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After winning tenders for the delivery of electric buses to Berlin and Hamburg (in both cities the victory is split with Mercedes, that is also delivering its electric bus eCitaro), Solaris signed a contract for the production of three Solaris Urbino 12 electric vehicles for Munich and the surroundi...

California bus fleets will be made of electric buses only, according the Innovative Clean Transit rule, voted by California’s Air Resources Board (CARB). It requires public transit agencies throughout the state to commit to buying only zero-emission buses (battery electric or fuel cell) starti...

Electric buses towards the debut in Poznań (Poland). The city will enjoy the benefit of 21 electric buses running in the city, with photovoltaic cell system on the roof. The municipal operator MPK and Solaris Bus & Coach today (14th December) have signed a contract for the delivery of the vehicl...

After 24 editions of Busworld Europe in the picturesque city of Kortrijk, Busworld is moving to Bruxelles, the capital of Belgium… and Europe. Easier to reach with an international airport and train station next door, more hotel rooms, a lively city with top of the bill horeca and entertainmen...

On 12 December, Amsterdam’s public transport company GVB and VDL Bus & Coach signed the contract for delivery of 31 electric Citeas (9 solo buses and 22 articulated), with the option for 69 extra electric buses. VDL is also responsible for implementation of the charging infrastructure. The...

The Victor Valley Transit Authority (VVTA) has awarded New Flyer a new contract for seven forty-foot (12 meter), battery electric buses Xcelsior Charge. The new vehicles will mark the beginning of VVTA’s transition to zero emission as the agency works toward a goal of 100 percent electric public tra...

DB to sell Arriva? This is the question. Arriva group, owned by Deutsche Bahn, would be for sale. And the former managing director of the Italian railways, Renato Mazzoncini, would be preparing for a clamorous takeover. Below, we publish the full article published today on Autobusweb by Roberto Somm...

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 ...