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BVG Berlin is procuring a new batch of 90 e-buses. Green light has been given by the company’s supervisory board. The procurement concerns single-deck 12-meter buses with electric drive equipped for plug-in charging. The delivery of all buses is scheduled to take place by the end of 2022. This...

Zenobe is partnering with construction group Aertssen in Belgium: on-site batteries have been installed at its main office in order to store surplus renewable energy generated by 5,500 solar panels and manage energy price volatility. The stored energy can be released to power Aertssen’s business ope...

The first ever 24-metre Solaris trolleybuses to come to market are set to Slovakia. A 16-units order has been commissioned by operator Dopravný Podnik Bratislava. The 24-meter trolleybuses will roll onto the streets of Bratislava within less than two years. The value of...

The award giving ceremony of the Sustainable Bus Award 2022 will be held in digital mode. The web event will take place on 19th November, with the participation of Busworld’s Managing Director Mieke Glorieux and UITP’s Senior Director Knowledge and Innovation Umberto Guida. It will be the culm...

The launch of the new BZL electric bus chassis is the latest novelty from Volvo Buses. The group is leading the European e-bus market as of mid-2021, mainly thanks to the huge 145-units delivery in Gothenburg. We had a talk with Anna Westerberg, who has been covering the position of president of Vol...

Transition to EV fleets is underway: optimization of charging becomes paramount and artificial intelligence is there to help. That’s the business where GridBeyond is involved. The company has indeed developed an AI-powered platform which has the goal of accelerating the transition to a net-zer...

Bluebus launches a new version of its 6-metre e-bus. After ten years in operation and over 15 million km travelled, the vehicles has been redesigned. The main new feature is related to passenger capacity: on board there is room for up to 35 passengers. It means «a 25% gain compared to the previous v...

Good, or rather excellent news for Volvo Buses, the subsidiary of the Volvo Group that deals with the production of buses and coaches, since it has managed to secure two large bus orders in the Nordics nel 2022-23. In fact, Global transport operator Keolis has purchased 114 buses, and mid-sized Norw...

The latest Sustainable Bus magazine, September 2021 issue, is out. The MAN Lion’s City E stands on the cover, while other prominent zero emissions bus models such as Isuzu Novociti Volt and Solaris Urbino hydrogen have been tested and put under the lens within the magazine. Interview? VDV Vice...

Over 60 years experience in the railway motor’s business since a few years ‘poured’ into the electric bus market in the last decade. Austrian company TSA (Traktionssysteme Austria) has provided so far electric motors for vehicles operating in more than 60 countries all over the world. The ...