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With the Busworld Europe 2023 exhibition just around the corner (scheduled from October 7 to 12), Otokar is gearing up to present its latest lineup of vehicles. Otokar’s indoor booth will feature five vehicles, two of which will make their world premieres. The e-Territo, a 13-meter electric co...

Investment company Heramba has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kiepe Electric, until now owned by Knorr-Bremse. Founded in January 2023 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany and Atlanta, United States, Heramba defines itself as “a special-purpose com...

C-TRAN, the public transit provider in Clark County and the Vancouver-Portland region, has added ten new all-electric buses to its fleet on the way towards a completely zero-emission fleet by 2040. CarMedialab and INIT will provide the charge management system MOBILEcharge, which enables smart charg...

Irizar Group will attend Busworld Europe its Efficient range of sustainable vehicles and a host of technological innovations. Irizar and Irizar e-mobility will be showcasing four latest generation Irizar vehicles at stand No. 602 in Hall 6 (1,710 m²): an Irizar i8 coach, an Irizar i6S Efficient coac...

Markus Baum has been appointed CATL Chief Commercial Officer Europe. He’ll begin in the new position on 1 November 2023. The news of his appointment was covered by electrive, emphasizing how this move will consolidate sales functions at a localized level, a novel step for the company. It&#8217...

Transport for London (TfL) has enhanced bus services to deliver an extra one million bus kilometres in outer London every year. TfL is also delivering a further boost to its zero emission bus fleet, with more than 80 zero emission buses introduced in the south London borough of Sutton. TfL stresses ...

Siemens AG has announced on 22 August that it has signed an agreement to acquire charging solutions specialist Heliox. The acquisition “will complement Siemens’ existing eMobility charging portfolio, adding products and solutions for DC fast-charging focused on eBus and eTruck fleets”, S...

With 2,567 battery-electric buses registered in the fist half of 2023, the European e-bus market is growing 45%. Over a third of the city bus market (37.5%), on a European level, is covered by zero-emission buses (battery-electric and fuel cell). Main news, MAN is for the first time taking a primary...

Eberspaecher is presenting two new air conditioning systems for hybrid and battery-electric buses at Busworld Europe 2023 in Brussels. With the AC135 AE, Eberspaecher offers a roof-mounted system with a built-in compressor for medium-sized to large passenger compartments. “The all-electri...

ATM Milano has awarded the two lots of the tender cancelled last April. Iveco Bus and Solaris came out as winners, Italian media Autobusweb reports. For the Polish manufacturer it is a reconfirmation: it’ll deliver 105 Urbino 18 electric. For Iveco Bus it is an absolute first in Milan with e-b...