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Transdev Group has acquired 10 new e.City Gold electric buses from CaetanoBus, following an international tender. These units will join the four already in operation in the city of Aveiro in the first half of 2023, the manufacturer announces. In addition to the buses, the entire charging infrastruct...

MAN is going to cut 860 jobs at its Starachowice plant in Poland, where the electric bus range Lion’s City E is built. The news is covered on the German media Busblickpunkt and was first reported on infoPOL.PRESS. The group invested some 27 million euros to implement e-bus production there. Th...

Milwaukee County Transit System has launched its first battery-electric bus (together with a new brand identity for the BRT). Passenger service is to begin in June 2023. The vehicle is the Nova Bus LFSe+, the very first ordered in the US. 15 units will be supplied in total. The new BRT brand is call...

ZF has reached the milestone of two million electric motors produced. “Our production anniversary is backed by long-term entrepreneurial decisions and innovative engineering spirit,” said Stephan von Schuckmann, member of the ZF Board of Management and responsible for Electrified Powertrain Technolo...

CALSTART has recently launched the Zero-Emission Technology Inventory Data Explorer from its Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero Program and campaign. This new tool makes it possible to better understand, analyze, and potentially accelerate the zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle market...

The targets set for 2035 are a 35% reduction in nitrogen oxides (NOx) compared to Euro 6 and a 56% reduction compared to Euro VI for trucks and buses. A reduction in particulate matter (PM) emissions in the order of 13% from cars and vans and 39% from buses and lorries is also targeted. This, [&hell...

The Ohio State University announces it will establish and operate a new testing center to support the deployment of zero-emission and low-emission public transportation buses with the support of a $26.5 million investment from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (F...

The Mobility House announces it has been selected by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to deploy its smart charging and energy management solution ChargePilot for New York City Transit (NYCT), the largest public bus fleet operator in the U.S in the course of a pilot. A one-year pilot for The...

Gillig announced that 45 transit agencies have decided to utilize their FTA grants to buy the manufacturer’s low and zero emission buses. These awards were made possible through Federal Transit Administration (FTA) ‘s annual Buses and Bus Facilities and Low- and No-Emission (Low-No) Vehi...

by Stefano AlfanoCredit pictures: S- Bahn site The Berlin S-Bahn (short for Stadtchnellbahn, the urban high-speed railway), the suburban rail service operating in and around Berlin, is continuing its renovation. In fact, new trains ordered from Siemens and Stadler are entering service on the S8 from...