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The Routing Company‘s cofounders Menno van der Zee and Alex Wallar have been named to the Forbes 2024 30 Under 30 list for Europe. Forbes recognized both cofounders for bringing “Uber-style on-demand pickups and analytics to public transport with deals in the UK, US, and UAE”. T...

National Express West Midlands, Uber and Masabi have announced a partnership with the launch of NXWM bus tickets within the Uber app, through an integration with Masabi’s Justride platform. Therefore, National Express West Midlands passengers can now purchase bus tickets on the Uber app, powered by ...

Euro Bus Expo, the UK’s biennial exhibition dedicated to buses and coaches, will return to the NEC in Birmingham from November 12-14, 2024. With 9 months to go before the show opens, organizers announce that 77 percent of the exhibition space has already been sold, reflecting the strong demand...

The European Parliament approved on 10th April a mandatory target to reduce 90% of CO2 emissions from new trucks by 2040. A final step is needed: the Council still needs to formally approve the agreement before it can enter into force (earlier this year, Council and Parliament already reached “a pro...

VDL Bus & Coach has officially opened yesterday, 10th April, a new plant in Roeselare (Belgium), that includes a 27,000m2 production facility, workshop, warehouse, and offices of VDL Bus Roeselare and VDL Bus & Coach Belgium. The production capacity of VDL Bus Roeselare (Krommebeekpark 2) is...

VDL – Schmitz Cargobull’s bid has been chosen by trustees in Van Hool’s case as the best fit to ensure continuity in the company. Administrators taking care of the post-bankruptcy takeover of the OEM “believe a much faster start-up can be achieved. They feared that with other...

Transport UK London Bus (formerly known as Abellio London) will celebrate the mobilisation of a fully electric fleet on Route 306  in London on 13 April, as the route begins full operation from the operator’s Battersea depot. Route 306’s mobilisation in West London will be supported ...

Benteler-owned autonomous shuttle company Benteler announces a new cooperation (through memorandum of understanding) with public transport operator Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main area in Germany, with the goal of “advancing autonomous mobility in local p...

BYD’s blade battery is close to be launched in a new version, “possibly in August“, CarNewsChina writes. The current generation of the battery is set to be used on the new 12-metre BYD eBus platform B2, integrated to the chassis (showed at Busworld 2023 in Brussels). In early 2024 ...

Mercedes eCitaro G, Solaris Urbino 18 Electric, MAN Lion’s City E 18, and Ebusco 3.0 18-meter. These manufacturers have converged in Bonn (Germany) to subject their 18-meter electric buses to scrutiny and driving performance evaluations during the yearly initiative E-Bus test, promoted since 2017 by...