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The new bus generation of Scania is – also – electric. During a two-day event in Södertälje, the group has made available for a test drive its new 100 per cent electric Citywide, showed for the first time at Busworld in 2019. Production of the fully electric Scania Citywide, Scania deleg...

Kinetic is going to roll out 10 electric buses for south-east Queensland bus users (Australia). They’ll be operated with Translink (and built by local bus builder Volgren): the new buses are expected to begin services on the Gold Coast in September. Kinetic operating electric buses The additio...

Quantron hires Utz Rachner as Global Sales Director. Utz Rachner will in future be responsible for setting up and expanding the international sales team and sales partners at Quantron. The company reached 10 million euros sales in 2021 and has launched the 12-meter e-bus Cizaris in February. Utz Rac...

Alexander Dennis has opened its new Trident House facility in Farnborough (South of England). And, in the meantime, the company launched a new brand identity that is meant to emphasise the company’s agility and innovation. In this concern, AD24 becomes the name for all the manufacturer’s Aftermarket...

Jörg Hofmann is going to take the role of Wrightbus CEO starting in Q4 2022. Current CEO Buta Atwal has indeed announced he is going to retire at the end of this year, as reported on “The Irish News”. Jörg Hofmann is set to join Wrightbus in September 2022 and will work with Buta Atwal [...

The SamTrans Board of Directors voted to replace 30 diesel buses with 20 battery-electric buses (BEB) and 10 fuel cell buses (FCEB). These have been awarded to Gillig and New Flyer respectively. This purchase helps move SamTrans planned full conversion of the fleet from a projected to 2038 to 2034. ...

After having unveiled, at European Mobility Expo 2022 in Paris, its e1 electric bus model for the European market, Switch Mobility today launched its electric bus platform SWITCH EiV 12 for the Indian market (the two models have the EV architecture in common). This next-generation E-Bus, backed by o...

Twaice announced a new partnership with Sycada, the Netherlands-based zero emission telematics and fleet management company. Twaice will add detailed insights on battery health to the solutions offered by Sycada, whose online platform for operational excellence in transport supplies planners, traffi...

NTA has ordered 120 buses from Wrightbus. The acronym identifies Irish National Transport Authority. The order includes consists of double-deck battery-electric buses (100 headed to Dublin Bus, 20 to Bus Éireann) from Bamford Bus Company (trading as Wrightbus, as reported in the manufacturer press n...

BYD has secured an order from four 18-meter electric articulated buses, which will be supplied to operator Moventis in Spain. This is a first for the Chinese manufacturer: it is making an articulated delivery to Iberian territory for the first time ever. Moventis handles intercity passenger transpor...