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“We are excited to announce the launch of Flixbus UK’s first 100% electric long-distance bus.” So André Schwämmlein, founder and CEO of Flix-FlixBus made the announcement on LinkedIn. A novelty with a capital “N” for the green-orange operator, whose pilot e-bus, the fir...

BusStore, the brand for marketing used buses under the aegis of Daimler Buses, is celebrating its tenth anniversary; the parent company first introduced the brand at Busworld 2013, and in February 2014 the BusStore Center in Neu-Ulm, the first and to date largest BusStore site, opened its doors, str...

Valeo has chosen the stage of Bus2Bus in Berlin, scheduled for April 24-25, to introduce to the market the latest “E-Cooler” battery cooling system, the new “Thermo HV” high-voltage heating unit for electric buses and the S120 and S200 SPumps. E-Cooler, with a maximum cooling...

Wrightbus has secured a new order for hydrogen-powered (single-decker) buses in Europe, in Germany: requesting them from Saarbahn GmbH , which has ordered Kite Hydroliners FCEV, the first of which will be delivered during 2024. Saarbahn transports about 43.7 million passengers by road and rail each ...

An Iveco Bus Crossway – the best-selling Class II in Europe – has been retrofitted with a hydrogen fuel cell by a GCK Mobility workshop at the Cournon (Puy-de-Dôme) site in France. The vehicle has been approved for road production, which will enable its mass production. Iveco’s in-...

The ‘Green’ trolleybus took its first steps in Pescara. Technical tests began at 9 a.m. on Thursday 22 February 2024 on the new trolleybus line, known as ‘La Verde’, 8 km and 150 metres long with 25 stops, which will connect Pescara’s railway station with the large hote...

The manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the U.S. Gillig announced that its subsidiary Gerco has acquired select assets from Lightning eMotors and Lightning Systems through a receivership sale, and has hired a number of former engineering employees of Lightning.

Record fuel consumption for the new generation of the Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV, which completed the Zemo Partnership’s zero-emission bus testing and certification program with an energy consumption of only 0.67 kWh/km. A figure that actually makes it the most efficient electric double-deck...

Daimler Buses is going to showcase the articulated version of the eCitaro fuel cell at VDV-backed Mobility Move exhibition (former ElekBu), next week in Berlin. 1,400 participants, 90 exhibitors (vs the 78 companies exhibiting in 2022), 20 vehicles: these are the figures of Mobility Move, the first ...

Furthermore, Hubert Altschäffl will be the new Chief Human Resources Officer of MAN Truck & Bus. Effective April 1, 2024, he will assume responsibility for the human resources department as a member of the Executive Board and labor director. Altschäffl will succeed Arne Puls, who will, at the same t...