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Electric bus versus diesel bus… If, in environmental terms, there does not seem to be any match, the issue of costs is much more open. The ‘Electric Buses in Cities’ report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published in spring 2018, dedicates much attention to this topic. «City electric buses a...

Aerosol fire extinguishing system AK0746 by Firecom Automotive has received approval according to the new regulation ECE-R107, which aims to standardize rules for accessories and vehicle spart parts in Europe. The system, which fight fire arising in the engine compartment of of buses and coaches, is...

If a diesel bus attained 12 miles (instead of 4,8) per gallon… then they would be as clean as an electric bus. Across the United States, electric buses have lower global warming emissions than diesel and natural gas buses, even in cities with power grids that depend on coal and natural gas pow...

Stagecoach and autonomous bus. The operator is working together with Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and technology company Fusion Processing. Why? To produce and test a single decker driverless bus. The first full-sized driverless bus in UK. Indeed, the vehicle is based on the Enviro200 by ADL, powe...

EMT Madrid is heavily investing in CNG buses. The board of directors of the Municipal Transport Company of Spanish capital has indeed approved an investment of 138 million euros (USD 161M) for the acquisition, during the next two years, of 460 new CNG buses for the municipal fleet. Mercedes and Scan...

Two tenders, the first for 3,138 and the second for 1,672 battery electric buses. A total of 4,810 electric buses. Chinese figures, we might say: the buses are bound to hit the road of the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Several companies are involved in the bidding calls. The winner? BYD will provide 4,...

A team work in order to electrify diesel double-decker buses (once used by BVG Berlin for normal service) and deploy them for tourist services in Berlin. Tassima, Ziehl-Abegg and IAV are the protagonists of a project that involves buses originally built for BVG, Berlin public transport company. Afte...

Electrical celebrations for World Champion France. The team spent its most festive hours, fooling around Paris after coming back from Russia, on board of an electric open top double decker bus manufactured by the Spanish company Unvi in the city of Ourense. Many Unvi buses used for celebrations Unvi...

Alstom Aptis will be equipped with Nmc Li-ion batteries by Forsee Power. The announcement come from Alstom, that is approaching the begin of serial production of its first electric bus, designed with a innovative design that takes inspiration from tramways and provide large windows and a spacious fu...

While in the case of electric car diffusion there is a lot of talking… but global data registered worldwide are still embarassing, city bus market is a whole other story. Thanks to China stratospheric performance, tomorrow is already today. Or better: yesterday. The years 2015, 2016 and 2017 (in ter...