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A new contract for 500 battery-powered and fuel cell-powered buses (for the first time) has been awarded by Italian central purchasing body Consip to a total of 8 manufacturers. Such contracts worth a total of 327 million euros. It was issued in May 2023. Consip has awarded late last year the tender...

Solaris will deliver 20 12-meter hydrogen buses to the Polish city of Wałbrzych. The contract includes an option to purchase an additional 25 vehicles. The first 14 units will be delivered to Wałbrzych in September 2024. The contract is to be completed by the end of July 2025. The vehicles ordered w...

IRU’s position on the vote held on 21st November at the European Parliament is clear and stark: “The European Parliament’s plenary vote on CO₂ emission targets for heavy-duty vehicles sets unrealistic targets for zero-emission vehicles, feebly tries to factor the role of carbon-neu...

Just like the Council, the European Parliament voted in favor of the Commission’s 45% emission reduction target for manufacturers by 2030, escalating to 65% as of 2035, before jumping to 90% starting 2040. IRU’s reaction? “Unrealistic targets”. Now the policy framework moves ...

Prague Transport Company and Škoda Group have introduced today the Škoda-Solaris 24m, the longest trolleybus in the Czech Republic. Passengers using public transport to or from Václav Havel Airport Prague will soon be travelling on a long-awaited double-articulated, almost 25-metre-long battery-powe...

Iveco Bus announces changes at its sales organisation with Petros Spinaris (formerly in Solaris and Ekoenergetyka) appointed Head of the new Energy Mobility Solutions department, Giorgio Zino in the position of Head of commercial operations in Europe, Danilo Fetzner at the helm of Latin America, Gau...

Phoenix Motorcars‘s bid has win the tender to acquire Proterra Transit business line, “through the auction of the assets pursuant to bankruptcy court approved bidding procedures”, as stated by the purchaser in a press note. The acquisition will add heavy-duty transit buses to Phoen...

A new frontier for the Iveco Bus Crossway: operating within the Arctic Circle in Norway, for Connect Bus Norge AS. The Norwegian operator took delivery of the first 13 Crossway Low Entry last October, with two more units to be delivered in April 2024. Iveco Bus Class IIs will enter service in Alta, ...

Battery modules provider Impact Clean Power Technology is extending its partnership with Solaris Bus & Coach for the supply of battery systems from 2024 to 2027. The deal involves the new HE 100 batteries, which are “based on the European supply chain”, Impact claims. And adds that t...

Charge management systems provider CarMedialab has won the tender from TMB Barcelona to implement its MOBILEcharge technology on the entire operator’s electric bus fleet. Over 200 charging stations will be connected and integrated with the operational systems and the energy supply thanks to Ca...