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German Federal government to fund ebuses in five further cities

Futher five German cities will take benefit of government grants for the purchase of electric buses. Aachen, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, Duisburg and Offenbach am Main will globally receive some 14.3 million euros from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU). Money that will be used for the...

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The bus industry’s smartphone moment

On 18 March 1895, at 6:25 in the morning, the world’s first motor bus line opened between Siegen, Netphen and Deuz. The vehicle was a Benz Landauer. It had eight seats, a one-cylinder engine of five horsepower, and fifteen kilometres of bad road ahead of it. On the steepest hill, the passengers had ...

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German Federal government to fund ebuses in five further cities

Futher five German cities will take benefit of government grants for the purchase of electric buses. Aachen, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, Duisburg and Offenbach am Main will globally receive some 14.3 million euros from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU). Money that will be used for the...