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Volvo hometown, Gotheburg, takes the lead in the transition to zero emission bus system in Sweden. Volvo Buses, indeed, has just received an order for 30 electric buses 7900 from Gs Buss, subsidiary of Göteborgs Spårvägar, and Public Transport Authority Västtrafik. It is the biggest order so far for...

Vdl Bus & Coach Sweden AB strengthens the organization with the appointment of Fredrik Dahlborg as new Managing Director. He will take on his new role from 16 August. In May, Umeå municipality in Sweden has announced that the Dutch company Bus & Coach is the winner of the tender for 25 elect...

ZF and e.GO Mobile are developing the electric shuttle (eventually driverless) e.GO Mover under the umbrella of the newly founded e.GO Moove GmbH joint venture (ZF owns 40 per cent). It’ll be used mainly for deliveries, but can be transformed into a minibus able to carry up to 15 people. The c...

Electric bus and TCO, quite an hot topic. Large-scale adoption of battery-electric buses in the cities will occur from 2023, the year where an electric bus will become effectively cost-competitive compared to a diesel bus. It’s the result of a study by the consulting company McKinsey, ‘W...

Arriva company has ordered 23 electric buses by Volvo, that will be deployed in the city of Leiden, in the province of South Holland. Arriva Netherland, besides, is putting strong efforts in the shift to electromobility, as proved by the fact that, in 2011, it was among the first in Europe to order ...

Irizar in Luxembourg, ten electric buses have been purchased by Voyages Emile Weber group. Six of them have just been put into service, the others will arrive by the end of 2018. Irizar ie bus for Luxemburg These initial six Irizar electric buses delivered to Voyages Emile Weber in Luxembourg are 12...

It’s the only low entry intercity bus fuelled with cng. Unveiled last year during Busworld 2017 and in the same occasion awarded with the Sustainable Bus Award 2018 for “Intercity” category: now the Iveco Crossway Le Natural Power is ready for starting its first service. The first ...

The number of gas-fueled buses in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area will increase when Scania delivers two new gas buses to the bus company Helsingin Bussiliikenne at the beginning of 2019. Finnish energy gas company Gasum says new-generation gas buses are the most cost-effective way to reduce carbon d...

Not just New Flyer and BYD electric buses, but also Proterra vehicles will be put into service in order to support the Toronto Transit Commission (Ttc) goal to convert the entire fleet of 1,926 buses to zero-emission by 2040. The order means the debut of Proterra in Canadian market. The ten buses or...

On 9-12 June 2019, the international public transport community, mobility decision-makers and industry suppliers will come together in Stockholm for the UITP Global Public Transport Summit.