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Ebusco half 2024 financial results show EBITDA loss of €60.7 million (increased 40% compared to 43 in 2023) and revenue at €38 million (-8.8%). Just 98 buses were delivered, vs a order book of as many as 1,662 buses. “Scaling up with contract manufacturers has been hampered by start-up ineffic...

Good news for the trolleybus world come from Landskrona, a town in southern Sweden of about 30,000 inhabitants and the only one with a trolleybus system in Sweden, active since 27 September 2003. It is a small network, just 3.4 km long, but important for the town’s mobility. The trolleybus lin...

TMB is testing an articulated electric bus from the BYD, 18.75m long, simulating regular service on lines H16, V15 and H12. A few days ago the first Solaris fuel cell bus was launched in operation in the city (also 2 18-meter models will be delivered). TMB plans to have 25% zero emission buses in it...

Zero emission bus registrations grew 45% in the first half of 2024, according to data from ACEA. Their market share increased from 13.7% to 15.5% (17% considering also EFTA countries and UK). Looking at 2023, still according to ACEA, electric bus registrations in the European Union “increased by 39....

Gillig announces that it will partner with more than 48 communities nationwide through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Low- and No-Emission (Low-No) Vehicle grant program. These partnerships represent 65% of all awards designated for heavy-duty transit vehicles, the OEM underlines. ...

Autonomous driving technology provider Adastec announces the deployment of the first Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant automated bus at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in Michigan, in partnership with Vicinity and ARIBO, an AV ...

Finland-based chargers supplier Kempower reported weak second quarter results for the year 2024, with a decrease in terms of order intake, revenue, operative EBIT considering the first half of the year. Indeed, the Finnish company, which has recently inaugurated its brand-new factory in Durham, Nort...

From mid-2025, the electric buses in Vienna’s city centre will be replaced by new fuel cell buses. It’s a stark opening, that of the press release sent out by Wiener Linien on 29th July. Stark because it implies a change of direction compared to what done so far (and to what is common al...

ZF announces it is “realigning its structures to increase its competitiveness and respond to the changes in the mobility sector, particularly in the field of electromobility”. However, “the company will further increase its investments in its Commercial Vehicle Technology, Chassis ...

First Bus becomes first UK Bus operator to place order with NewPower, a new enterprise owned by bus manufacturer Wrightbus that coverts diesel buses into zero emission vehicles. An initial order of 32 buses has been placed that will serve four regions. The new company has the goal of converting more...