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While Chinese market is known for the huge competition (big figures, a huge ‘cake’ split between many manufacturers), in Macau Yutong Bus actually has no competitors: there are 2,700 buses and coaches in the region, 1,400 of them carry Yutong’s logo. Since 2014, Yutong buses have m...

Electric bus by Scania is moving forward toward serial production. Three Citywide LF electric have been tested since the end of 2017 in the Swedish northern city of Östersund on a 14 km line equipped with two charging stations at both ends of the line. The electric bus has been shown at IAA in Hanno...

The electric bus GX 337 Elec by Heuliez Bus (Cnh Industrial) has been chosen by Stadtbus Rottweil for the local public transport in the city of Rottweil (Baden-Wuerttemberg). The electric bus by Heuliez represents the first step of Cnh Industrial along the way of buses’ electrification, and ha...

EMT Madrid placed an order for 276 Mercedes Citaro NGT, fuelled with natural gas. The public transport company of Spanish capital is strongly committed to natural gas. The investment include also the purchase of 184 units of Scania N280-CNG. In total, as a press release from Daimler reports, 672 Cit...

At IAA 2018 the main topic was the electromobility, even with the main protagonists of the present European electric bus market dramatically absent: Solaris and VDL opted for the Innotrans in Berlin while Irizar stayed at home (however, the Basque manufacturer never showed up in Hanover). Daimler un...

Utah Transit Authority has awarded New Flyer a contract for 5 forty foot (12 meters) electric buses Xcensior Charge. The award includes the zero-emission buses and charging equipment, and was supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds through the Low or No Emission (“Low-No”) Vehicle De...

ZF is highlighting two market successes for its AxTrax AVE electric portal axle (initially known as AVE 130). Firstly, 31 of the famous red London double-decker buses will be equipped with this technology. The electric buses will be built by British manufacturer Optare and comply with one of the str...

VDL Bus & Coach put its signature on the first articulated electric buses for Arriva Denmark, that on 13th September has been awarded a contract by public transport agency Movia to run several routes in the city starting from December 2019. The company has placed an order with for 21 VDL Citeas ...

Alexander Dennis has opened a new facility in Singapore. The new site includes a parts distribution and training centre for the wider South East Asian region in addition to offices for the local team working with customers and stakeholders in Singapore. In this way the world’s largest manufact...

BYD‘s presence at IAA in Hanover resulted in the showcase of two new products: the world premiere of the 12m modular ebus and the mass produced 18m articulated ebus equipped with a pantograph. Both feature BYD’s stylish new frontal appearance which is now standard on all of its ebuses. LFP bat...