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The UITP Summit 2023 offered a glimpse into the transformative trends shaping the future of transportation. The event highlighted key insights driving the industry forward. The shift towards e-mobility is no longer a distant prospect but a concrete reality, with major players dedicating their effort...

Trite, true, but let us write it anyway: from China with fury. BYD, a manufacturer of cars, trucks, buses, battery-powered bikes forklifts, solar panels, and batteries (it is the world’s second-largest producer of cell phone batteries and the largest producer of nickel-cadmium batteries), is g...

Safra has won Dunkirk’s tender to supply 10 hydrogen buses: the Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque, in fact, has chosen SAFRA’s next-generation HYCITY bus, a 12-meter, 3-door vehicle. These 10 HYCITY vehicles will be operational on the Dunkirk network in 2024. The contract is complemented b...

Daimler Buses has tested its new Mercedes eCitaro fuel cell bus in extreme alpine conditions before the start of series production. The eCitaro fuel cell, the first regular-service bus by Daimler Buses equipped with a fuel cell to extend its range, demonstrated its capabilities during a challenging ...

ATAC has issued a long-awaited tender for as many as 411 electric buses. Being more specific: 396 12-metre and 15 18-metre vehicles. The tender is partly financed by the carrier’s budget funds and partly by the NextGenerationEU. Estimated value for the operation? 368.58 million euros. The dead...

Delhi’s venture to introduce 100 new electric buses on its roads (they were launched end of June) has encountered a major setback, as nearly one-third of these buses have experienced breakdowns within just six days of their deployment. The alarming average of 29 breakdowns per day has raised c...

CTM Cagliari has selected Solaris as the supplier for 98 electric buses of the Urbino electric model. The order includes 80 units of twelve-meter vehicles and 18 units of articulated buses. This contract is part of a framework agreement signed in 2023 with Italian central purchasing body Consip. In ...

As of today, the blue line is moving forward. In fact, the two stations of Tricolore and San Babila have been opened for operation, which will be the provisional terminus pending the continuation to San Cristoforo, in the south-west of Milan.  The new section is particularly important for the mobili...

Looking for Industria Italiana Autobus. Despite the many orders won, the launch two years ago of the first electric 12-meter, the birth in Flumeri of the Industry 4.0 carbon free bus academy, the agreement with Nogebus (failed) to sell urban in Spain and Portugal, and the partnership with CaetanoBus...

UITP, IRU and ACEA call legislators to remove Class II low-entry buses from the urban bus definition included in the new CO2 emission targets proposed by EU Commission earlier this year, that would imply also diesel low entry buses to be banned from 2030. In our new position paper, UITP reviews the ...