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BUS2BUS 2022 is on the launching pad and announces the new vehicles that are going to be launched in Berlin on 27 and 28 April. The BUS2BUS 2022, scheduled for 27 and 28 April in Berlin, will be the first on-site event for the bus industry since the Corona outbreak. Last year the exhibition was held...

Quantron AG achieved sales of 10 million euros in fiscal year 2021, based on «a strong start to the conversion business in the commercial vehicle segment with its Q-Retrofit business unit», as the Augsburg-based company says. Quantron results 2021 Compared with the previous year, the result represen...

A fleet of (at least) 56 bi-articulated battery-powered buses coupled with ground-based charging system. The Île-de-France region and the transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités have chosen an innovative public transport solution provided by a consortium made of Van Hool, Kiepe Electric and Alst...

CALSTART new data tracks 26% growth of zero-emission truck and bus model availability globally. According to the North American nonprofit organization, the number of zero-emission truck and bus models on the market now or in the near future will grow nearly 26% from 2020 until the end of 2022 (from ...

Electric buses are also arriving in the city of Ho Chi Minh (better known as Saigon), Vietnam, where the pilot phase of the first e-bus service has been launched, thanks to the work of the Vinbus Ecology Transport Services Company. The service is linked to the public transport system of the southern...

Keolis Group has the set the goal of tripling the share of bus kilometres powered by alternative energies to diesel by 2030. This goes along with the other commitment to reducing intensity of greenhouse gas emissions per kilometre by 30% from the 2019 baseline. Finally, the French group aims to...

Arriva Group company TST has selected Stratio’s predictive fleet maintenance technology to modernise operation in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The project is part of the recently created aggregator brand Carris Metropolitana, a bus service network in the Lisbon region serving 2.7 million pass...

The global electric bus market size is projected to grow from 112,041 units in 2022 to reach 671,285 units by 2027, at a CAGR of 43.1% according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets (entitled: “Electric Bus Market by Propulsion (BEV, PHEV & FCEV), Application (Intercity & Intra-city), ...

Electromobility? Chile officially says yes, approving the National Strategy for Transport Electrification. As reported by the official website of the Chilean government, Resolution N°8/2022 was approved and published in the Official Gazette as part of the government’s new National Electromobil...

$1.47 billion in competitive grant funds to help modernize bus fleets and facilities across the United States was announced on 7th March by U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Federal Transit Administration Administrator Nuria Fernandez at an event with Vice President Kamala Harris. The...