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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...

Optibus has been selected to supply the planning and scheduling software for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the second largest city in the country. The public transport operator “Mobi Rio chose Optibus through a bidding process involving local and international c...

Thanks to a strong acceleration in sales in the third quarter of 2022 (+152 percent compared to the same period in 2021 ) and revenues from heavy vehicles more than quadrupled compared to the third quarter of 2021, Forsee Power as of September 30, 2022, brought revenues to close to 76 million euros ...

Yesterday, the first of a total of eight new electric double-articulated buses from Hess was delivered at the temporary bus station of BVB in Klybeck. The bus will run on line 50 to EuroAirport from mid-January 2023. The manufacturer has made it public through its Linkedin channel. The first lighTra...

ZF announces three-digit million investment in Saarbrücken plant with the goal of converting the facility to a production center for pure electric drives. As early as 2023, new production lines will be installed, which will start series production in 2024. The announcement from ZF doesn’t spec...

Below, a contribution from ZEBRA (Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator), a partnership led by C40 Cities and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), with funding from P4G. This international alliance works to support the deployment of over 3,000 electr...

After launching a complete, 6- to 18-metre, fully electrified range and also launching its first hydrogen-powered bus (as well as a self-driving bus), taking home the Sustainable Bus Award 2023 with the e-Ata 12 in the Urban category, Karsan also won the Global Business Excellence Awards. With its &...

The Lion Electric Company announced that it has produced its first zero-emission LionC at its US plant in Joliet, illinois.«Today is a significant milestone for Lion. On behalf of the entire management team, I would like to express my appreciation to all of our employees for their passion and commit...

Beside the order for 31 Mercedes eCitaro announced in early November, Danish operator Vikingbus has also landed an order for 45 MAN Lion’s City 12 E. They’ll be deployed on routes in Greater Copenhagen. Deliveries are set to happen from spring 2023. Movia’s 21st tender for bus rout...

New Flyer has been named partner of choice by a total of 38 transit agencies across the United States for its successful project awards from the Federal Transit Administration’s 2022 Low or No Emission and Buses and Bus Facilities Grant Programs. In September 2022 New Flyer unveiled its next ge...