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The first electric bus has recently landed in Brest (France), where the public transport network Bibus is expected to undergo a deep transformation. The system is operated by RD Brest, a subsidiary of the RATP Dev group. The Heuliez GX 337 Elec just delivered in the French city (located in Brittany)...

Rheinbahn is taking delivery of the ten e-buses ordered in spring 2019. Four battery-electric buses from Irizar e-mobility (through German partner Ferrostaal) have recently reached their destination and began operating in the German city. The others are expected to start service at the beginning of ...

Energy company Indian Oil Corporation has launched a procurement for 15 fuel cell buses that are set to operate in Delhi-NCR region. The group announced on 23th December 2020 that it is inviting bid to procure Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell buses. «This project is the first-ever attemp...

La Rochelle region, in France, is ready to get its four Alstom Aptis delivered. The buses are to be welcomed on the city streets in early 2021. They will join the Yélo fleet on the Illico 4 line linking Les Minimes to Beaulieu. The 1st will be put into circulation on 4 January. The vehicles were [&h...

100 BYD e-buses are poised to hit Turin streets, in Italy, following the tender issued in early 2020. Two bids were received, from Yutong and BYD. Yutong (with its partner Ares) placed first, but its offer was cancelled due to burocratic issues. Now the public transport company GTT made public that ...

Solaris announces it has completed the delivery of 90 Urbino 12 electric buses for Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG). This was one of the biggest contracts for battery-powered buses in Europe and the largest one for the manufacturer in Germany so far. Berlin now has a total of 123 electric Solaris bus...

Caetano fuel cell bus trial in Dublin successfully ended with 3,000km covered. The H2.CityGold demonstration that started in November has come to an end with an excellent feedback from the different parties involved, CaetanoBus points out. Last week a strategic alliance was announced between Toyota ...

The Netherlands has exceeded 1,000 electric buses in operation. In five years’ time, more than 20% of buses in Dutch public transport buses have become emission-free. Since 13 December, the e-buses operating in the contry are 1,163, almost 400 more than last year. The largest fleet runs in IJs...

At the beginning of December 2020, the Transports Publics Fribourgeois (TPF) put a batch of 10 battery-powered trolleybuses Hess lighTram 19 DC into service. These vehicles are bound to replace the old dual-mode buses on line 1 in Fribourg. Hess trolleybuses in Fribourg One of the ten battery-powere...

Market research company Berg Insight recently released a new paper about the market for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) for electric buses. The market value for electric bus ITS deployed in public transport operations in Europe was € 12.7 million in 2019. Growing at a compound annual growth rate...