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Almost one year ago, the first Ebusco 3.0 was taken into operation in Munich, Germany. “A groundbreaking lightweight electric bus that would break all boundaries of electric driving”: this is how the manufactures defines this model. Since an electric bus’s weight greatly impacts its perf...

Sustainable Rural Mobility. Karsan continues to expand its influence in Spain, facilitating travel in small towns and villages with its range of zero-emission buses. Currently, Karsan vehicles circulate in areas such as the historic center of Tudela or Badajoz with minibuses ranging from 5.8 to 8.2 ...

Luxembourg-based Voyages Emile Weber, one of the country’s largest passenger and tourism transport companies (also active in France and Germany), has announced the donation of eight buses for school transportation in Ukraine. It is a gesture of solidarity in response to the appeal made by Ukra...

Tina and Stadler are also coming to the Netherlands. Htm, the transport company in the Hague area, signed a contract last December 16 with Stadler to supply 56 Tina (which stands for “Total Integrated Low-Floor Drive”) streetcars. The streetcars are to be delivered by Stadler starting in 2026. For t...

Gillig claims that they “received the highest-ever score for a battery electric bus tested at Altoona, with a total score of 89.5”. The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Bus Test Program, conducted by the Larson Transportation Institute’s Bus Research and Testing Center ...

Headquarters in New York, one hundred employees in Europe divided between the London, Paris and Berlin offices, one CEO Europe (Chris Snyder). Via Transportation is a tech company whose core business is helping to increase public transport efficiency through the use of data and on-demand transport m...

Below, a contribution from ZEBRA (Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator), a partnership led by C40 Cities and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), with funding from ClimateWorks. This international alliance works to support the deployment of over 3,000 electric buses on...

In 2023, Scania will hold the presidency of the CEO Alliance with Christian Levin, President and CEO of the group since early 2021. The CEO Alliance is a strategic European partnership with the goal to speed up climate transition. The presidency coincides with Sweden’s ditto in the EU. Scania was ha...

“Indian banks are reluctant to lend to electric-bus makers”, Reutes reports, based on banking, industry and government sources. The issue is due to “concerns on recovery of dues”. The consequences are easy to guess: “The lack of funding is limiting the ability of e-bus ...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a senior loan of up to €10 million under the Green Cities framework to Pristina (Kosovo). The loan will be extended to Trafiku Urban, Pristina’s municipal transport company and largest bus operator. It will be used to...