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Wrightbus is introducing new 6m and 9m electric buses and 7.5-tonne trucks in its portfolio. Buses are produced by Chinese King Long are fitting a new Wrightbus’ brand named Rightech. Short buses and truck will be available in both left-hand and right-hand drive configurations. Wrightbus expec...

Portuguese operator STCP, active in the area of Porto, has launched a tender for 30 electric buses and charging infrastructure. This initiative is part of STCP’s ongoing fleet modernization and decarbonization efforts, carries a total investment of €12.9 million. The operator has already Zhongtong v...

Forsee Power announces that it will equip Turkish manufacturer Bozankaya with its battery systems for their trolleybuses. The battery suppliers adds that “Bozankaya has already received confirmation of an order for 33 trolleybuses, in 12m and 18m models, which will be delivered to the Municipa...

Iveco Bus, Menarini, Otokar, Solaris, Troiani (Italian dealer of Temsa and Bmc) and Scania. It is the six of them who have submitted bids for the four lots of the maxi-tender by Consip for a total of 730 gas-powered vehicles with a total value of 470 million euros. Specifically, 390 Class I all CNG ...

Yutong has launched a 26-meter electric double articulated buses, claiming it’s a world’s first. The bus, headed to the Mexican market (where the manufacturer has delivered over 100 trolleybuses), has rolled off the production line at its new energy plant. Yutong as currently 890 electri...

Wrightbus says that January 2025 it has already “almost 200 new buses entering service in the UK and Europe”. More than 160 buses were delivered to customers in Manchester earlier this month, while 31 fuel cell buses entered service in Germany. And more than 1,200 buses will leave the fa...

DB-backed tech company ioki has been selected as the software partner of the pilot project for autonomous driving in public transport in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Together with the project partners the Canton of Zurich, SBB (Swiss Federal Railways) and the Swiss Transit Lab, ioki is working...

Greater Manchester is set to witness the introduction of 117 new lower and zero-emission buses in a £86 million scheme to help clean up the region’s air, the Government has confirmed on 23 January 2025. 100 electric buses for the region were already ordered in late 2022 and are now in operation (wit...

JBM showcased four electric buses at Indian industry exhibition Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025 held from 17th to 22nd January in New Delhi. The new electric buses include all new electric luxury coach ‘Galaxy’; Intercity bus ‘Xpress’; low floor electric Medical Mobile Unit ‘e-MediLife’ and a 9-met...

Bozankaya wins a tender in Prague. After the supply of twelve 24-meter trolleybuses to Malatya and 12 18-meter vehicles to Sanliurfa and the order for the supply of 33 trolleybuses to Timisoara, including 8 12-meter and 25 18-meter vehicles, the Ankara-based manufacturer has won the tender put out b...