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The Munich-based solar mobility OEM Sono Motors announces it is launching a project to test the recently presented Solar Bus Kit in real-life conditions in the northern hemisphere. The pilot involves manufacturer Scania and Swedish public transport authority LLT. This project is a par...

Anne Le Guennec has been appointed to the Keolis Supervisory Board on 29 September 2022. Anne Le Guennec is the chief executive of Veolia’s Recycling & Recovery business unit for France. Keolis has launched this summer a recruiting campaign in France in order to fill 1,000 open positions worldwi...

Ballard Power Systems is planning to build manufacturing facility and R&D center in Shanghai, China. This is part of a strategy, called ‘local for local’, according to which the Canadian fuel cell specialist aims to deepen its global manufacturing footprint in Europe, the United States and ...

ACTIA is launching a new intelligent infotainment and on-board management system called ACTiVi. Connected to a display, this ECU centralises and manages all vehicle functions. ACTIA says it has designed this new generation CPU in response to the massive influx of multimedia systems in passenger tran...

CaetanoBus and Industria Italiana Autobus (IIA) have signed an agreement to start the production and marketing in Italy of hydrogen-powered city buses based on Toyota Fuel Cell technology and an H2.City Power Kit system developed by CaetanoBus. According to this agreement, by the end of 2022, IIA wi...

Hermes Groep NV, a Dutch transportation company, has signed a contract with Solaris Bus & Coach for the purchase of ten Trollino 18 trolley buses with the distinctive Metrostyle design, of which about 50 are already in operation in Salzburg and four in Esslingen. The ten examples will enter serv...

First Bus is partnering with Equipmake to repower 12 of the operator’s first-generation electric buses in York. Therefore, 12 First York electric Optare Versa buses are going to be repowered with Equipmake electric drivetrain (ZED) at the company’s base in Snetterton, Norfolk. Equipmake expects each...

Inka’s new electric bus for the Indonesian market will feature Advanced Electric Machines’ sustainable motor technology.Specifically, INKA will produce 26 electrified buses containing Advanced Electric Machines‘ unique electric motor technology: the prototype for the project has al...

Next edition of the European Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Conference will be organised concurrently with the Busworld Europe from 9 to 12 October 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. ERM Group company, Element Energy, organiser of this conference, is partnering with Busworld Foundation. New in this edition will be...

Marseille, France’s second largest city after Paris, still chooses the tram as the means of excellence for sustainable mobility. RTM (Règie des Transports Mètrpolitains), which manages public transport in the Marseille area, consisting of several modes of transport (bus, tram, metro, boat) &nb...