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Public transport operator AUVASA (Autobuses Urbanos de Valladolid) has signed a framework agreement with Irizar e-mobility for 30 Irizar ie tram model zero-emissions buses and charging infrastructure for them. Delivery of those units will be spread out over two years, with the first eleven units to ...

Pelican is providing Yutong zero emission buses for a new bus service on routes connecting Leicester’s three main hospitals, in the UK. The Hospital Hopper service is having a complete upgrade, including replacing the current diesel vehicles with a fleet of fully electric buses, with features such a...

Konvekta AES-Mode: energy consumption of e-bus heating can be reduced thanks to a new software used together with the CO2 heat pump. According to tests carried out in Germany, the system requires half energy to generate the same amount of heat. With e-mobility, heating and air-conditioning system su...

EBS won a new tender in the Netherlands: the PTO will be in charge of transport services in the Zaanstreek-Waterland concession from December 2023. EBS won the concession against the other contender Transdev (the group’s brand Connexxion has been so far operating the concession). The same PTO ...

Nova Bus has just been awarded its largest electric bus contract to date in Canada (up to 60 LFSe+). They’ll be running with Halifax Transit‘s livery. The Halifax Regional Council has authorized the purchase of up to 30 of those electric buses in years 2022-2023 and up to 30 more in year...

Bucharest, Romanian capital city, has issued for the third time a 100-units electric bus tender. The procurement failed already for two times due to a lack of suitable offers. The contract is estimated at about RON 304 million (EUR 61.5 million), without VAT, and will be financed with European funds...

Stations are an essential part of our cities. Whether it’s buses, shared bicycles, or even boats, almost all public transportation trips pass through a station. While they were once considered primarily a place to board a vehicle, today stations are an essential part of a city, its transportat...

CAF Group has won the tender to supply 60 new trams with an option for an additional 17 units, for Metropole Montpellier Mediterranee, a metropolitan area comprising 31 municipalities around the city of Montpellier in the Occitane region. The value of the order exceeds 200 mln euros. The city of Mon...

Ebusco has signed a contract with Svealandstrafiken in Sweden for 23 18-meter Ebusco 3.0 buses, to be delivered in the second half of 2023. This is Ebusco’s first contract in Sweden, taking the number of countries with Ebusco buses on the road to eight. The Dutch manufacturer was recently chos...

Bergkvarabuss is in charge of public transport services in the town of Strängnäs, about 90 km west of Stockholm, Sweden. In addition to 34 Scania electric and biogas buses, Scania delivers complete workshop and depot services – including charging infrastructure for the battery electric (BEV) buses. ...