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The halt to Federal funding for electric buses was clearly the central theme around which the vast majority of conversations revolved at the VDV-backed Mobility Move 2024 trade fair in Berlin. On one hand, a definitive halt to funding remains less credible, but on the other hand, the closest date f...

by Stefano Alfano Benr chooses the trolleybus again. And it does so in grand style. Bernmobil, the operator of public transport in Bern, has signed a contract with Hess for the delivery of 13 24-metre double-articulated trolleybuses, model lighTram® 25 DC, similar to the 14 already in operation sinc...

The crisis of the Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool, its bankruptcy and subsequent takeover by the Dutch group VDL is a story that has monopolised the interest of the bus and coach industry in a 2024 that sees the European bus industry changing shape dramatically. The Van Hool – VDL story ties...

Hess announced the awarding of a contract for 13 double-articulated trolleybuses from Bernmobil. The vehicles are to be deployed on the Bern - Köniz/Schliern line 10 from summer 2026 and offer around 30 percent more capacity than conventional articulated trolleybuses. The Swiss operator has also or...

Motor provider Traktionssysteme Austria announces it’s supplying electric motor to Solaris, that will be delivering in Berlin a fleet of 50 Urbino 18 Electric (with options for up to 700 vehicles). In 2021, TSA has won one of the largest delivery contracts ever awarded in Europe. Up to 4,500 m...

“If you’ve ridden a bus in the United States, you may have come to the same conclusion as many Americans: They’re slow. They’re unreliable. And, if you have the choice, there are probably better ways to get around. Politicians and transit agencies have long ignored buses, which disproportionately se...

Alexander Dennis has introduced three electric vans to its fleet of AD24 vehicles as the first of its field service engineers have completed training for the next generation of zero-emission buses. The new bus family (announced in August 2022) was launched in November 2023 with the unveiling of the ...

FirstGroup announces it has signed a new £150m Green Hire Purchase Financing Facility with a syndicate of three banks to support the purchase of electric bus bodies (FirstGroup specifies it means “the chassis and drivetrain, excluding the battery”). This follows the strategic Joint Ventu...

130 vehicles (trolleybuses and e-buses) have just been awarded in Genoa, Italy. Solaris (in partnership with Skoda) will supply 112 IMC trolleybuses for a value of more than EUR 100 million. The second part of the contract, dedicated to electric flash charging buses for the Valbisagno route, has see...

From 10 December 2023, the Geneva tram network, operated by TPG, will be extended in the direction of the French border. In fact, is now open for operation the new 2.7 km extension of the diametral line 15 from Grand-Lancy to the Plan des Ouates industrial zone (ZIPLO) with four new stops: Curé...