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VDL Bus & Coach has been award with a 55 electric buses contract by Rotterdam public transport operator RET. VDL will also provide the charging infrastructures. Everything should be ready by the end of 2019. The buses will be charged over night at depot and during the service with rapid charging...

Yes, double decker buses are really not so common in US cities. While London is converting step by step its red double decker bus fleet to electricity, Foothill Transit (that operate just outside Los Angeles) has ordered its first buses of this kind. With electric drive as well. A double premiere on...

Solaris Bus & Coach realized the world’s first mobile blood donation centre in an electric bus, the Solaris Urbino 8.9 LE electric. It is the first of two vehicles of this type commissioned by the Regional Blood Donation Centre (RCKiK) in Katowice. On the day of its première the vehicle won an a...

BYD, thanks to the partnership with Generate Capital, is going to launch a Electric Bus Leasing Program. It’s the first ever partnership of this kind in the United States. The initial investment is of 200 million dollars that will be used for making easier the adoption of electric vehicles for...

Ten electric double-decker buses will soon hit the streets of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city. The veichles, as stated by local press, are built and assembled by Kiwi Bus Builders in Tauranga and are equipped with lithium ion-based battery technology from global developer Microvast. The...

The new Mercedes eCitaro is the kick-off for an innovation initiative with a clear strategy aimed at the electrification of public transit with buses in cities and population centres. Daimler is sure that the eCitaro will be able to replace city buses powered by a combustion engine nearly completely...

Mercedes Citaro electric, the time has come. Today Mercedes has showcased its first battery electric city bus, a concept for the first time presented in March. The world premiere of the electric Citaro will be held at IAA in Hannover and the serial production will begin by the end of the year. The e...

BYD electric buses, three orders from Norway and Spain. 42 articulated electric buses will go into operation in Oslo, thanks to a couple of orders placed by public transport operator Nobina. BYD has also secured its second electric bus fleet order in Spain: the order for 15 electric buses 12 meters ...

“The bus users’ wishes will play a much more decisive part than previously in the development of the Future City Bus,” says Dr. Ahmet Demircioglu, a futurologist at Daimler. In the year 2030, “classic” city buses will no longer be the only ones on the road. Electric buses are bound to conquer the ur...

MAN Truck & Bus is ready to launch its fully electric Lion’s City E at this year’s International Motor Show (IAA) for Commercial Vehicles in Hannover, Germany. The vehicles will be equipped with central electric motor and depot charging. The mass production will start in the second half of 2020....