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Masats will present a series of latest innovations at the UITP Summit in Barcelona. In the bus sector, Masats will be showcasing its all-new RE2 electric ramp, which allows comfortable access to the vehicle with a single 930 x 850 mm platform. Despite weighing 48 kg, the ramp is tested up to 350 kg ...

Master Transportation Bus Manufacturing, based in Taiwan, is the leading bus producer in the country. We run into the company at the exhibition 2035 E-Mobility Taiwan, held in mid-April in Taipei. In this interview, Lucky Yu, Planning & Marketing Dept. Manager at Master Transportation, shares hi...

Irizar e-mobility has secured a contract to supply fifteen new electric buses to Bremer Straßenbahn AG, which will operate on the streets of Bremen from next year. The chosen model is the 18 metre long Irizar ie bus. The contract for the fifteen new ie bus units has been signed through Jebsen & ...

Iveco Bus will showcase at UITP Summit in Barcelona the first 100% electric intercity vehicle ever produced by the brand, in a 13-metre version. It’ll be accompanied at the stand by a 9.5m long electric urban midibus from the E-Way range. The intercity e-bus launch is in line with the brand ro...

Rheintal Busverkehr GmbH, a transport operator in western Austria, has recently purchased 16 Solaris Urbino 9 LE electric buses from Solaris Bus & Coach. The low-entry 9-metre vehicles will serve passenger traffic in the Lustenau area, which is located in the Rhine valley. The purchase will be c...

ZF will take the opportunity of UITP summit in Barcelona to showcase for the first time in Europe the CeTrax 2 dual electric central drive system for buses. It features an integrated three-speed transmission. This, “together with the system’s low weight of 385 kg, makes tackling steeper slopes...

The Scottish Transport Minister Kevin Stewart has launched the CAVForth autonomous bus service across the Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh. The project is one of the most ambitious and complex autonomous bus trials worldwide, and is led by Fusion Processing in cooperation with project partners Stage...

“Within the next decade, the mobility ecosystem will most likely undergo a transformation not seen since the early days of the automobile — and one main shift will be the decline of private-car use”. It’s the opening of McKinsey “The future of mobility” paper, where Kersten Heineke, Nich...

Italian private public transport operator Autoguidovie and Via have announced a new partnership that aims to offer more flexible and convenient travel experiences to Autoguidovie passengers. By combining Autoguidovie’s expertise with Via’s innovative software solutions, the two companies...

Volvo Buses has secured two orders for a total of 189 new electric buses from Stagecoach, a leading coach and bus operator in the UK. One of these orders, comprising 170 electric buses (we have already covered it), is the biggest electric bus order to date for Volvo Buses. Volvo Buses has announced ...