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As reported on Hungarian trade media Magyarbusz.info, Ikarus and Yutong have submitted (together) the most competitive bid for Budapest’s latest trolleybus procurement, a process initiated by the Budapesti Közlekedési Központ (BKK) in early 2024. The tender, which covers up to 160 battery-powered tr…

Kiepe provides enhanced, modular powertrain products for battery electric HPC buses and IMC® electric buses, enabling 24/7 operation and increase operational efficiency.

Sponsored by UITP Summit As the UITP Summit 2025 approaches, anticipation is building for what promises to be another landmark event in the world of urban mobility. The Summit will take place from June 15-18 in Hamburg, marking the first time the city will host this gathering under the new annual fo…

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The Routing Company announces the launch of its on-demand transit service in partnership with the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA), also known as Regional Transit Service (RTS). The deployment marks one of the largest on-demand transit implementations in North America. Ac…

Keolis Netherlands turns to CarMedialab’s intelligent charge management system MOBILEcharge. In a large-scale project, up to 267 charging points will be integrated into the system to ensure smooth and efficient operation of the electric Yutong buses, as CarMedialab states. The first phase of the pro…

VDL announces it will supply and maintain 42 Low Entry R-NET buses for the Hoeksche Waard/Goeree-Overflakkee (HWGO) concession in the Netherlands, that was awarded to Transdev and will be valid from December 2025 to December 2038 (with Transdev as of today operating as Connexxion). The new generatio…

It is called RD1 and is Masats’ new hybrid ramp, capable of combining an electric ramp with a manual one, thus ensuring uninterrupted vehicle access, even in the event of a power outage. In this particular case, the vehicle can continue to run with the manual ramp, thus ensuring maximum vehicl…

Electric Bus

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Volvo Buses has launched the first electric articulated and bi-articulated bus manufactured in Mexico: the Volvo 7800 electric bus is built on the BZR platform, launched in March 2024, and headed to BRT system in the country. A 28-meter bi-articultated e-bus model by Volvo was tested in the region i…

“We can say with certainty that the malfunction of the hydrogen buses in Poznań was due to the fault of the hydrogen supplier, who provided fuel with incorrect parameters“. This is the statement by Krzysztof Dostatni, CEO of MPK Poznań, after receiving the results of laboratory reasearch…

Italian public transport operator SETA, active in Modena region, has welcomed its first ever electric buses, ready to enter service in the city of Reggio Emilia. They are 11 MAN Lion’s City 12E e-buses, purchased thanks to an allocation of 8 million euros of PNRR funds, assigned to the Municip…

BasiGo is set to deliver 28 electric buses in Rwanda, scheduled for delivery between April and May. This delivery marks the first phase of the company’s plan to deploy 100 electric buses across the country by 2025. In late 2022 the Kenyan startup BasiGo announced $6.6 million in new funding. Money t…

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Rebus Regionalbus Rostock GmbH has recently been delivered 52 hydrogen fuel cell buses. The operator is responsible for local public transport in the entire district of Rostock, north of Berlin. The new delivery involves 47 solo and 5 articulated buses, awarded to Solaris back in 2023. Around 30 of …

Belgian public transport operator De Lijn has permanently withdrawn its five hydrogen-powered buses in Antwerp, citing operational and financial constraints. Alongside the decommissioning of the vehicles, the company has also decided to dismantle the hydrogen refuelling station at Vaartkaai. The new…

Ballard announced it has landed a multi-year supply agreement from Egypt-based bodybuilder MCV, for fuel cell engines totaling approximately 5 MW. Deliveries of the 50 engines are expected between 2025 and 2026 and “will initially support projects in the EU“, is said in the press release…

14 hydrogen buses operated by MPK Poznań, in Poland, have been temporarily withdrawn from service and returned to the depot. The decision was made on an emergency basis after onboard diagnostic systems detected unexpected faults in the vehicles, as reported on Polish trade media Transinfo.pl. The sa…

93% of European public transport decisionmakers have expressed concerns about the capacity of their grid connection to fuel their current and future battery electric or hydrogen-powered fleets as the sector transitions to greener fuel sources. Plus, 89% of respondents from these markets said that hy…

