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With 242 e-buses registered between January and September 2020 (over 23% of market share), Solaris Bus & Coach is at the moment leading the chart of battery-electric bus producers in Western European countries plus Poland. In the latter, Solaris domestic market, the Bolechowo-based manufacturer&...

The first Irizar full electric buses have arrived in Genoa (Italy) in these days and by the end of November the planned supply of 14 vehicles will be completed. The municipality of Genoa gives notice of this with a note published on the institutional website. The supply follows the order signed in F...

A maximum of 600 kW of charging power and a fully automatic process. EC Engineering, based in Poland, has sold its Ride & Charge system in four countries so far, including the domestic market. In collaboration with Ekoenergetyka, it has realized what the company claims to be «the fastest bus cha...

Heuliez Bus has delivered two articulated e-buses to Voyages Vandivinit. The transport operator, based in Luxembourg, has already taken delivery this summer of a first batch of battery-electric buses (they were Volvo 7900 Electric). The largest order so far achieved by Heuliez Bus for the articulate...

Twaice and ViriCiti join forces and give light to a comprehensive battery analytics for electric bus fleets. Following this new partnership, fleet operators and OEMs can now seamlessly access TWAICE’s comprehensive battery reports as an integrated part of ViriCiti’s fleet management dashboard (which...

The Clean Bus Europe Platform and the media Sustainable-Bus.com are joining forces to bring the sector the latest news on clean bus technologies. By beginning a brand new collaboration with Sustainable-Bus.com, the Clean Bus Europe Platform (CBEP), where UITP is a lead partner, will bring toget...

TMB Barcelona and CaetanoBus yesterday signed a contract for the supply of eight hydrogen-powered buses, with which allow Barcelona to position itself as a benchmark in the application of this zero-emission technology in the regular passenger transport of an urban network in Spain. The contract was ...

Hyzon Motors is a new player approaching worldwide the fuel cell bus segment. Yes, the focus is on trucks… but buses will be part of the game, too. An important part. Maybe in partnership with bus builders. We discussed with Hyzon Motors’ CEO Craig Knight the future strategies of the com...

The rollout of Scania electric buses is set to increase in Sweden together with the operator Vy Buss. The operator, in fact, ordered ten new Scania Citywide LF Electric. The vehicles will operate in Östersund city, which has set a long-term plan for the transition to full electric transport. In the ...

In March 2021 Ebusco will deliver 4 new electric buses to the district town of Bad Tölz, in the German state of Bavaria. These are the first electric buses to be used in Upper Bavaria. Each bus will cover an average of 60,000 kilometres per year. This will save 240,000 kg CO2 per year, Ebusco [&hell...