News

Indian carrier Chartered Speed chooses Optibus for electric bus management in India. The company, that operates intercity and intra-city bus services for the state of Gujarat, is onboarding Optibus’ cloud-native electric vehicle management, planning, and scheduling software for their EV fleet in Ind...

Alexander Dennis claims it has began “live testing of Europe’s most complex and ambitious public autonomous bus pilot in Scotland ahead of passenger services starting later this year”. A first glimpse of the bus involved in this project was revealed in November 2021. The project was init...

Forsee Power announced that it has designed and produced 1,200 battery systems for electric buses to date. And many others are to come: “A total of 2,400 buses will be equipped in 18 months”, the French company says. The manufacturing sites in Europe (France and Poland) and Asia (China a...

Two and half years after contract award, Brisbane Metro’s much-anticipated vehicle, the lighTram 25, built and designed by Swiss vehicle manufacturer HESS, has arrived in Brisbane.  The 24.5-metre bi-articulated, battery electric pilot bus will go through an extensive testing and acceptanc...

Public transport users in Nottingham can now pay a single daily capped fare across the majority of the city’s buses and trams using their chosen contactless payment method – thanks to the “Tap and Go” solution using INIT’s contactless ticketing technology. The ‘Tap and Go’ ticketing options ha...

A massive £300 million investment plan in the UK and India. This has been announced by Switch Mobility, as part of its strategic objective to become a market leader in carbon neutral public and commercial transport. The new technical center will be opened in Warwick, UK, and will be the focal point ...

Only a few days remain until the third Bus2Bus, which will be held at the Berlin Exhibition Centre from 27 to 28 April. During the two days of the fair, in the Outdoor Display, visitors will have the opportunity to get behind the wheel of the buses, thanks to a test drive. The test track, […]

Switch Mobility will showcase its new Metrocity electric bus at BUS2BUS in Berlin and, most important, its new 12-meter vehicle at Euro Mobility Expo in Paris, two of the main public transport exhibitions scheduled for 2022 in Europe. Switch Mobility new manufacturing and technology centre will be b...

North American school bus transportation provider First Student announces the winning of grants in California, Rhode Island, Missouri, Illinois, Oregon, and Montana to expand school bus electrification. In May 2021, First Student announced the largest zero-emission school bus order in North America ...

23 million euros financing for electric bus purchase in Île-de-France. Oblibus, a financing package offered by Banque des Territoires in partnership with the European Investment Bank, is supporting Île-de-France Mobilités and the RATP with €23 million for the acquisition of 100% electric buses and c...