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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has responded to the European Commission’s proposed CO2 standards for trucks and buses, calling for increased targets to be matched with improved infrastructure and incentives. CO2 proposal on zero emission buses: risk of pre-buy ...

It will be the streets and urban areas of Santiago, Chile, that will put the Attivi electric bus from Marcopolo, Brazil’s leading bus and coach manufacturer, under scrutiny. The company has more than 350 electric and hybrid buses that circulate in several countries, such as Argentina, Colombia...

The first of a long series. Switch Mobility has indeed delivered the first batch of Switch EiV 22 electric double-decker buses to Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST) in Mumbai, as reported by The Times of India. The first delivery step is part of the Indian operator’s order fo...

by omnibus.news / Rüdiger Schreiber Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV) from Egypt announces a BEV electric bus developed specifically for the German market. A subsidiary, MCV Deutschland GmbH, was founded for sales, after-sales and service. The news was initially announced in December 2022. MCV...

The German transport company Stadtwerke Aschaffenburg Verkehrs GmbH turned to Solaris with an order for 12 fuel cell buses: 10 Urbino 12 hydrogen units and 2 Urbino 18 hydrogen buses, which will operate in the Lower Franconia region. This order marks Solaris’s first for the 18-meter hydrogen-p...

On 15th February we joined the press event organized by FlixBus (but is should be better to say ‘Flix’, from the name of the group that embraces both bus and FlixTrain business) on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.  A few takeaways: in 2022 FlixBus achieved profit...

Deutsche Bahn has signed a framework agreement with Portuguese manufacturer Caetanobus for 60 fuel cell buses on delivery by 2026. First vehicles are set to run for DB Regio Bus in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein in a year’s time. Behind the order is “DB’s clear goal of phasing...

Nobina has won the tender for public transport service in Karlstad region, Sweden. The news is reported on trade media bussmagasinet.se. Keolis is today operating in the concession. Nobina and Keolis have been the only ones to submit bids to the tender. Since December 2018 4 electric articulated Cit...

Iveco Bus has been awarded a tender for 120 electric buses issued by Autoguidovie, the largest Italian privately owned local public transport company. Iveco Bus is also among the four bidders at the 340-units e-bus tender by ATM Milano and will provide 150 e-buses to Italian carrier Busitalia starti...

Belgian public transport operator Opérateur de Transport de Wallonie OTW-TEC once again chooses Volvo buses, ordering 97 7900 S-Charge for use in Belgium. The order was obtained through a public tender as part of a larger framework agreement between Volvo Buses and OTW-TEC. Volvo Buses delivered 64 ...