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IRU calls for more pragmatism from lawmakers in the upcoming legislative process concerning the EU Commission proposal for amendments to CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles. The Commission proposed a 100% target for the sale of zero-emission buses from 2030 and a 90% target for other heavy-duty ve...

Sales of new energy buses and trucks in China reached an all-time high of 238,000 units in 2022, an increase of 90% compared to the previous year, according to an article by Shirly Zhu, principal analyst at Interact Analysis. This growth was largely driven by the new energy bus market, which made up...

Teamtechnik Production Technology will provide production line for Impact gigafactory. Impact Clean Power Technology (Impact), is to set up a factory for battery systems for electric vehicles, with a target production of 4GWh per year. The project for establishing GigafactoryX in Poland by Impact wa...

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has responded to the European Commission’s proposed CO2 standards for trucks and buses, calling for increased targets to be matched with improved infrastructure and incentives. CO2 proposal on zero emission buses: risk of pre-buy ...

It will be the streets and urban areas of Santiago, Chile, that will put the Attivi electric bus from Marcopolo, Brazil’s leading bus and coach manufacturer, under scrutiny. The company has more than 350 electric and hybrid buses that circulate in several countries, such as Argentina, Colombia...

The first of a long series. Switch Mobility has indeed delivered the first batch of Switch EiV 22 electric double-decker buses to Brihan Mumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST) in Mumbai, as reported by The Times of India. The first delivery step is part of the Indian operator’s order fo...

by omnibus.news / Rüdiger Schreiber Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV) from Egypt announces a BEV electric bus developed specifically for the German market. A subsidiary, MCV Deutschland GmbH, was founded for sales, after-sales and service. The news was initially announced in December 2022. MCV...

The German transport company Stadtwerke Aschaffenburg Verkehrs GmbH turned to Solaris with an order for 12 fuel cell buses: 10 Urbino 12 hydrogen units and 2 Urbino 18 hydrogen buses, which will operate in the Lower Franconia region. This order marks Solaris’s first for the 18-meter hydrogen-p...

On 15th February we joined the press event organized by FlixBus (but is should be better to say ‘Flix’, from the name of the group that embraces both bus and FlixTrain business) on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.  A few takeaways: in 2022 FlixBus achieved profit...

Deutsche Bahn has signed a framework agreement with Portuguese manufacturer Caetanobus for 60 fuel cell buses on delivery by 2026. First vehicles are set to run for DB Regio Bus in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein in a year’s time. Behind the order is “DB’s clear goal of phasing...