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Daimler Truck released today its 2021 results. 20% more trucks and buses have been sold worldwide in 2021 compared to prior-year level (378,300 units), the company released today during an online press conference. During the Q&A session it was also mentioned that they are not bringing buses at I...

12,200 millimeters long, 2,550 wide and 3,350 high. Up to 40 seats and a total of 89 passengers on board. These are the essential figures of the 12-metre electric bus by Karsan. The Karsan E-Ata 12. Karsan e-ATA 12, our test drive Launched in September 2021, the Karsan e-ATA range comes with seven d...

Hitachi Energy has been commissioned a Grid-eMotion fleet system to electrify Arriva’s Brixton Tramshed depot in south London. The same system has just been awarded an order in Berlin. Launched in mid-2020, the depot-based charging solution was also ordered in Swedish Västerås, where&nbsp...

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) has opened the tender for the purchase of 83 battery electric buses, which will replace diesel buses, which will be retired in 2023. The tender, recently opened in agreement with the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM), is divided into three lots: al...

Ikarus has just delivered two 120e 12-meter e-buses to the operator Kaposvári Közlekedési Zrt in the city Kaposvár. The news is reported on the local specialized media magyarbusz.info. The Hungarian manufacturer won the contract which includes delivery of charging equipment in September last year. T...

Alexander Dennis Limited (NFI Group) announced that it will build an initial run of 10 electric double-decker buses for Hong Kong operator The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (KMB).The zero-emission Enviro500EVs will be ADL‘s first double-decker electric buses in the Asia-Pacific region and will con...

Switch Mobility held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the upcoming creation of its new advanced manufacturing facility in Valladolid, Spain. With construction set to commence shortly and the first buses expected to be produced within 12 months, the 35-acre site in Valladolid – Switch’s first in con...

IT-TRANS 2022 is going to gather the world of public transport in May for the eight edition of the biggest event of its kind dedicated to I.T. and digitalisation in the sector. Held from 10-12 May, IT-TRANS will host three days full of interesting and innovate output, across a rich Conference progra...

Yutong dealer in the UK Pelican has been awarded a zero emission vehicle contract by Carmarthenshire County Council. They are set to be used for the TrawsCymru route. The vehicles are planned to be delivered in Q3/4 2022. Yutong electric buses for Carmarthenshire The vehicles will have a number of s...

VDV Vice-President Werner Overkamp was unanimously re-elected last week as Chairman of the Administrative Board Bus and thus also remains Vice-President for the bus sector in the German association of public transport companies VDV. The managing director of STOAG Stadtwerke Oberhausen GmbH was elect...