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Vicinity and Proterra announced a new collaboration to power Vicinity’s electric transit buses and work trucks with Proterra’s battery technology. Under a new, multi-year supply agreement, Proterra battery systems will power the Vicinity Lightning 28-foot electric transit bus and Vicinity’s strip ch...

The Caetano H2.City Gold is now in operation for the mobility company Alsa, in Spain. This is the first urban bus powered by renewable hydrogen that will provide stable and permanent service in Spain on an urban line. Specifically, the bus will operate Line 4 in the city of Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid...

Quantron AG is launching its own all-electric city bus. The vehicle Cizaris will be showcased worldwide as part of an online presentation. Initially planned for end 2021, the event is scheduled for February 16 at 10 am (CET) at event.quantron.net live. Quantron Cizaris: fuel cell version to come The...

Düsseldorf operator Rheinbahn AG has signed a second contract with Irizar e-mobility by acquiring 8 new units of the 12 meter long Irizar ie bus. The bus builder points out that these vehicles «will be charged overnight and will be equipped with a new generation of battery and will have reduced weig...

Germany has been in 2021 the leading country in Europe when it comes to e-bus registrations: as many as 555 battery-electric buses have been delivered along with 33 fuel cell buses. And Mercedes, with the eCitaro, gained the first place as leading e-bus manufacturer in the country. The news is repor...

The CO2 heating technology is an innovative system, which allows the reduction of emissions (alternatively the classic heating systems have an auxiliary heater that burns diesel fuel to heat the bus), and is mounted for example on electric buses Mercedes eCitaro. Konvekta is committed to this, savin...

Daimler Buses is merging Production and Product Engineering. Michael Klein will assume overall responsibility for the new division on April 1, 2022. Gustav Tuschen, who has been in charge of Product Engineering at Daimler Buses since 2013, will be retire at the end of March after more than 30 years ...

A fleet of 130 zero-emission double decker buses will be introduced next year in Coventry by operator National Express as part of a £140 million project to make Coventry the UK’s first all-electric bus city. They are set to enter into service in early 2023, helping improve air quality and reduce car...

Unibuss AS has signed a contract for as many as 183 Urbino 18 electric buses. They’ll be in operation in Oslo. The total value of the contract, concluded as a result of a tender, stands approximately €100 mln euro. It is the largest contract for Solaris for battery articulated vehicles complet...

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has appointed Anna Carmo e Silva – Senior Vice President and Head of Buses and Coaches at Scania – to chair its bus and coach division this year. She succeeds Rudi Kuchta, Head of Bus Business Unit at MAN Truck & Bus, as Chairperson of AC...