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The City of Annapolis has announced the purchase of two BYD K7M battery-electric transit buses, which will be the first in its transit fleet. The BYD K7M can accommodate up to 22 passengers and has two optional positions for wheelchairs compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. BYD buses a...

Ebusco announces it has been selected by UGAP (Union des Groupements d’Achats Publics) in the category “Electric Buses.” The Ebusco 3.0 electric bus, in 12-meter and 18-meter models, will be available through UGAP starting in March 2023 for a contract period of 24 months, with opti...

Stagecoach orders 55 Alexander Dennis electric buses for Oxfordshire. Stagecoach and Oxfordshire Council are partnering to reduce emissions in Oxford’s transit system, with funding from the UK Department of Transport’s Zero-Emission Bus Regional Areas program. Britain’s largest bus...

The dynamic simulation in vehicle design is an important virtual analysis and testing tool that has been supporting physical tests made in automotive industry for a long time now. In particular, the sector of urban bus design is a theme of great interest for research in the automotive world, both in...

National Express West Midlands is procuring 300 new zero emission buses. They are set to be delivered by end 2024. The group is investing for this purpose as many as £150 million. It is pointed out that the zero emission buses must be ‘UK-made’ and ‘double-decker’. This inves...

Digigroup Informatica presents 4Fleets, an innovative web platform that optimize fleet maintenance process using the industry-standard TiGR (Telematics for intelligent Garage in Real Time) communication protocol recently introduced in the European bus marketplace. The role of the TiGR protocol TiGR ...

Increasingly sustainable public transport in Valladolid, Spain, where eleven 18-meter Irizar e-mobility ie tram are expected to enter service on the Barrio España-Covaresa line. An investment of about 12 million euros, practically one million per unit; added to this budget are the 400,000 euros of t...

Navya states it has filed for cessation of payments with the Commercial Court of Lyon on 25th January 2022. The stock price of Navya on the Paris Stock Exchange has dropped significantly in the past years. It was over 7 euros in 2018, at the time of the debut on Paris Stock Exchange, then had [&hell...

632 zero emission buses were registered in Germany in 2022 (+7%): the country places on the second place in Europe (but at the forefront in EU), as only UK made better with 696 new e-bus and fuel cell bus registrations, according to figures by Chatrou CME Solutions and anticipated by German media Om...

After announcing it in October 2022 at the Autocar Expo show, Safra is set to unveil its first hydrogen retrofit kit during Hyvolution, scheduled for Paris Porte de Versailles Feb. 1 and 2.Announced last October at Autocar Expo, the company is now in the running for approval. The H2 retrofit kit pro...