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After 3 years of being conducted digitally, the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 will be built around two in-person conference that are set to be held within Next Mobility Exhibition (May) in Milan and the Euro Mobility Expo in Strasbourg (October), two of the main public transport exhibitions in Europe pl...

Alexander Dennis is ready to introduce its next-generation electric bus technology to North America following its launch in the UK and the Asia-Pacific region in late 2023. Sound Transit, which provides regional transit in the Seattle metropolitan area, has placed a firm order for 33 zero-emission E...

Volvo Buses sold 111 buses and coaches in the Netherlands in 2023 and placed itself as the market leader in the country (concerning vehicles over 8 tons). It’s particularly noteworthy given that 2022 figure was only 6. Daimler Buses follows closely: it registered a total of 100 buses (comprisi...

BorgWarner has signed a strategic relationship agreement with BYD subsidiary FinDreams Battery. BorgWarner will be in charge of manufacturing LFP battery packs for commercial vehicles utilizing FinDreams Battery blade cells (presented in 2020) in Europe, the Americas, and select regions of Asia Paci...

UK Coach Tourism Association (CTA) recorded its highest ever event attendance as over 200 members came to Newcastle for the organisation’s annual Conference & Workshop. This included 20 new members who attended the event for the first time. The CTA Conference & Workshop 2024 took place from ...

The Biden-Harris Administration has just hosted a Roundtable on Clean Bus Manufacturing to highlight the nation’s progress in transitioning to low- and zero-emission public transit buses, and to help address challenges facing the U.S. bus manufacturing industry during this transition, involving FTA,...

Wrightbus has secured a new order with Arriva to deliver 87 new buses to London. Specifically: 11 single-deck GB Kite Electroliners and 76 StreetDeck Electroliners. The buses, which will be operated on a number of routes around the capital, are due to be delivered from July, the manufacturer sa...

The Tallinn municipal government has decided to invest in 40 battery-powered trolleybuses and upgrade the contact network, is reported on local media ERR.ee, mentioned also by trade agency electrive. This decision comes after 24 years of transitioning from trolleybuses to buses (with heavy commitmen...

As part of its “zero-emission” mobility project, Saint-Nazaire agglomération, in French Loire region, has selected the technical offer from partners Iveco France, ABB E-mobility, and Dalkia Electrotechnics for its three future electric bus lines. This includes the complete supply of the ...

IAA Transportation 2024 will take place in Hannover, Germany, from September 17 to 22. For the first time a dedicated bus theme park is planned. It is undeniable that the bus sector has lost momentum in the context of the IAA in recent years (see our reporting from 2022 edition). Rather, many bus OE...