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New Flyer received a new firm order for 108 zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell Xcelsior Charge FC 40-foot transit buses from San Mateo County Transit (SamTrans), marking the largest single fuel cell bus order in New Flyer’s history. The contract for 108 buses was added to New Flyer’s backlog in Q2 202...

German newcomer Quantron is running out of money. The news has been reported on local German outlet Augsburg Journal and on e-mobility agency Electrive. Fresh funds from existing investors are now expected to save the company. According to the local newspaper, employees at Quantron AG are facing sev...

The Supervisory Board of ZF Friedrichshafen AG appointed Mathias Miedreich to the Board of Management of the technology group effective January 1, 2025. Miedreich will be responsible for the Electrified Powertrain Technology division. Mathias Miedreich has many years of experience in the automotive ...

Ashok Leyland‘s subsidiary OHM Global Mobility has been awarded an order for 500 12-m ultra-low floor electric buses from the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC), in Chennai. According to the announcement, “Switch Mobility, another subsidiary of Ashok Leyland, shall supply state-of-...

Volvo Group and Daimler Truck intend to create a joint venture to develop a common software-defined vehicle platform and dedicated truck operating system, “providing the basis for future software-defined commercial vehicles”, the OEMs state in a press note that follows the announcement m...

Heliox and First Bus are collaborating on five new electric bus charging depots in Bristol, Weston-super-Mare, Minehead, Taunton, and Basildon. They’ll have a combined capacity to charge over 190 vehicles simultaneously First Bus is investing £89 million to expand electric fleet across the UK ...

Ebusco’s shareholders adopted all resolutions on the agenda of 24th October’s meeting in order to go ahead with the turnover plan, put its operations in order and avoid bankruptcy, that appeared quite close after the loss of a court case against Qbuzz on the 23rd October. The meeting hel...

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has been awarded a contract with Unibuss, one of the leading bus operators in the Oslo region, to provide the Depot360 solution, which ensures optimized fleet operations and charging infrastructure, at two separate operator depots. This is Siemens’ first order in t...

Today is the day of truth for Ebusco. At today’s general meeting of shareholders Ebusco will present further details of its Turnaround Plan. But the main decision to be taken today is that about the rights issue that the company hopes it allows to raise EUR 36 million in new equity. An initiative th...

Bus operator Qbuzz was allowed to terminate an agreement with bus manufacturer Ebusco and therefore does not have to purchase 45 electric buses. The news has been reported first on De Rechtspraak and on the Telegraaf. Reportedly, this was decided on 23th October afternoon in Utrecht by the prelimina...