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First Bus‘ depot in Leicester is set to become one of the UK’s first electrified bus depots outside of London. The operator has announced that Leicester site will join York and Norwich. Therefore, First Bus will have three fully electrified bus depots outside of the capital. What is more, this...

It’s time to disclose financial results 2022 for Transdev: last year the group posted net income of €20 million. Its revenues grew by 10%, marked in particular “by strong commercial development in all its markets”, eaching €7.7 billion by 2022 (it was 7.416 billion in 2019, 6.75 bi...

Within DIGIZITY project, a large Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTE) project led by Avanza and City of Zaragoza, a zero emission and automated Irizar ie tram is piloting the values of autonomous driving within the city mobility system DIGIZITY project started two years...

Below, we integrally publish the press note sent by Keolis Group. Keolis is immensely saddened to announce the sudden death on the morning of Sunday 19 March of Bernard Tabary, Group Chief Executive Officer in charge of the international business. “Bernard was massively appreciated by our coll...

Diesel bus registrations fell in Europe by 7.8% in 2022, while ‘electrically-chargeable’ bus sales increased by 13.7% to reach 3,505 units (up from 10.6% in 2021), accounting for 12.7% of the total EU bus market, based on ACEA figures. Diesel bus registrations were 18,500 in 2022, accord...

After complete upgrade of the vehicle’s electric power system, the first Optare Versa is back on service around the city of York. It belong to an early generation electric bus: a batch of 12 vehicles is to be converted in a contract awarded by operator First Bus to Equipmake. The bus now features a ...

Via announced that it has acquired Citymapper, the UK-based premier journey planning app and transit technology company. On the heels of Via’s recent financing round, the Citymapper acquisition accelerates Via’s vision to build the end-to-end digital infrastructure for transit systems. More info on ...

Volvo Buses has announced that it will be ending production of complete buses and coaches in Europe as part of a new business model aimed at improving profitability and securing its long-term competitiveness. Wroclaw plant, where also electric buses are built, will be closed in Q1 2024. The manufact...

Basel’s public transport company, Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB), has completed the construction of a charging station for electric buses at the Kleinhüningen stop near Hochbergerplatz. The charging station, which took eleven months to build, will supply renewable energy to the city’s gr...

Berlin’s public transport company, BVG, is planning to install up to 90 new charging stations in the city to accelerate the electrification of its bus fleet. The news, reported on the German media Tagesspiegel, comes in a moment when the new Ebusco vehicles are on delivery (with 18 units on th...