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First Bus has teamed up with tech company Optibus to complete the digital transformation of First Bus’ scheduling data, processes, and systems across all UK operations.  Over the course of their five-year partnership, First Bus has tested many new Optibus features in live environments, helping to ta...

Proterra will provide battery technology to power ENC second-generation electric transit buses. Under a new, multi-year supply agreement, Proterra will supply its S-Series battery system to power ENC’s Axess Battery Electric Bus (EVO-BE) that will be available to transit agencies in 32-foot, 35-foot...

The 10th Zero Emission Bus Conference (ZEB Con) is getting close: it’ll be held on September 19-21 in Anaheim, California, under the organization of the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE). ZEB Con, CTE says, “is the premier gathering for transit, school, and shuttle bus ...

Go-Ahead has added nine Voltra electric buses to expand its fully electric bus fleet in the North East region. The buses are the result of a £2 million investment with top-up funding from the Government’s Ultra-Low Emission Bus Fund. Go-North East’s zero-emission buses will help to improve air quali...

A new name, a new slogan (“People and goods in motion”) and a new exhibition concept. So much is new at IAA Transportation 2022, scheduled for September 20-25 in Hannover, where more than 1,400 exhibitors from 42 different countries are expected. The world’s most important platform...

Implement solar retrofit technology – the Solar Bus Kit – to power buses with energy from the sun, thereby reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. These are the goals written in the letter of intent signed by Sono Motors and ÖPNVService. As part of the...

Solaris Urbino 18 hydrogen, Ebusco 3.0, VDL Citea new generation, the fuel cell bus by Skoda. These are just a few examples of bus news to be unveiled at InnoTrans 2022, where 14 buses will be on display. Also Karsan, Optibus, Kiepe Electric, Otokar, Altas, Voith will be attending. On the Bus Displa...

Shared ecosystems for green hydrogen-powered mobility. This is the goal of Toyota‘s work together with Gp Joule (a provider of 100 percent renewable energy system solutions) and bus manufacturer CaetanoBus. With their complementary expertise, the three companies cover the entire hydrogen mobil...

Berlin will be the setting for the official presentation of the new generation VDL Citea. This world premiere will take place during the international exhibition InnoTrans 2022, from 20 to 23 September in the capital of Germany. VDL Bus & Coach will demonstrate its new city bus, an LF-122, which...

Winterthur, a Swiss city of 111.800 inhabitants, the second largest in the canton of Zurich, received on 30 august 2022 the first new  trolleybus, model Lightram 25 with a length of 24 metres, by Hess in Bellach. The vehicle, in garish redand-white livery, is already in the Stadtbus Winterthur depot...