378 fuel cell buses were registered all around Europe in 2024, growing +82% on 2023. with Solaris achieving a 65% market share thanks to the 245 units delivered last year. Top market? Germany. Figures are coming from national statistics bodies, elaborated by DVV and reported on German trade media om…

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by Usha Praveen Telangana state, in the south-central part of the Indian subcontinent, has over 35 million inhabitants. TGSRTC has recently launched 35 luxury electric buses by JBM on the Karimnagar-Hyderabad (Jubilee Bus Station) route, around 160km long. The transport company plans to have as many…

The growing market for e-mobility (and where to place subsidies?), the focus on industrial strategies aiming at ramping up volumes, the role of partnerships and the factors that can enable traditional European OEM to keep a relevant place in the market, on the thin line between product standardizati…

Christian Schreyer has been at the helm of Ebusco since September 2024. He took over the reins of a company that until then had been led by founder (and shareholder) Peter Bijvelds. The Supervisory Board of Ebusco decided to hand over the management of the company to an outsider. A move deemed neces…

We met Paul Davies, Managing Director of Alexander Dennis, at Euro Bus Expo 2024 in Birmingham, where the company also shared further details on the upcoming Enviro200EV model. We discussed the growing influence of global competitors, the impact of government initiatives like the Better Buses Bill, …

In the latest decade, Pelican has established itself as a key player in the UK’s zero-emission bus and coach market. Partnering with Yutong since 2014 as their exclusive UK dealer, the company has today a fleet of over 500 electric vehicles in service and another 450 on order. We met Ian Downie, Hea…

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Belgian public transport operator De Lijn has placed an order worth €24.2 million for charging stations with SPIE-Ekoenergetyka. This order is part of a framework agreement established in November 2023, which outlines the provision of up to 1,600 charging points over the next eight years. And partne…

Milence announces it obtained about €111 million EU funding for keeping on building charging infrastructure hubs in Europe. The project MILES (Mobility Infrastructure for Logistics – Electric & Sustainable) is part of twin applications submitted by Milence to establish the first pan-European net…

Île-de-France Mobilités, the public transport agency of Paris’ area, has recently completed the conversion of its Point du Jour Bus Operations Center (COB) to electric power. The center, operated by RATP, now supports 19 bus lines running entirely on electricity. This milestone was celebrated …

Chargers provider Kempower announces it is partnering with the Eastern Townships School Board (ETSB) in Quebec, Canada, and Quebec-based charging solution provider Bornes Quebec to launch an innovative electric vehicle (EV) charging system. The charging site for school buses began operations in 2024…

The EU has arranged nearly 1 billion euros for the construction of infrastructure, particularly charging stations for trucks and buses. This was announced by European Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas. This adds up to the 1.2 billion already allocated over the past three years by the Eur…

A cut-resistant charging cable and an alarm system designed to increase security levels in charging stations are two innovative solutions introduced by ChargePoint to combat vandalism and theft. The cut-resistant charging cable is crafted from advanced materials that significantly reduce the risk of…

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The second session of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 took place on October 2nd in Strasbourg, during the European Mobility Expo show (former Transport Publics). Entitled “On the way to a fully zero emission city bus market in 2035? Technology | business case | market uptake“, the conference delved in…

The second session of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 is set to take place on October 2nd in Strasbourg, during the European Mobility Expo show (former Transport Publics). Entitled “On the way to a fully zero emission city bus market in 2035? Technology | business case | market uptake“, the conference…

The first session of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 went live last week at Next Mobility Exhibition in Milan, culminating in a conversation between representatives from UITP, ATM Milano, RATP Dev, ZF and Iveco Bus on the evolving landscape of public transport and how energy transition and digitalizat…

Next Mobility Exhibition in Milan will host the kick-off of Sustainable Bus Tour 2024, that after 3 years of being conducted digitally, will be built this year around two in-person conferences. “Balance Shifts in Public Transport: Operators and Industry in the Energy Transition Era,” is …

After 3 years of being conducted digitally, the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 will be built around two in-person conference that are set to be held within Next Mobility Exhibition (May) in Milan and the Euro Mobility Expo in Strasbourg (October), two of the main public transport exhibitions in Europe pl…

