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Switch Mobility has appointed Martin Brailey as President UK & Ireland and Business Development Director. Martin will lead Switch’s UK and European sales teams. He has held senior positions at Evobus UK and more recently Alexander Dennis. The company just launched its 12-meter electric bus Switc...

InnoTrans exhibition area is currently occupied at 95 per cent, organizers say. Trade visitors can witness more than 100 vehicles on the Outdoor Display as well as 12 buses on the Bus Display, including many new products and world innovations. Federal Minister of Transport Dr. Volker Wissing and Eur...

Brebemi’s Arena of the Future project kicks off. A circuit of about 1 km where electric vehicles can charge their batteries while on the move, thanks to a wireless dynamic induction charging system integrated into the roadbed (1MW of installed power strong). Brebemi inaugurated this morning at...

The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) is pleased to open registration for the 2022 International Zero Emission Bus Conference (ZEBCon), taking place September 19 – 21 in Anaheim, California. ZEBCon 2022 will feature three days of programming that includes keynote speakers, panel se...

Iveco Bus launches a new-generation mild hybrid bus range, available in Natural Gas and XTL renewable fuel versions. The biomethane-compatible Urbanway, the first model in the brand’s offer to benefit from this technology, is on preview at EuMo 2022 in Paris, one of the main public transport e...

There’s no Mobility as a Service without public transport. And no competition between transit and sharing mobility services. What is sure, the trend towards MaaS implementation is gaining momentum. Anyhow, there’s not a single model, but many. At IT-TRANS 2022 we had the chance to discus...

MAN “will in future be offering an electric bus chassis for the global market“, the group announces. It’ll be based on technologies from the Lion’s City E, for which a total of over 1,000 orders have been received to date (the vehicle will be in roadshow outside the old conti...

The French city of Les Sables d’Olonne ordered two Caetano H2.City Gold, the fuel cell bus from CaetanoBus with Toyota technology. The H2.City Gold is a standard low-floor lightweight bus with a 3-door aluminum body. The vehicle is equipped with a Toyota fuel cell with a nominal power of 60 kW, an L...

On June 2, 2022, the first example of the new generation Astra Imperio Metropolitan trams was presented in Bucharest. STB (Societatea de Transport Bucaresti) has commissioned 100 vehicles. Vehicle deliveries, 4 per month, will start from August 2022 and be completed by 2024. The presentation event w...

As anticipated, Van Hool has unveiled its new bus range at the European Mobility Expo 2022 in Paris. ZF AxTrax is the chosen drivetrain, while battery modules are provided by Akasol and can provide up to 490 kWh. The Van Hool A12 Battery Electric, exhibited in Paris, is the first vehicle of the new ...