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The European Commission is allocating €23 million in grants for the purchase of electric buses and the conversion of depots to electricity and bio-gas in Île-de-France region. Through this funding, the European Commission is supporting the commitment of Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP towards an ec...

Silicon carbide technology is approaching the electric bus market. An increase in the e-powertrain’s efficiency is the main advantage brought by the adoption of such technology. Recently, Yutong and Solaris (even in the latest unveiled Urbino 15 LE Electric) have announced they are using SiC t...

90 e-buses are up for grabs in Berlin. BVG has issued a tender for 12-meter low floor city buses with full electric drive. The tender includes an option for as many as 60 further vehicles. In June 2020 BVG Berlin ordered 90 Solaris Urbino 12 Electric. It was the fourth order signed by BVG with Solar...

Over 200 hydrogen buses ordered through the EU-backed JIVE and JIVE 2 projects. The announcement comes from the Joint Initiative for Hydrogen Vehicles across Europe project, co- financed by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). What is more, the first 50 buses are now in operation....

Traktionssysteme Austria, mostly known as TSA, is anything but a newcomer. It is 60 years so far that the Austrian company has been developing, designing and producing electromechanical drives for rolling stock. TSA’s motors power vehicles in around 60 countries all over the world. The core bu...

In this latest issue of Sustainable Bus magazine (that follows the first one out in May), just released, we have taken a glance ‘Beyond battery-electric’, dedicating a wide report to hydrogen bus technology and to a comparison between the main fuel cell buses today on European market (Ca...

CaetanoBus landed its largest hydrogen bus order so far in Barcelona. A contract for eight fuel cell buses Caetano H2.City Gold has been officially awarded today, 23 September 2020, from the municipal public transport operator TMB Barcelona. The information is reported on the platform for public con...

In a few days, the first diesel bus converted to electric drive by e-troFit will be in regular service for Stadtwerke Landshut. The vehicle will be used there on different lines for about one year, starting from 25 September. The range, according to e-troFit, will be up to 250 km. The UITP Summit 20...

On 10 September, the first batch of 29 electric buses arrived in Bergen as part of a contract awarded by Bergen’s Skyss public transport authority for Keolis to operate and maintain 138 fossil-free buses, including 102 all-electric vehicles, awarded to Yutong. The all-electric buses are being shippe...

The Sosnowiec City Transport Company is buying more electric buses from Solaris Bus & Coach, along with charging stations, which will be produced and delivered by Ekoenergetyka-Polska, the Polish supplier announces. The operator Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Miejskiej (PKM) signed in August a con...