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Volvo Buses secures new orders for electric buses in Finland. That’s right, because the Gothenburg-based company will deliver an 82 Volvo 7900 electric buses to three locations in Finland: 61 are destined for Helsinki and represent the largest ever order for Volvo Buses in Finland, while two o...

After the green light from the Council, the Municipality of Bologna has sent the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility the “papers” to access the funding already allocated by decree 530 of 23/12/2021: 90,165,087 euros of PNRR funds that will allow the purchase of 127 hydrog...

Proterra announced the appointment of Roger Nielsen to the company’s board of directors effective March 2, 2022. The company also announced that Jochen Goetz will be stepping down from the company’s board effective March 2, 2022 so that he may focus on his other professional responsibilities.  Roger...

A few days ago Gerard Slegers (vice chairman of the Amsterdam Transport region), Egbert de Vries (councilor of traffic and transport of the city of Amsterdam) and Claudia Zuiderwijk (general manager of GVB) signed the letter of intent Zero Emission Transition Amsterdam. 44 e-buses are now operationa...

It is the German urban operator Hanauer Straßenbahn that has received the first (two) mild hybrid versions of the Solaris Urbino. Under the agreement signed in April 2021, a total of 16 buses, including nine 12-meter and seven 18-meter buses, will be delivered to the city of Hanau, all of which will...

Cummins is going to take over Meritor. The first is willing to pay $36.50 in cash per Meritor share, for a total transaction value of approximately $3.7 billion, including assumed debt and net of acquired cash. Headquartered in Troy, Meritor is a primary brand when it comes to drivetrain, mobility, ...

First step to use the funds of the Pnrr for sustainable mobility: the Council of Milan approved a resolution authorizing the submission of the application for access to the funds of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan to be subsequently allocated to Atm for the program of renewal of the bus fl...

Following the launch of the new Volvo BZL Electric chassis in September 2021, production of this model has been ramping up at the Borås factory, with chassis number 200,000 set to be handed over to the Public Transport Authority (PTA) of Western Australia this year, Volvo Buses says. The handover of...

North American electric vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric launches LionCapital Solutions, a new division dedicated to providing customers with flexible financing solutions specifically tailored to the medium and heavy-duty electric vehicle market. The newly-opened division leverages the existing ve...

Below, a contribution from EMCEL, a German-based engineering company focusing on hydrogen, fuel cells and e-mobility. It’s the first of a series of articles on topics around hydrogen economy and applications. Feedbacks, questions and contributions are welcome (at info@sustainable-bus.com) Hydr...