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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...

Norwegian transport operator Unibuss has ordered 76 Lion’s City E from MAN Truck & Bus – including 59 solo and 17 articulated buses. It’s the very first e-bus order for MAN from Norway and marks one of the first order with battery size adjusted on the customer’s needs (at...

After winning the Sustainable Bus Awards 2023 in the Urban category with the e-Ata 12, and triumphing in the Global Business Excellence Awards, Karsan also takes home the title of “Europe’s Most Innovative Commercial Vehicle Brand” in the Global Brand Awards 2022, thus replenishing...

The new management of Tecnobus, an Italian company active in the production of electric minibuses since the early 1990s, has clear goals to make the company ready for the challenges (and the opportunities!) of a growing European e-bus market. We restarted operations between January and September thi...

The next UITP Global Public Transport Summit is quickly approaching. We are just six months away from the kickoff, scheduled for 4th June in Barcelona, Spain. UITP Secretary General Mohamed Mezghani shares with Sustainable Bus state of the art of the preparation for the summit, main topics, expectat...

Ivu.suite from Ivu Traffic Technologies to optimize, make efficient and safer tram transportation in Utrecht and the province. The administration has equipped all 54 streetcars in service with Ivu’s system, which will also provide the entire technical management of operations, such as hosting ...