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Hyundai is expanding its business from cars to buses, starting from a double decker with electric drivetrain (while projects on fuel cell buses are already underway). The zero emission bus unveiled by Hyundai Motor is 13 meter long, boasts a battery capacity of 384 kWh and a power output of 240 kW. ...

Alexander Dennis’s story as an independent bus builder has come to an end. The British company, the world’s leading manufacturer of double decker buses, has been taken over by the Canadian group NFI for 405 million dollars (some 360 million euros). The operation aims to “create a m...

The winners of Sustainable Bus Award 2020 will be announced at the eve night of Busworld Europe 2019 in Bruxelles (17 October 2019), during a gala event that will see SBY among the main protagonists. The challenge is open: today SBY organizers released the list of candidates. Nine vehicles are compe...

Bruxelles takes the “hybrid way” with Iveco, that recently delivered the first 15 hybrid electric Urbanway buses to STIB-MIVB (Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company). The framework agreement consists in a supply of as many as 141 vehicles. Deliveries are expected to be completed by 20...

Adoption of electric buses has increased more than 80-fold between 2011 and 2017. The World Resources Institute (WRI) has released two reports on the topic of battery electric bus deployment, putting Asian, African and South American cities in the spotlight. The two reports, indeed, consider the exp...

Will RATP operate a fleet of short electric buses Solaris Urbino 8,9 LE? The contract signed by Solaris with RATP delegates «has an option to extend the investment a value of up to 10 million euros – quoting Solaris press release -. This means a possibility of delivering a further dozen or so ...

Mario Pagliaro is chemical researcher at CNR (Italian National Research Council) and professor of new energy technologies. He is one of the most quoted Italian researchers in the world in the field of nanotechnology and materials science. He looks at the sector of buses from the outside, focusing on...

Solaris bets on fuel cell technology and is ready to unveil, at UITP Public Transport Global Summit 2019, the Urbino 12 hydrogen. But this won’t be the only premiere that the Polish manufacturer will release in Stockholm: also the latest version of the Solaris Urbino 12 Electric will be presen...

Two Rampini short electric buses have been delivered to AMT Genova (Italy) and will soon enter into service at the San Martino hospital. The vehicles are part of a total order of 10 zero emission buses produced by the Italian company. The remaining eight will arrive by autumn. AMT Genova announced i...

Proterra is partnering with Michelin to develop a tire optimized for battery electric bus operations in urban areas. The tire is called Michelin X InCity Energy Z and is being developed in order to reduce rolling resistance, increase load-carry capacity and leverage superior traction, resulting in i...