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New Flyer of America has received a new order from the Central Ohio Transit Authority (“COTA”) for 26 Xcelsior CHARGE NG™ 12-meter zero-emission, battery-powered transit buses. The ZEV order follows COTA’s previous purchase of 14 battery-powered Xcelsior CHARGE NG buses, announced ...

The public transport sector is step by step adapting to tackle the challenges posed by rising temperatures and heatwaves. Innovative approaches, such as AI-enhanced systems to improve passenger comfort and cooling down rail tracks, are being implemented, as UITP reminds in the paper “It’s getting ho...

The Wall Street Journal has reported that private-equity firm EQT AB is making a significant bet on electric school buses, planning to invest billions of dollars in electrifying First Student’s fleet. First Student, the largest school-bus operator in North America, currently operates about 44,...

Next summer in Seville a thermal conditioned bus stop will become operational. A team of scientists from the University of Seville’s School of Engineering (ETSI) has indeed developed a kind of ‘self-conditioning’ bus shelter thanks to the use of water and photovoltaic panels, which...

ABC Companies and Proterra have opened the largest electric motorcoach charging facility in North America, the partners announce. The first is North America dealer for Van Hool (that has e-coaches in its offering, starting from early 2021). Located on a 3.5-acre campus in Newark, California, the fac...

FPT Industrial and Reefilla, an innovative Italian (and Turin-based) startup offering a mobile charging service, have launched a pilot project aimed at giving a second life to batteries from electric commercial vehicles, in particular the eBS37 model installed in the Iveco eDaily and ...

InnoTrans is introducing in 2024 a new specialized exhibition area, focusing on AI, robotics, data protection and cybersecurity. The AI Mobility Lab will expand the exhibition’s portfolio in the field of public transport. Since 1996, InnoTrans has been the international marketplace for innovat...

25 hydrogen-powered Solaris buses will hit the streets of the German city of Duisburg from 2024-2025. The operator has opted for 11 Urbino 12 hydrogen models and 14 of the articulated version, the Urbino 18 hydrogen (the last add in the manufacturer’s bus range, released in the second half of ...

An electrolysis plant will be built at ATAC’s Acilia depot in Rome. Green hydrogen will be produced for use on 30 fuel cell buses that are set to be deployed in the city (no information of tenders has been released so far, however fuel cell buses are included in the last call for tender issued...

First Bus has commenced work to transform its Norwich Roundtree Way depot into a fully electric fleet, one of the UK’s first outside of London, as it prepares to receive 70 brand new electric buses (by Wrightbus) scheduled to arrive between Autumn 2023 and March 2024.  The introduction of the ...