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On 15th February we joined the press event organized by FlixBus (but is should be better to say ‘Flix’, from the name of the group that embraces both bus and FlixTrain business) on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.  A few takeaways: in 2022 FlixBus achieved profit...

Deutsche Bahn has signed a framework agreement with Portuguese manufacturer Caetanobus for 60 fuel cell buses on delivery by 2026. First vehicles are set to run for DB Regio Bus in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein in a year’s time. Behind the order is “DB’s clear goal of phasing...

Nobina has won the tender for public transport service in Karlstad region, Sweden. The news is reported on trade media bussmagasinet.se. Keolis is today operating in the concession. Nobina and Keolis have been the only ones to submit bids to the tender. Since December 2018 4 electric articulated Cit...

Iveco Bus has been awarded a tender for 120 electric buses issued by Autoguidovie, the largest Italian privately owned local public transport company. Iveco Bus is also among the four bidders at the 340-units e-bus tender by ATM Milano and will provide 150 e-buses to Italian carrier Busitalia starti...

Belgian public transport operator Opérateur de Transport de Wallonie OTW-TEC once again chooses Volvo buses, ordering 97 7900 S-Charge for use in Belgium. The order was obtained through a public tender as part of a larger framework agreement between Volvo Buses and OTW-TEC. Volvo Buses delivered 64 ...

KVG Kieler Verkehrsgesellschaft (KVG), the main public bus operator in the far-northern coastal city of Kiel, is set to become the first operator in Germany to take delivery of new Mellor Sigma electric buses. The operator has specified three Sigma 7s that are set to be delivered in March 2023. The ...

Ten years since the foundation, 300 million passengers transported, 41 countries connected, 2022 revenue of more than € 1.5 billion on a global scale and the achievement of profitability at the EBITDA level. This is the 2022 snapshot of Flix (a group under which the FlixBus brand as well as the rail...

Via announces it has closed a financing round led by 83North, with participation from new and existing investors including Exor N.V., Pitango, Janus Henderson, CF Private Equity, Planven Entrepreneur Ventures, Riverpark Ventures, and ION Crossover Partners. The round values Via at $3.5B, at the same...

European Commission has today proposed new CO2 emissions targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) from 2030 onwards. “To stimulate faster deployment of zero-emission buses in cities”, the Commission proposes to make all new city buses zero-emission as of 2030. Concerning all new heavy-...

Ebusco ended 2022 with a record order book of 1,474 buses vs. 325 at year end 2021. The Dutch manufacturer is presenting some figures for 2022 activities ahead of its release of full year results on the 29th of March. According to figures from Chatrou CME Solutions on 2022 electric bus market in Eur...