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Optibus has announced an agreement with Hitouch to automate route visualization and network maps. The collaboration aims to achieve a new level of ease and speed in transforming data into sophisticated route visualizations, network maps, and state-of-the-art timetables. Designing passenger informati...

by Stefano Alfano The extension of the tramway network in Angers, with the two new B and C lines inaugurated on Saturday 8 July 2023, should not be seen as just a technical factor, but as an opportunity, proposed by the Community Angers Loire Metropole for citizens to change their habits, to the ben...

Safra made a remarkable appearance at the Paris 2022 Euro Mobility Expo, where they officially announced the launch of their hydrogen-powered HYCITY bus (ten units are going to be delivered in Dunkirk). This innovative vehicle is set to replace their Businova model. In the meanwhile, at UITP Summit ...

250 Yutong electric buses are going to be deployed in Athens and Thessaloniki. Investment? €110.8 millions. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in early 2024. And another tender for 400 e-buses is on its way to be issued, that will be followed by “a second procurement phase for an additional 650...

European Commission officials would be developing a plan to provide electric buses to Latin American countries in exchange for access to lithium supplies. The news is reported on Bloomberg, that quotes “people familiar with the plan”. This plan would be part of the EU’s broader strategy called...

START Romagna has launched a tender for the purchase of electric buses headed to Rimini. The tender is worth EUR 106.8 million and a deadline of 6 September 2023. The news is reported on the Italian media Autobusweb, belonging to the same publisher as Sustainable Bus. They will not be the first elec...

Nicoletta Gennaro, Group Head of Marketing at Ascendal, has been honoured as the 2023 Women in Mobility Champion at the MOVE Conference. The award ceremony took place on June 22nd at the ExCel London. Nicoletta Gennaro awarded 2023 Women in Mobility Champion at the MOVE “Nicoletta Gennaro&#821...

Blue Bird will premiere its next-generation Vision electric school bus at STN Expo West, a leading student transportation industry and technology event in North America. The new vehicle will be on display for the first time from July 14-19, 2023 in Reno, Nevada. The Blue Bird Vision v...

Jennifer Rumsey has been elected Chair of Cummins Board of Directors, effective August 1, 2023. She succeeds Tom Linebarger, who is retiring from both of his Cummins positions as Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, effective July 31, 2023. Jennifer Rumsey, already President and C...

Konvekta has presented a “refrigerant charge balancing“ as the latest module of the CO2 heat pump for electric buses (adopted by 60% of German e-buses). This technology improves once more efficiency and range. With the new “refrigerant charge balancing“ module, the refrigerant charge lev...