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No, it’s not an unexpected news. At all. But BloombergNEF is now outlining some precise figures on it. In its annual battery price survey the consultancy indeed found that lithium-ion battery pack prices increased by 7% from 2021 to 2022, up to $151/kWh. It’s presented as “the firs...

New Flyer has received new firm orders for 41 transit buses (CNG and battery-electric) from the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) with options for up to an additional 432 buses. In total, NFI will add 617 Equivalent Units (“EUs”) to its backlog from firm and option orders. These units were...

by Stefano AlfanoPicture: Wikipedia In Padua, the tram network is being extended and renewed. The EIB, the European Investment Bank, has approved a 43.5m € in favour of APS Holding, an in-house company of the Municipality of Padua, for the construction of the SIR3 tram line and the revamping of the ...

Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault Group, has been elected ACEA president from 2023 onwards. As of 1 January, Mr de Meo will take over the presidency from BMW’s CEO, Oliver Zipse, who has held the position for the last two years. ACEA President is elected for a year-long term, once renewable...

On 11 December, bus transport in Dutch IJssel-Vecht region was transferred from Keolis to EBS. The Veluwe-Zuid region will from now on be driven by Hermes. Keolis has been operating so far an emergency concession after the provinces withdrew the concession from the company following ‘rigged’ or...

Munich-based battery analytics software provider Twaice has announced that accuracy and health insights will be guaranteed thanks to an agreement with Great Lakes Insurances, a subsidiary of Munich Re. Should the analytics outcome ever be beyond the guaranteed accuracy, the customer is indemnified e...

Mobility in Lyon will soon be guaranteed only by ecological vehicles. Sytral Mobilitès, the mobility organising authority for the city of Lyon and the agglomeration (263 municipalities served, more than 1,800,000 inhabitants), owner of more than €5.2 billion in assets, is accelerating its fleet rene...

The OpenMove app in Trentino is used by more than 100,000 users and allows users to plan their intermodal route by taking advantage of the entire local public transport network in the province of Trento-including urban and suburban buses, cable cars, and regional trains-consult timetables by line an...

The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system for the city of Sorocaba, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, is the latest public transportation network to implement Optibus’ software platform for planning and scheduling.  Sorocaba is one of the main cities and economic centers in the state of São Paulo. Wi...

After an initial allocation of seven vehicles, Cottbusverkehr GmbH, the public transport company of the city of Cottbus, Germany, has signed a new contract with the Škoda Group for the delivery of 15 more streetcars, which will replace the existing high-floor streetcars. The trams are modern unidire...