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Authored by UITP The world of urban mobility is changing, and during the past ten years, the sector has lived through a digital revolution. With the latest technological innovations and mobility trends continuing to revolutionise the sector, it is up to the leading voices within public transport to ...

Alexander Dennis has made the first delivery of its next-generation battery-electric buses (launched in late 2023) to a customer in the United Kingdom with an Enviro400EV for Stagecoach in Oxfordshire. The zero-emission double decker is one of 55 ordered in January 2023 that will enter service on Ox...

The electric bus model MCV C127 EV celebrated its German premiere as a 3-door vehicle at ElekBu in Berlin in 2023 and was displayed again the vehicle at Mobility Move this year. Also in 2024, MCV Deutschland GmbH is presenting two different passenger compartment solutions based on the C127 EV 12-met...

Solaris showed during its 2024 press conference, held online this morning, the first renderings of the future intercity bus platform, set to be "ready for commercial activities in 2026", as said Solaris CEO Javier Iriarte.

New Flyer announced that it has been awarded two new contracts from the New York City Transit Authority (NYCT). Such orders include 187 battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE NG 12-meter buses (with 943 additional options available), and 18 articulated BEV version with 272 options available. Including 224...

Van Hool is reportedly willing to concentrate entirely on coaches and trailers, but the production of those coaches would largely move from Belgium to northern Macedonia. That means potentially hundreds of jobs will be lost in Koningshooikt. What is odd, Van Hool has recently launched a new platform...

The first Credobus Electronell has left the factory. It's the first full electric bus by Hungarian manufacturer Credobus, that claims the bus empty weight "does not reach 11.5 tons, which is unique among e-buses with a metal frame structure". The concept of Credobus is based on a metal frame struc...

Alexander Dennis announces increase of warrantable energy throughput of its next-generation electric buses (launched in late 2023) to 1.6GWh maximum. “The Enviro100EV “big small bus” and Enviro400EV “crowd-shifter” have a future-proof battery system designed to maximise use before battery repl...

The halt to Federal funding for electric buses was clearly the central theme around which the vast majority of conversations revolved at the VDV-backed Mobility Move 2024 trade fair in Berlin. On one hand, a definitive halt to funding remains less credible, but on the other hand, the closest date f...

In the race towards a greener future, the global transport sector is undergoing a significant transformation. Leading this charge is the remarkable growth of zero-emission buses (ZEB) – both battery electric and fuel cell electric – which are quickly becoming the backbone of public transit across ma...