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Are batteries going to allow long distance operations without compromising passenger or luggage capacity? Is CNG a viable solution in the long term? What about LNG? How long should we expect before hydrogen becomes a feasible (and affordable) technology for coaches? These are all answ...

The 2022 edition of FIAA kicked off today in Madrid, five years after the previous one. The absence of local body builders (and some leading manufacturers) certainly has an impact on an event that nevertheless remains crucial for a market, such as the Spanish one, of no small importance. And the nov...

It will be the first zero-emission production site. It will be the new e-powertrain plant in Turin. We are talking about Iveco Group‘s inauguration of the plant-under the brand name of FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of Iveco Group-which is entirely dedicated to the production of i...

Iveco Bus has launched today its new Crossway Low Entry Hybrid at FIAA in Madrid. The vehicle is available in XTL (X-To-Liquid) renewable fuel and Natural Gas versions. The new Crossway LE Hybrid, currently available as Class I for city uses and Class II for suburban.The model displayed in Madrid is...

Second order achieved for the Mercedes eCitaro Range Extender, the fuel cell bus from Daimler Truck. Verkehrsbetriebe Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV), headquartered in Mannheim, is accelerating its transformation to electromobility. Delivery of 40 eCitaro G vehicles with range extenders in 2023 and ...

In early October, Skoda Transportation delivered the first of  Skoda ForCity Smart 45 T tram ordered on 2 February 2021 by Dopravni podnik mesta Brna a.s. (DPMB), which operates public transport in Brno. The order comprises 40 vehicles with a contract value of €92.3 million. The new trams will gradu...

After punching its ticket at Next Mobility Exhibition, taking home the Sustainable Bus Award 2023 in the Urban category with the e-Ata 12, Karsan will also be at FIAA Madrid. For the occasion, the Bursa-based manufacturer will bring the e-Ata Hydrogen unveiled to the industry at the IAA Transportati...

International transport operator Ascendal has signed a new eight-year electric bus contract with the University of Cambridge. Ascendal says it “is delighted to announce that its 103-year-old Cambridge subsidiary, Whippet, has been awarded an eight-year contract to provide and operate a fleet o...

CaetanoBus and UNVI has entered a cooperation aimed at providing electric bus models for the Spanish market. First outcome of the deal will be the Caetano UNVI C21 bus, to be presented at FIAA Madrid (18-21 October). The 12-meters electric urban bus features e.chassis from Caetano and body from UNVI...

Solaris Bus & Coach is presenting two electric vehicles at the 16th International Fair of Public Transport – Transexpo, to be held from 12th to 14th October 2022 in Kielce: the flagship electric model of the manufacturer – Urbino 12 electric, and the articulated Urbino 18.75 electric, both featu...