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Volvo Buses announces it has begun the first demonstration of its 100% electric city bus in real operation in Latin America. The Volvo BZL Electric will run on two routes in Curitiba, Brazil, which connect dozens of neighbourhoods, transporting 135,000 passengers daily and integrating with the city&...

Founded in Birmingham, UK, in 1987 as a small store repairing radiators, to a soceity present on three continents with, 300 employees strong, engaged in thermal management for buses, commercial vehicles and railways. This is the history and reality of Grayson Thermal System, which has been an OEM su...

The Sicilian carrier AMTS Catania has ordered 42 Solaris electric buses. 32 Urbino 12 electric units, and 10 Urbino 18 electric ones, will be deployed transporting passengers in the port of Catania as early as 2024, Solaris states. This is yet another order from the carrier for electric buses manufa...

Toyota-powered fuel cell coaches are set to be deployed in Paris during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Converted coaches will provide transportation to over 5,000 visitors as part of its guest programme. After the Games, the hydrogen coaches will complete their full use cycle, providing serv...

E-bus telematics services provider Saga Tenix announces it has secured 10 million NOK (around 855,000 euros) in funding from Newday to further hone their technology for electric buses. Saga Tenix is a provider of electric bus telematics services (it has for instance delivered the IT solutions to Keo...

Switch Mobility announces it has secured an order for 70 buses from Stagecoach. The order consists of 10 Switch Metrocity 9.5m electric buses, which will operate on Route W11 in London and 60 Slimline Solo 8.5m, Euro 6 certified buses sold under the Optare brand, presently integrated into Switch Mob...

In a recent effort to bolster the accessibility of public transport buses for all passengers, the UITP Bus Division proposed amendments to UN Regulation 107, which governs the manufacture of buses, at the United Nations in Geneva. Goal of the proposals is a plea to make buses universally visible wit...

Bari (Italy) will soon receive its first 36 electric buses. The municipality has given the green light to the use of Next Generation EU funds for the purchase of 23 Iveco Bus E-Way 9.5-metre e-buses under an agreement with Consip, at a total cost of 13,1 million euro. At the same time, 13 10.5-metre...

EMT Madrid will present next week in Madrid at Global Mobility Call its strategic projects in the areas of innovation and decarbonization, among others, aimed at consolidating sustainable public transport. Sustainable Bus is media partner of the event and will be attending the ex...

Following the anticipations of a few days ago, now it’s official: Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) and I Squared Capital have signed an agreement for the sale of the whole of Arriva Group, including all of its operating businesses across 10 European markets, to infrastructure investment manager I Squared...