The transformation of public transport teetered on the edge as technology ushered in unprecedented flexibility. In our recently broadcasted videoreport, part of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2023 initiative, we delved into the intriguing topic: “The End of Public Transport as We Know It? On-Demand …

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On March 12, the Board of Directors of Northvolt AB announced that it has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden. Ultimately, with limited time and financial resources available, the company was unable to conclude the necessary agreements to secure its future. As pointed out by Northvolt, “the entities Nort…

CNG & LNG

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In Italy, recent investments reflect a significant interest towards methane-powered buses as part of the country’s strategy to modernize its public transport fleet with low-emission options. With initiatives from both the national procurement body Consip and the Puglia Region, both released during t…

Bologna’s municipal public transport operator TPER has inaugurated its new LNG (liquefied natural gas), bioLNG and L-CNG (compressed natural gas derived from liquid methane) distribution station inside the company depot in via Ferrarese, Bologna. The plant, now operational, will guarantee the …

Egyptian bus OEM Geyushi announces advancements of a major diesel-to-CNG retrofitting project in Cairo and Alexandria: as many as 2,262 are involved in the conversion process. Such a project leverages on Egypt’s abundant natural gas resources and sees Geyushi working in partnership with the Ministry…

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Masabi triumphs at the Transport Ticketing Global Awards: the Supplier Innovation Award recognizes the company for its Open Platform approach, designed and developed to revolutionize the ticketing industry and free public transport companies from the constraints imposed by closed, proprietary system…

Daimler Buses is strengthening its focus on digital services, offering a free Digital Services Package for newly delivered Mercedes-Benz and Setra buses. The initiative aims to optimize fleet operations by improving vehicle availability, reducing downtime, and lowering total cost of ownership (TCO)….

Karsan‘s e-Atak self-driving bus has been the protagonist of a road test, or rather track test, on Monday 10th March at Safety Park in Vadena, Bolzano, in an event organised with public transport operator Sasa and aimed at testing the potential of driverless technology. Sasa is known for the p…

German carrier NIAG (Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe), active in the Duisburg region (Lower Rhine), has commissioned PSI with the delivery of a load and charging management system with integrated vehicle dispatching. The system will be implemented at the depot in Moers, PSI says. NIAG carries some…

A project has been launched in Europe aiming to improve electric bus fleet management by optimizing battery aging analysis using the State of Health (SoH) parameter. Named SoH Fleet project, is led by ACTIA Automotive (France) in collaboration with CARNET (Spain), Keolis Blois (France), and TMB (Spa…

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Four Scania-Irizar i6S models, which can also run on bio-LNG, will be used to connect 30 cities across Italy, particularly in the South of the country. They are the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) coaches ever operating under FlixBus' livery

NFI’s subsidiary Motor Coach Industries (MCI) announces it has shipped the first of nine battery-electric coaches built in its Pembina, North Dakota facility. NFI has electric vehicles operating (or on order) in more than 150 cities in six countries. NFI offers the widest range of zero-emissio…

Scania bets strong(er) on LNG on the touristic segment, and in the meanwhile is developing a plug-in hybrid platform for coaches (you read that right). Scania Italia‘s 2024 has been a record year for the bus segment. And the group is finally entering the e-bus segment (starting with the Class …

Trolleybus and tramway

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Solaris has just signed the first contract to supply trolleybuses in Canada, to TransLink in Vancouver: Solaris’ first contract in Canada involves the delivery of 107 units of 12-meter Trollino. The agreement also includes options for up to 201 units of 12-meter trolleybuses and up to 204 unit…

On February 20, the Tramlink, the new tramway produced by Stadler Rail in its Valencia plant in Spain, made its debut on the Milan scene. The new rolling stock brings with it both new technologies and a new way of designing the streetcar vehicle according to sustainability and energy-saving criteria…

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The first UK bus manufacturing panel was held on 13th March, with Local Transport Minister, Simon Lightwood, hosting the event at Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield, alongside industry experts from organisations including Alexander Dennis, the Urban Transport Group and the Confederation of Passenger T…

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