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Solar panels on buses. FlixBus is launching a new project with the Dutch partner Kupers Touringcars. The solar panels installed on the bus are used to keep the battery charged: all on board equipment is then powered by solar energy. The novelty has allowed a reduction of 7 per cent in diesel consump...

A selection process has started in order to elect one city which will be receiving as many as 50 million pounds (some 80 million euros) to convert the whole bus fleet to electricity. The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced the launch of a fund addressed at the creation of England’s fi...

Ebusco zero emission buses will be delivered to Connexxion, in the Netherlands, in 156 units without any rearview mirror. Public transport company Connexxion (Transdev group) choose in fact to equip the whole battery-electric bus fleet with cameras. Mirrorless buses are expected to result more conve...

Ostrava in Czech Republic bets again on the Solaris Urbino 18 CNG. The Polish manufacturer, owned by the Spanish group CAF, has secured a new order for environmentally friendly buses. Pursuant to the contract signed between the manufacturer and public transport operator Dopravní podnik Ostrava, the ...

An hydrogen bus fleet is beginning operation with the livery of Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) in Santa Ana, California. The vehicles, model New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE H2, were delivered a few days ago following the order signed in early 2018. The vehicle was announced to have complete...

Iveco Bus and Heuliez Bus sales team are joining together. The news, visible already at Busworld Brussels in October 2019 (where Heuliez Bus zero emission bus range was announced to be rebranded as Iveco e-Way). On 31 January, as reported on the French media Mobilités Magazine, Iveco France announce...

Turin, 2021. That days, one bus out of five in the city is expected to be electrically powered. On 30th January a European call for tender has been published for 100 electric bus units. They’ll run under the livery of the public transport operator GTT. The supply goes along with a 10 year full...

First electric charger made in Portugal has been delivered to Baden-Baden, where it’ll be powering the electric buses serving the city. The German group announced that Siemens Portugal exported the first electric charger produced at its Corroios plant. Siemens expects to produce 1,400 chargers...

Subsidies for electric buses. Green light from the European Commission: German fundings for e-buses grow up to 650 million euros. The European Commission approved an increase of 300 million. The German aid scheme is valid until the end of 2021 and covers the additional costs of purchasing electrical...

The first announcements from Alstom date back to spring 2017. Launch of the Aptis followed at Busworld 2017. In March 2019 the first order. At Busworld 2019 the public had the chance to see and touch the first series vehicle. Now the time for deliveries has started. Alstom is handing over the very f...