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A bus of the RATP line 86 caught fire yesterday afternoon on boulevard Saint-Germain, near the Maubert-Mutualité stop, in Paris, in the 5th arrondissement. The cause of the fire is still unknown. As reported on Bloomberg, the bus manufacturer Bluebus said that “The RATP has launched an investigation...

Heliox announces it has installed rapid charging solutions in 100 global cities. This comes after the Dutch company installed the world’s largest charge depot at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and supported Glasgow’s e-transition with charge solutions for the UK’s largest bus depot. Se...

Safra is getting ready to launch a new fuel cell bus model called Hycity at the European Mobility Expo exhibition in Paris on 7th June, among the main public transport exhibitions scheduled in 2022. The bus is set to complete the company’s portfolio of solutions for low-carbon mobility. Safra ...

EKA has just launched its first 9-metre pure electric and zero-emission bus named EKA E9.  The 9-meter e-bus is based on monocoque stainless steel chassis and complete composite structure. With a stated Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) lower than existing Internal Combustion engine-powered buses, ...

ZF acquired 6% stake in StradVision, a South Korean pioneer in artificial intelligence based vision processing technology for autonomous vehicles and ADAS systems.  StradVision, as reported on Sustainable Truck&Van, managed to develop software capable of allowing vehicles to ...

The first of a fleet of ten Iveco Bus E-Way 9.5m electric midibuses has been launched in the Principality of Monaco. They will be put into operation between April 4th for line 3 and early autumn for line 5. These are the very first manufacturer’s midibuses to operate in Monaco. They will fully suppo...

The Federal Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport, Volker Wissing, announced funding amounting to around 160 million euros for the electrification of local public transport in Hamburg and the surrounding area. Money that will be used to finance 472 new battery-electric buses. The recipients of t...

Solaris has been awarded an order for 87 hybrid buses that will be used in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Spain). The hybrid fleet will be managed by AMB (Area Metropolitana de Barcelona), the institution that administers urban transport in...

Equipmake welcomes the recently announced changes to the UK government’s Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG), which now includes zero-emission buses for the first time, including vehicles repowered with electric drivetrains – but the company calls for more incentives to encourage operator...

Ticketer Group will be attending IT-TRANS 2022, where the company will be presenting the latest innovations in Mobility as a Service and Account-Based Ticketing solutions. IT-TRANS, one of the main public transport exhibitions of 2022, will mark the first time Ticketer and FARA come together as a Gr...