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Daimler Truck has announced plans to produce the Mercedes eCitaro at their plant in Ligny-en-Barrois, France. This move is part of the group’s investment of approximately 50 million euros by 2030 to expand the production of electric buses at the French location. The conversion and modernizatio...

More electric city buses than diesel-only buses have been sold in the first quarter of 2023 in Europe (EU+UK). It’s a paradigm shift highlighted by ICCT. However, it should be mentioned that diesel and hybrid buses (most of those are mild hybrid ones) together still make up the majority of the...

Man Truck & Bus will bring smart solutions for today’s and tomorrow’s urban transportation to the UITP Summit 2023 in Barcelona, scheduled for June 4-7. Sustainable solutions in public transport are in demand more than ever. The Paris Climate Agreement requires that global warming be...

The market for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) for electric buses in Europe and North America is projected to reach €355 million by 2027, according to a recent report by IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. The study reveals that the European market for electric bus ITS reached €57.1 million in 2022 a...

CNG, diesel, but also battery-electric. New add in the Iveco Bus Streetway range, the latest bus family launched by Iveco Bus (it was 2021) with focus on Europe and besides Europe (Africa, Middle East, Asia). The Streetway Elec joins the gas-powered and conventional versions of the range manufacture...

Iveco Bus has officially expanded its range with the launch of the Crossway Low Entry Elec. It has seating capacity for up to 44 passengers in the 12-meter version and 48 passengers in the 13-meter version. The bus’s structure is derived from the CNG version. It fulfills the R118 regulation. P...

Significant novelties have been launched on the Iveco electric city bus range E-Way during the electromobility-focused event held in Paris where electric versions of Crossway LE, Streetway and Daily have been unveiled. The energy storage system has been enhanced with modular solutions. Depending on ...

Starting from 30 May, Flemish operator De Lijn will operate the first electric buses of its latest generation in Limburg, more specifically from the Winterslag depot in Limburg on the Genk city network and on some regional lines between Genk, Hasselt, Tongeren and Houthalen. De Lijn has plans to mak...

PTV Group will be exhibiting at UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2023, from June 4 to 7, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. The world’s market leader for mobility planning software will present its latest solutions for public transport planning as well as state-of-the-art calculation methods which cover a...

Volvo celebrated its 25th anniversary in Mexico by unveiling a locally manufactured electric bus, named Luminus. A couple years ago Volvo Buses tested a 7900 Electric in the country. In April 2023 the group announced that the Egyptian company MCV (Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles) will produce body...