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2023 begins with an important new development for the rail rolling stock fleet of SWB, the company that operates public transport in Bonn, Germany, a city of 330,000 inhabitants located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In fact, the first of 26 ForCity Smart trams ordered in December 2019 from...

Connect Bus has ordered 42 all-electric Mellor Sigma 7 buses to be used for on-call services on Västraffik’s Flex line. The buses will be operated by Connect Bus under a contract with Vastraffik, the agency responsible for public transportation in Sweden’s Vastra Gotaland region. The ord...

Oxford Bus Company (Go-Ahead group) orders 104 battery-electric buses with Wrightbus. They’ll be part of a 159-strong zero emission fleet on Oxford’s streets from late 2023. In the same region, Stagecoach has just announced a 55-units e-bus order with Alexander Dennis. The deal is Go-Ahead’s b...

Alexander Dennis will continue development of autonomous bus technology in the CAVForth2 project, that will see Stagecoach, the UK’s largest bus operator, extend the route of the existing CAVForth autonomous bus service from Edinburgh Park station to Dunfermline city center, using a new upgrad...

The City of Annapolis has announced the purchase of two BYD K7M battery-electric transit buses, which will be the first in its transit fleet. The BYD K7M can accommodate up to 22 passengers and has two optional positions for wheelchairs compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. BYD buses a...

Ebusco announces it has been selected by UGAP (Union des Groupements d’Achats Publics) in the category “Electric Buses.” The Ebusco 3.0 electric bus, in 12-meter and 18-meter models, will be available through UGAP starting in March 2023 for a contract period of 24 months, with opti...

Stagecoach orders 55 Alexander Dennis electric buses for Oxfordshire. Stagecoach and Oxfordshire Council are partnering to reduce emissions in Oxford’s transit system, with funding from the UK Department of Transport’s Zero-Emission Bus Regional Areas program. Britain’s largest bus...

The dynamic simulation in vehicle design is an important virtual analysis and testing tool that has been supporting physical tests made in automotive industry for a long time now. In particular, the sector of urban bus design is a theme of great interest for research in the automotive world, both in...

National Express West Midlands is procuring 300 new zero emission buses. They are set to be delivered by end 2024. The group is investing for this purpose as many as £150 million. It is pointed out that the zero emission buses must be ‘UK-made’ and ‘double-decker’. This inves...

Digigroup Informatica presents 4Fleets, an innovative web platform that optimize fleet maintenance process using the industry-standard TiGR (Telematics for intelligent Garage in Real Time) communication protocol recently introduced in the European bus marketplace. The role of the TiGR protocol TiGR ...