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Public transport in Europe show clear signs of recovery. But rates are uneven: «Traffic in Switzerland, Germany and France is close to pre-virus levels, being just about 10% down. Passenger volumes in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are still significantly lower, by around 25 t...

School bus manufacturer Collins Bus (subsidiary of REV Group, Inc.) has reached an agreement with all-electric powertrains provider Lightning eMotors. The strategic partnership has the goal of manufacturing and deploying zero-emission, all-electric Type A school buses. The agreement includ...

An hydrogen bus model, a battery-electric one and a fuel cell minibus. These are just three among 15 new generation vehicles (alternative drives and diesel-fueled) unveiled by Russian GAZ Group at COMTRANS 2021 in Moscow. GAZ Group, new buses powered with batteries and hydrogen At the International ...

Volvo Buses announces it has been awarded a batch of three orders by Nobina, the largest bus operator in the Nordic countries. Total? 122 Volvo 7900 Electric and 7900 Electric Articulated are set to be delivered in Gothenburg, Malmö and Hässleholm in southern Sweden by 2022-23. Gothenburg, there are...

Loop Energy partners with Russian METTEM to provide hydrogen electric powertrain solutions to commercial vehicle OEMs across Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and Europe. The companies’ first joint project — a fuel cell bus for GAZ Group, a leading global commercial vehicle OEM p...

Sustainability and low environmental impact are not matters of vehicles and fuels. In the UK Worcestershire County Council is installing new bus shelters in Bromsgrove. Powered using a combination of wind turbines and solar panels, these will be the first shelters in the UK to be 100% ‘off grid’ and...

IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich, Turkish manufacturer Temsa provided shuttle service with Avenue Electron and MD9 electriCITY vehicles. At the fair, held in Munich, Temsa also exhibited the battery pack produced in Adana plant since this year, and shared its smart cities vision with the participants. Te...

Quantron is set to launch an electric 12-metre low-floor bus named Quantron 12. The news is reported on electrive.com. Two versions of the model will be offered: one battery-electrically powered (available from end 2021), while the fuel cell one is set to be on market from spring 2022. Still accordi...

“We have received the green light from the EU: from now until 2024, the federal government can support the development of e-bus fleets and their infrastructures in Germany with a total of 1.25 billion euros, according to current financial planning”, VDV Vice President Werner Overkamp (ju...

Kamaz has presented the hydrogen fuel cell bus 6290 at the COMTRANS-2021 international exhibition in Moscow. Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec (the state corporation that owns Kamaz) outline this is the next step in the search for alternative energy sources and in the development of modern environmenta...