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VDL Bus & Coach will not be missing the appointment of Busworld 2023, Europe’s largest bus & coach trade fair. This year, after a four years’ hiatus, Busworld will be held in Brussels from 7 to 12 October. With the theme ‘Experience tomorrow’s mobility, today’, ...

Go-Ahead has signed a repeat order for 141 BYD – Alexander Dennis electric buses. Such purchase will bring the total to be delivered to the operator during 2023 to 299 vehicles. They will take the total number of BYD–Alexander Dennis electric buses in the Go-Ahead London fleet to 577, confirmi...

Ebusco has signed a new contract with Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH (SWEG). It involves an order to supply up to 25 Ebusco 2.2 buses in 12-metre versions. It is not the first time for SWEG to take Ebusco buses on the road. In January 2022, the German transport company already placed an order f...

One hundred and twenty million euros invested from 2022 to date to have a completely zero-emission bus fleet by 2025. This is the goal of Moventis. A plan explained far and wide at this year’s edition of the UITP Global Public Transport Summit in Barcelona June 4-7. Moventis, zero emissions by...

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...