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The Routing Company announces the expansion of Capital District Transportation Authority’s (“CDTA”) FLEX+ on-demand transit service. FLEX+, launched in January 2024, is expanding through the summer months with additional stops throughout downtown Albany. CDTA operates a multimodal transit network  i...

De Lijn announces it is rolling out the first new generation electric buses by VDL into service from its Destelbergen depot on 1 July. The first 5 of 24 e-buses from VDL will strengthen the Flemish Transport Company’s electric fleet in the Ghent region. Order dates back to late 2021. The very ...

Masats has announced an expansion of its facilities up to 25,000m2, to increase its production capacity, thanks to a new building that will be used for the manufacture of aluminum doors for urban vehicles. The expansion is happening “In order to meet growing market demand and strengthen its po...

Latest version of Equipmake’s modular electric chassis is set to be used for repowering of one of the UK’s most in-service double deckers: the Wrightbus Streetdeck. The conversion implies “no reduction in passenger carrying capacity giving”, Equipmake states. Oddly enough, the same Wrigh...

Below, a report we published on the February 2024 issue of Sustainable Bus magazine, authored by Gellért Patthy, Magyarbusz [Info] Over the last years, many of the leader EV traction battery manufacturers and their suppliers chose Hungary as the location of their newly established manufacturing...

Yutong’s performance in 2023 showcased a growing market presence, registering over 36,000 units worldwide and more than 700 units in Europe, with a strong emphasis on electric buses. The company has high expectations for the Italian market, aiming for over 50 BEV bus registrations in 2024 and ...

Wrightbus has chosen Forsee Power‘s ZEN PLUS battery systems to convert more than 1,000 diesel buses into electric ones over the next 3 years, the battery supplier says, within the newly-launched NewPower enterprise. Wrightbus has made repower a strategic development axis and established into ...

Maximum battery capacity of 12-meter buses available on the European market has been increasing, on average, of 34% in the last 4 years. And the number of bus models with +400 kWh on board possible has increased 9-fold. It’s just one of the findings of the study “Electrification trends in loca...

In 2023 nearly 2,500 zero-emission buses have been awarded in Italy for an investment of 1.8 billion euros. Most of those will have to be in operation by June 2026, according to the schedule of Next Generation Europe fundings. The “Electrification trends in local public transport” report...

Stagecoach has confirmed a further 158 e-buses ordered from Pelican Bus and Coach, as Yutong’s UK dealer announces. Yesterday it was announced an order, also from the same operator, for as many as 244 Alexander Dennis e-buses. Further to the recent 23 single decks delivered to Sheffield, Pelic...