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Optibus has closed $100 million in Series D funding, with investments from new and existing investors Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Verizon Ventures, Pitango First & Pitango Growth, Tencent, SOMV Momentum, BlueRed Partners and others. This latest round of financing brings Optibus’...

A new look for IAA Transportation, taking place in Hannover, Germany, September 20-25, a week dedicated to international leaders involved in logistics and transportation, both commercial and passenger. With an eye toward new trends in mobility, under the banner of sustainability and emissions-free e...

A regular air conditioning service on board public transport vehicles is a very important comfort for users-passengers taking the bus, subway or train, in all weather conditions. from the cold of winter to the heat of summer. An air conditioning unit not only contributes to passenger comfort, but is...

New sliding door for buses by Spanish Masats: the 028d Slim model has been developed to solve space problems in some vehicles (particularly two-story vehicles or the new autonomous vehicles) even though it’s appropriate for all types of urban buses, as the supplier points out. Masats 028d Slim slidi...

Slovakian startup tirn technology has been selected to be part of the EU-wide HUBCAP program. In this program, tirn technology cooperates with SKAND Skalica to provide its zero-emission bus (ZEB) simulation service to efficiently decarbonize bus transportation, easily handle the fleet transition, an...

Today, 19th May, we have been broadcasting the web event “The economics of zero emission buses. Costs, trends and tools to support the transition“, featuring introductions by Bocconi University and UITP and contributions by Transport for London, TMB Barcelona, Iveco Bus, ChargePoint, Str...

Three giants in the Italian – and European – bus market are going to join as exhibitors the first edition of Next Mobility Exhibition, the new collective mobility fair organised by Fiera Milano in collaboration with Italian trade organizations ANAV, ASSTRA and AGENS, to be held from 12 t...

Eager to hear how electric buses will sound in Germany? The VDV has presented an acoustic industry standard in Berlin, following the student competition launched in late 2021 in cooperation with the FOAM Institute Berlin. Winner? Lukas Esser from the Berlin University of the Arts. CLICK BELOW TO HEA...

IT-TRANS 2022, held in Karlsruhe May 10-12, bringing together 276 exhibitors from the ITS, ticketing and MaaS world was a success, taking home record numbers. Coming then just to the numbers, here are 800 delegates at the conferences, 6,500 visitors to the exhibition, 276 exhibitors (as noted above)...

Zenobē enters a partnership with Airsym, a transport provider for airlines, airports and ground handling companies, to launch into service a brand-new Yutong TCe12 electric coach, in England. The coach will be used as part of a shuttle service for McClaren Automotive, transporting staff from Woking ...