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122 million euros to support the procurement of 289 electric buses. The first call has been completed, the second already started. Austrian government is investing in regional zero emission bus transport. Among the funded projects, there are 16 double-articulated trolleybuses for Linz, where the ser...

While waiting to focus heavily on hydrogen, FlixBus also goes electric. Yes because the operator has launched its first electric bus in Portugal, together with Auto Vicao Feirense. The ebus with the unmistakable green livery with orange details will be used on the intercity route connecting the Brag...

Over 750,000 electric kilometres covered and 60,000 ultra-fast charging procedures performed. It’s the milestone reached by Irizar e-mobility and operator VBSH Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen within the project that see a fleet of 15 ie tram models (eight 12m-long and seven 18m-long vehicles) de...

Battery-electric double-decker coach BYD C10MS has passed durability road testing under the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) guidelines at the Model Bus Testing Program in Altoona. The manufacturer claims it’s the first battery electric double decker bus to achieve this result. BYD elect...

Three years ago, ESWE Verkehr in Wiesbaden placed its first order for 56 Mercedes eCitaro buses. In February 2021 the first unit hit the road. In all, 120 electric buses have now been ordered. The 100th eCitaro from this overall package has now been delivered to the Hessian state capital. With the i...

There are 931 kilometers (at least according to Google Maps!) separating Switzerland’s Bellach from Germany’s capital, Berlin. 931 kilometers that Hess has decided to travel entirely on board its new electric bus. From July 12-13, the so-called Capital of Europe will host Elekbu, the 13t...

The largest electric midibus fleet in Europe? It is made of 89 Karsan e-Atak, ready to be deployed in Luxembourg. The Turkish brand has been delivering 8-meter e-buses to the country’s operators (the main are Sales-Lentz and Voyages Emile Weber) since a few time. On 17th July the whole fleet o...

It is Keolis that has been awarded the contract for the Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole public transport network. A burden and an honor that will start on September 1, 2022, and will last eight years, for a consideration of 295 million euros.The transalpine company’s task will be to increase ...

The first edition of Next Mobility Exhibition (NME) will host the awarding of the Sustainable Bus Awards 2023. They’ll be delivered during a live ceremony on 13 October 2022. The exhibition will be held between 12 and 14 October in Milano Fiera: it’ll be the kickoff of a brand new format, with bienn...

Back to June 2020: Transdev shared at that time its ambition to electrify 100% of its fleet of school buses in Québec by 2025. Now, July 2022, the group announces the acquisition of 30 new electric school buses from the Quebec company Lion Electric (with aid of Quebec government’s support policy). W...