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The new management of Tecnobus, an Italian company active in the production of electric minibuses since the early 1990s, has clear goals to make the company ready for the challenges (and the opportunities!) of a growing European e-bus market. We restarted operations between January and September thi...

The next UITP Global Public Transport Summit is quickly approaching. We are just six months away from the kickoff, scheduled for 4th June in Barcelona, Spain. UITP Secretary General Mohamed Mezghani shares with Sustainable Bus state of the art of the preparation for the summit, main topics, expectat...

Ivu.suite from Ivu Traffic Technologies to optimize, make efficient and safer tram transportation in Utrecht and the province. The administration has equipped all 54 streetcars in service with Ivu’s system, which will also provide the entire technical management of operations, such as hosting ...

Called MCV, which stands for “Manufacturing Commercial Verhicles,” it is based in Cairo, Egypt, but is the new electric bus manufacturer that has landed on the German market, making its base in the city of Bestwig. Breaking the news is Urban Transport, which points out that the first veh...

Bledsystem is everyday standing out more as the point of reference for eco-driving in road public transport. What are the reasons behind this success? Pau Muñoz, Bledsystem’s International Business Manager, gives us his view about it: “Bledsystem approaches eco-driving from a human perspective and i...

Via launches Remix Scheduling, an intuitive software solution with the goal of making scheduling smarter and easier for transit agencies. Tech company Via has launched in mid September on-demand public transport offering BVG Muva in Berlin and has entered a cooperation with ...

The Swedish public transport operator Svealandstrafiken is about to issue a procurement for electric buses for regional traffic in Västmanland and Örebro län. The same operator has recently awarded a contract to Ebusco, that follow a first commission landed in early summer 2022. The news is reported...

by Alex Byles Switch Mobility‘s strategies on the European markets, product development, opportunities and potential of the Indian market are just some of the topic of this interview. After having unveiled, at European Mobility Expo 2022 in Paris, its e1 electric bus model for the European mar...

Bologna is launching one of the largest fuel cell bus projects in Europe so far, with 127 units expected to be in operation by mid-2026 (34 to arrive by 2024). An agreement has been signed to this extent between Bologna City Council, public transport operator TPER and Srm. An investment of over 90 m...

São Paulo’s Transit Agency SPTrans (over 13,000 buses) has banned the procurement of new diesel buses in the city. Earlier this year, Colombia’s capital city Bogotá stopped procuring fossil-fuelled buses in the city. The news is reported on local media and on C40 website. It is expected t...