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MAN Truck & Bus recorded a 4% increase in order intake in the first half of 2023 (up to 49,517 vehicles). in the first half of the year, while unit sales increased very strongly to 56,173 trucks, buses, and vans (+61%). The previous year’s unit sales were at a low level due to the producti...

Global Mobility Call, the international exhibition focused on smart and new mobility, has opened registration to participate in its second edition, which will take place on 24-26 October at IFEMA MADRID (the event was postponed due to the latest political updates in Spain). Over 10,000 professionals...

Supply chain issues and labour shortages are still affecting Ebusco‘s business, and the Dutch group is now pushing to accelerate the scale-up of its production capacity with the help of three assembly partners in Europe and abroad. The intention to move towards a production model that involves...

TMB Barcelona has been awarded a further 21.24 million euros of Next Generation EU subsidies for the purchase of zero-emission buses. They’ll be used to procure 36 hydrogen buses, 23 electric buses and two trains. The total subsidies that TMB will receive from the European Funds, allocated to ...

CarMediaLab has won the tender for the electrification of public transportation in Israel. In essence, the MOBILEcharge charge management system will be used throughout Israel to recharge electric buses. Charging stations will be connected throughout Israel as Ayalon Highways, Israel’s nationw...

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is about to conduct the very first tests of its autonomous driving models in Munich, Germany. On the road to series production readiness, the self-driving all-electric Volkswagen ID. Buzz AD (Autonomous Driving) will be hitting the road for the first time over the next...

Share of zero-emission buses is growing in the European city bus market. In Q2 2023 it was 40%, up from the 30% of the first quarter of the year (same share for the whole 2022). The sales figures, along with a chart (published below), was shared by Eamonn Mulholland, Associate Researcher at The Inte...

California: Kern County‘s first hydrogen fueling station caught fire and exploded last Tuesday at Golden Empire Transit District’s new bus-filling facility, damaging a $1.1 million hydrogen bus and part of the station. The news is reported on specialized media Masstransitmag. The cause i...

New Flyer of America has received a new order from the Central Ohio Transit Authority (“COTA”) for 26 Xcelsior CHARGE NG™ 12-meter zero-emission, battery-powered transit buses. The ZEV order follows COTA’s previous purchase of 14 battery-powered Xcelsior CHARGE NG buses, announced ...

The public transport sector is step by step adapting to tackle the challenges posed by rising temperatures and heatwaves. Innovative approaches, such as AI-enhanced systems to improve passenger comfort and cooling down rail tracks, are being implemented, as UITP reminds in the paper “It’s getting ho...