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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 ...

Called MCV, which stands for “Manufacturing Commercial Verhicles,” it is based in Cairo, Egypt, but is the new electric bus manufacturer that has landed on the German market, making its base in the city of Bestwig. Breaking the news is Urban Transport, which points out that the first veh...

Bledsystem is everyday standing out more as the point of reference for eco-driving in road public transport. What are the reasons behind this success? Pau Muñoz, Bledsystem’s International Business Manager, gives us his view about it: “Bledsystem approaches eco-driving from a human perspective and i...

Via launches Remix Scheduling, an intuitive software solution with the goal of making scheduling smarter and easier for transit agencies. Tech company Via has launched in mid September on-demand public transport offering BVG Muva in Berlin and has entered a cooperation with ...

The Swedish public transport operator Svealandstrafiken is about to issue a procurement for electric buses for regional traffic in Västmanland and Örebro län. The same operator has recently awarded a contract to Ebusco, that follow a first commission landed in early summer 2022. The news is reported...