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New open letter addressed to the EU Institutions by EMTA, EPTO, Eurocities, IRU, Polis and UITP, looking at the legislative term 2024-2029. Proposed initiatives include recognizing public transport’s strategic importance, publishing a European Declaration on Public Transport, ensuring coordina...

De Lijn has awarded a framework agreement for up to 100 BRT e-buses to Spanish Irizar e-mobility. The manufacturer has won the tender issued by the Belgian transport company, as its bid was selected as the best out of three submitted offers (out of eight selected candidates, De Lijns states).

The Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy, and Nature Conservation has pledged support for the acquisition of six new hydrogen fuel cell buses and the expansion of infrastructure for urban transport in Weimar, Germany. The news is reported on local trade media omnibus.news. Three first hyd...

Daimler Truck global sales in Q1 2024 decreased 13% to 108,911 units (Q1 2023: 125,172 units). On the other hand, sales of battery-electric vehicles jumped by 183% to 813 vehicles (Q1 2023: 287).  In the whole 2023, Daimler Buses sold 9% more vehicles than in 2022 with an increase in revenue of 24%....

3,000 electric buses are reportedly set to be deployed in Azerbaijan, according to local media ABC.AZ and as covered by trade agency electrive.com, whose article quotes Fariz Aliyev, the head of the Transport Policy Department of the Ministry of Digital Development & Transport of Azerbaijan. A f...

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has awardedNew Flyer a contract for up to 460 next-generation Xcelsior CHARGE NG 40-foot battery-electric transit buses (BEBs). The contract includes a firm order for 80 vehicles, including 48 buses with New Flyer’s standard two-door configuration an...

Bus registrations in European Union grew 10% in the first quarter of 2024, compared to the first three months of last year, as recorded by ACEA, the association of European manufacturers. However, their share slightly decreased to 12.3% of the total bus market (from 13.7% in Q1 2023). The first quar...

Next Mobility Exhibition in Milan will host the kick-off of Sustainable Bus Tour 2024, that after 3 years of being conducted digitally, will be built this year around two in-person conferences. “Balance Shifts in Public Transport: Operators and Industry in the Energy Transition Era,” is ...

Primary Chinese battery maker CATL has recently unveiled a LFP EV battery model promising over 1,000 km driving range. The launch event happened at the latest Beijing Auto Show, held until a few days ago in the Chinese capital city. CATL new LFP battery for +1,000 km range The current generation of ...

Next Mobility Exhibition 2024 is ready to go live on 8-10 May in Milan: on the rich menu of the expo, the manufacturers’ proposals – obviously in the name of energy transition, with electric and hydrogen as the main technological players – represent the main courses. Here, then, is...