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The US e-bus market experienced a 66% increase since 2021. As of September 2022, the total count of full-size battery-electric and fuel-cell electric transit buses has reached 5,480 (it was 3,297 in 2021). The data is reported on CALSTART Zeroing in on ZEBs annual report, that provides an updated in...

Stagecoach orders 55 Alexander Dennis electric buses for Oxfordshire. Stagecoach and Oxfordshire Council are partnering to reduce emissions in Oxford’s transit system, with funding from the UK Department of Transport’s Zero-Emission Bus Regional Areas program. Britain’s largest bus...

National Express West Midlands is procuring 300 new zero emission buses. They are set to be delivered by end 2024. The group is investing for this purpose as many as £150 million. It is pointed out that the zero emission buses must be ‘UK-made’ and ‘double-decker’. This inves...

The year 2023 is the best start for Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG (BoGeStra), a major German transport operator that operates the networks in Bochum, Gelsenkirken and Herne, cities in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of West Germany. After 15 months of construction work, the new 820-metre...

Oslo has launched a grant scheme to support the installation of charging stations for electric buses (and trucks) in the Norwegian capital. The first round of funding through the “Climate and Energy Fund” saw Oslo bear up to 80 percent of the installation costs. So far, 28 new fast charg...

Pepper Motion GmbH has concluded a supply contract for battery systems with Impact Clean Power Technology S.A. (Poland). The company “now manufactures complete battery systems for pepper, developed according to the specific requirements of the commercial vehicle sector”, Pepper Motion sa...

The next UITP Global Public Transport Summit is quickly approaching. We are just six months away from the kickoff, scheduled for 4th June in Barcelona, Spain. UITP Secretary General Mohamed Mezghani shares with Sustainable Bus state of the art of the preparation for the summit, main topics, expectat...

Bologna is launching one of the largest fuel cell bus projects in Europe so far, with 127 units expected to be in operation by mid-2026 (34 to arrive by 2024). An agreement has been signed to this extent between Bologna City Council, public transport operator TPER and Srm. An investment of over 90 m...

São Paulo’s Transit Agency SPTrans (over 13,000 buses) has banned the procurement of new diesel buses in the city. Earlier this year, Colombia’s capital city Bogotá stopped procuring fossil-fuelled buses in the city. The news is reported on local media and on C40 website. It is expected t...

Geneva’s public transport system has chosen its future e-buses on the way to a full electric bus fleet by 2030. As many as 119 zero emission buses will be provided by Swiss Hess, with Hitachi Energy in charge of infrastructure. The same partners have already been active in Geneva with the TOSA...