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The City of Irun, in Spanish Basque region, has awarded Irizar e-mobility the contract for manufacturing and supplying four zero-emissions buses along with the charging infrastructure. Three buses will be fast charging and one will be overnight-charging. The buses will be used on Irunbus line 2 (Ven...

At the InnoTrans 2022 in Berlin, the Hübner Group will be presenting its new steering technology for high-capacity buses as a world first. The advantage of the new, modular steering system, is summed up by the German group: “It makes it possible to safely maneuver 30-meter-long high-capacity b...

Nobina has commissioned Ebusco a fleet of 76 e-buses (3.0 model) for Norwegian capital city Oslo. The delivery is planned for end 2023. The 76 Ebusco 3.0 buses will be used for the Public Transport Authority Ruter in Norway and will operate in and around Oslo. In October 2021 the King of t...

Škoda Group signed a memorandum of understanding with retrofit specialist pepper motion GmbH. Following the agreement, the Czech group will include in its offering the service of repowering buses via pepper motion’s technology. Škoda’s partnership and its strong expansion strategy affords pepp...

Irizar Group Governing Council has named Imanol Rego (since late 2020 General Director of Irizar e-mobility) as new CEO of the group. He will take up the new position after 26 September “to drive the Group forward and tackle the new challenges of the future of mobility”, Irizar says. Ima...

Lightning eMotors will now offer a second generation repower program for 40- foot (12-meter) transit buses. This new offering in Lightning’s growing lineup of Class 3-8 commercial electric vehicles will be available to municipal and private transit agencies throughout North America. Repowered buses ...

In the Kelheim district north of Munich, passengers will be able to book autonomous on-demand vehicles in a mixed fleet as part of the public transport system for the first time, starting yesterday. The KelRide project is thus entering its second phase. It is one of the largest public transport proj...

The first hydrogen bus completely made in Italy (and also the very first 8-meter fuel cell bus in Europe) is built and designed by Rampini. The presentation of the new vehicle Rampini Hydron, powered by hydrogen fuel cell, to authorities and the press was held today at the production center in Passi...

With reporting by Rüdiger Schreiber Before IAA and InnoTrans today Solaris launched the Urbino 18 hydrogen at Krakow. Almost 150 people were invited to the world premiere of the new bus. Not only journalist, most of them were customers. The bus will be also on display at Innotrans 2022, one of the m...

Quantron AG closed its A-financing round: 50 more million euros have been invested in the German start-up, with Ballard Power System and German hydrogen specialist NEUMAN & ESSER among the main investors. The three players share the same vision: to create an open H2 Alliance – from fue...