargers. The installation is due to complete in Summer 2019. Hamburger Hochbahn’s goal is a full elect...

The first electric buses in Amsterdam city will be powered by Heliox 8MW fast charge network. 31 VDL electric buses will start operation in 2020, and the contract includes an option for additional 69 zero emission buses to be added int he coming years. The entire GVB fleet is planned to be converted...