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BYD’s plan to supply a small electric bus (Poncho Z EV) to Hino Motors, a Toyota unit, has been cancelled after it was revealed that the bus was built using a toxic chemical that is banned under Japanese industry guidelines, according to an article by Nikkei Asia. The vehicles was planned to be supp...

Slovakian startup tirn technology has won a pilot project announced by the Spanish carrier TUSGSAL and EIT Urban Mobility in search of an innovative solution to collaborate on the operator’s decarbonization strategy in Barcelona metropolitan area. Within the project, tirn technology ZEB s...

Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarus is back on business in Germany. After the two Ikarus 120e operating in Malsch, more electric Ikarus buses are being put into service in the country thanks to the MBB Meininger Busbetriebs transport company, which leases two newly developed two-door buses on a long-t...

CUTRIC, the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium, has announced the launch of CUTZEB, the Canadian Urban Transit Zero Emissions Bus joint procurement initiative. The Government of Canada has set a target of having 5,000 zero-emission buses on the roads by 2026. The aim of this...

A new electric powertrain for heavy-duty vehicles called 17Xe ePowertrain has been tested by Cummins for the first time at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire. This powertrain was developed by Meritor, which is since early 2022 part of Cummins, along with consortium partners Danfoss’ Edit...

The UK will soon see the deployment of 25 Volvo BZL Electric 10.8m single deck buses, which will operate across East, South, and North Ayrshire. The BZL platform was launched in late 2021. In this case, bodywork will be by MCV. The order from Stagecoach West Scotland marks the first customer orders ...

Public transport exhibitions 2023, we’re off! A 2022 punctuated by predominantly national fairs (with the exception of IAA and InnoTrans) has given way to a 2023 that sees two highly respectable events firmly set on the calendar. In June, the UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2023 will take ...

The transport authority of Île-de-France Mobility (IdFM), Société du Grand Paris (SGP), the company managing the Grand Paris Express project, and Alstom presented the final design of the rolling stock for the future metro line 18, which will connect Orly Airport to Versailles. The new line 18 of the...

IRU calls for more pragmatism from lawmakers in the upcoming legislative process concerning the EU Commission proposal for amendments to CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles. The Commission proposed a 100% target for the sale of zero-emission buses from 2030 and a 90% target for other heavy-duty ve...

Sales of new energy buses and trucks in China reached an all-time high of 238,000 units in 2022, an increase of 90% compared to the previous year, according to an article by Shirly Zhu, principal analyst at Interact Analysis. This growth was largely driven by the new energy bus market, which made up...