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Since 3 September the Solaris Urbino 12 electric has been the object of test runs in the Estonian city of Tartu, the second-biggest city of the country. The tests of the vehicle will last for a whole year. It is the first project taking that long and concerning electromobility in Estonia, a country ...

Nearly 60% of surveyed UK transport users are willing to embrace full electric bus network. It’s the result of a new survey commissioned by Volvo Buses. Getting public support for the implementation of greener transport policies continues to divide public opinion. Concerns with air quality con...

141 Iveco Urbanway hybrid buses will hit Brussels’ roads. The city awarded Iveco Bus with a maxi order of articulated hybrid buses. The company recently signed a framework agreement with STIB-MIVB (Brussels Intermunicipal Transport Company) to supply 141 vehicles. The delivery will begin in Ma...

VDL Bus & Coach has delivered the first Citea Electric for Postbus Switzerland, part of a pilot that will allow the company to gain experience with electric operation. Recently, VDL has also announced the delivery of a VDL Citea SLFA-181 Electric in Brt version for another pilot developed by the...

The trolleybus Iveco Crealis 18m In-Motion-Charging will be awarded in the Urban category of Sustainable Bus Award 2019. Following, the mild hybrid Citaro Ü will receive the prize as most sustainable Intercity bus, while new Volvo 9900 beats the competitors in Coach field. The awarding session took ...

New Flyer wins the largest battery electric bus contract in Canada sofar. The cities of Montréal and Laval, indeed, ordered 40 12 meters (40 foot) New Flyer buses with 466 kWh battery pack for their transit agency, STM and STL respectively. Before starting with the production and delivery of the bus...

BYD-Olectra, the electric bus eBuzz K9 begins commercial operations around Hyderabad International Airport. The vehicle, together with the versions K6 and K7, has just been one of the main actor at Busworld India 2018. Five ebuses have been delivered. The first one has already begun operations under...

The first full electric buses for Jerusalem will be manufactured by BYD. The China based company received an order for seven 12 metre ebuses, based on an earlier tender won by BYD in 2016. Seventeen buses were supplied to Haifa, a port city in the north of Israel, and have been in operation with pub...

Copenhagen is going to purchase 41 electric buses in order to electrify two public transport routes, now operated by diesel buses. The capital municipality, indeed, set the target of switching all the city’s buses, operated by Movia, to electricity by 2030. Buses and ferries will be green The ...

Solaris Bus & Coach is officially CAF’S property. The Spanish based company acquires 100% of the shares of Solaris Bus & Coach, that will be included to the Group CAF. This transaction, quoting a press release by both Solaris and CAF, will ensure the leadership of the CAF Group and Sol...