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by Jean-Philippe Pastre The SYTRAL (Lyon Metropolitan transport authoriry) released on friday 14th september 2018 his strategy to be compliant with the French environmental law which comes into force in 2020. The electro-mobility, with two different technologies get the widest share. Trolleybuses IM...

VDL Bus & Coach is to supply four Citeas SLFA-181 Electric to Keolis Sverige AB in Karlstad, Sweden. These 4 buses will be deployed on the new BRT-inspired line in Karlstad. The units of electric bus will go into operation on 9 December 2018. With 63,000 employees in 16 countries on 4 continents...

VDL Bus & Coach electric bus portfolio gets bigger. The company has extended its Citea Electric product range with two new Low Entry variants, with a length of 12 and 12.9 metres. The Citea SLE Electric benefits from the new generation of battery packs and can be fitted with a variety of chargin...

It’ll be the first LNG powered coach in the world. Scania will unveil at IAA, in a few days, a LNG coach expected to cover about 1,000 km. It can also be powered by liquefied biogas, that can reduce carbon emission by up to 90 percent. LNG to make coach operations more sustainable Scania LNG [...

Tribus will present its full electric minibus e-Civitas Electron at IAA Hannover. The vehicle is based on a Fiat Ducato chassis with driveline developed by the French company Gruau Electric. The minibus is equipped with 90 kW electric engine and a 38 kWh battery. The range, according to Tribus, is 1...

IndyGo, the largest public transportation provider in the American state of Indiana, and BYD announced the delivery of the first K11 60-foot (18 meters) battery electric bus to serve Indianapolis. The bus is the first of 13 ordered for the Red Line by IndyGo (also 18 electric buses have been reporte...

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...