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Richard van den Dungen has been appointed Commercial Director at VDL Bus & Coach, starting from 1st December 2022. He succeeds Marcel Jacobs in the position following his departure. As Commercial Director, “Richard will focus on managing the commercial organisation at home and abroad, amon...

Which is the potential of the E-Bus as a service model? Is such proposal only limited to public transportation? According to Enel X, actually, it extends to other public service segments as well: “the flexibility of the model makes it versatile and easy to apply to fleets used for garbage coll...

Wiesbaden has halted its fuel cell bus project. Ten fuel cell buses are set to be retired, a year after delivery. The publicly owned transport company’s €2.3m ($2.44m) filling station is reportedly no more operational since some time. The news is reported on local media Frankfurter Allgemeine and su...

Irizar e-mobility has received a new contract to supply seven 100% electric zero-emissions buses to EMT Fuenlabrada, located in the Community of Madrid. The model chosen by the operator is the 12 metre long Irizar ie tram. Irizar e-buses for Fuenlabrada It’s a vehicle “that stands out, a...

Transit Systems, along with partners Zenobē and TransGrid, have completed construction of Australia’s largest electricified bus depot, that is now fully commissioned and operational. Leichhardt depot boasts a large solar array, base load metering, onsite energy storage system, grid connection and ve...

Almost one year ago, the first Ebusco 3.0 was taken into operation in Munich, Germany. “A groundbreaking lightweight electric bus that would break all boundaries of electric driving”: this is how the manufactures defines this model. Since an electric bus’s weight greatly impacts its perf...

Sustainable Rural Mobility. Karsan continues to expand its influence in Spain, facilitating travel in small towns and villages with its range of zero-emission buses. Currently, Karsan vehicles circulate in areas such as the historic center of Tudela or Badajoz with minibuses ranging from 5.8 to 8.2 ...

Luxembourg-based Voyages Emile Weber, one of the country’s largest passenger and tourism transport companies (also active in France and Germany), has announced the donation of eight buses for school transportation in Ukraine. It is a gesture of solidarity in response to the appeal made by Ukra...

Tina and Stadler are also coming to the Netherlands. Htm, the transport company in the Hague area, signed a contract last December 16 with Stadler to supply 56 Tina (which stands for “Total Integrated Low-Floor Drive”) streetcars. The streetcars are to be delivered by Stadler starting in 2026. For t...

Gillig claims that they “received the highest-ever score for a battery electric bus tested at Altoona, with a total score of 89.5”. The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Bus Test Program, conducted by the Larson Transportation Institute’s Bus Research and Testing Center ...