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Gareth Joyce will be the next CEO of Proterra, the US-based commercial vehicle electrification technology company. Mr Joyce was appointed president of Proterra back in September 2021, as well as interim CFO. Now, he’s going to be the new CEO, starting on the 1st of January, 2022.  The California-bas...

Iveco and Air Liquide (world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop hydrogen mobility in Europe. The European partnership, as stated in a joint note by the two companies, will help to make “clean” mobil...

Irizar is set to supply 43 buses and coaches to Guimabus, the company that will operate the transport concession in the municipality of Guimarães for a period of 10 years. Operator Guimabus, from the Vale do Ave Group is acquiring 17 zero emissions Irizar ie bus electric buses and 26 Low Entry diese...

BVG Berlin is procuring a new batch of 90 e-buses. Green light has been given by the company’s supervisory board. The procurement concerns single-deck 12-meter buses with electric drive equipped for plug-in charging. The delivery of all buses is scheduled to take place by the end of 2022. This...

Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy solutions business line, and Optibus, an AI software platform that powers complex transit operations in over 500 cities worldwide, announced their partnership for the creation of an end-to-end solution for electric bus operations, combining Enel X’s robust el...

From Turkey to France, via Romania and Italy. The European roadshow of Karsan’s new all-electric e-ATA range has begun. The new zero-emission, high-range electric buses from Karsan, which is helping to shape public transport in cities across many countries with its range of commercial vehicles...

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko have signed a €100 million loan agreement to renew the city’s trolleybus and metro fleets. The EIB’s financing will increase the availability and improve the quality of sustainable urban public transp...

In March 2021, Boris Johnson introduced Bus Back Better, the National Bus Strategy for England. It sets an ambitious vision for revolutionising the provision of local bus services and commits public transport operators and Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) to working closely to foster a new environ...

Xplore Dundee has put in operation a fleet of 12 electric double deckers from ADL and BYD. Built locally in Scotland at ADL’s factory in Falkirk utilising BYD’s expertise in batteries and integrated powertrain technology, the dozen BYD ADL Enviro400EV are Dundee’s first zero emission buses. Once dri...

With an official ceremony held early this morning, Daimler Truck was launched on Frankfurt Stock Exchange. This is the actual completion of the spin-off that separates the truck and bus business from the car and van one. «Our future is in our own hands now», said Martin Daum, Chairman of the Board o...