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On September 15–17, zero-emission bus (ZEB) experts, operators, and advocates will gather in Denver, Colorado, for the Zero Emission Bus Conference. Hosted by the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) since 2011, the annual conference provides unique learning and networking opportuniti...

Paris, a second round of contracts – following a second maxi tender (the first one was awarded in 2019 for 400 million euros and a potential of 800 e-buses) – has been signed by RATP with electric bus manufacturers in order to achieve the goal of transitioning a consistent part of the Pa...

e-troFit will be offering its first production-ready buses and trucks based on fuel cell technology on the road as early as 2024, CTO Matthias Kerler says. For longer ranges in coaches and heavy-duty transport with available hydrogen infrastructure, e-troFit intends to offer a hybrid powertrain prim...

Contactless payment options have been introduced on Clean Air Express buses and on a selection of Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) buses on July 26, 2021. The tap-to-ride system uses cutting-edge fare payment technology provided by specialist partners Littlepay, Kuba, Cybersource, a...

Birmingham City Council has unveiled the first of its 20 new fuel cell bus fleet, which is set to be in operation later this year. The order was signed in autumn 2020. The new buses have been purchased as part of the Council’s Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot, which looks to ‘kick-start’ the hydrogen ma...

Bluebus is expected to deliver up to 158 electric buses in Paris, following the maxi tender awarded in 2019 and the 2021 framework agreement just signed for a maximum period of 4 years. The French company won the tender together with Heuliez Bus / Iveco and Alstom. Earlier this year, also in the fra...

Solaris has just signed a contract with operator PKM Jaworzno for the supply of 6 Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses. The vehicles will hit the streets of Jaworzno within one year of the contract being signed. Back in 2015, Jaworzno was the first town in Poland to put an e-bus, the Solaris Urbino 12 e...

Microvast goes public. The battery manufacturer commenced trading on the Nasdaq on July 26 under the ticker ‘MVST’. The company has completed the business combination with Tuscan Holdings, resulting in the new name ‘Microvast Holdings, Inc.’ Founded in Houston in 2006, Microvast develops b...

Irizar e-mobility has signed an agreement with the RATP (La Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) to supply as many as 113 electric buses in Paris. They will be new generation Irizar ie bus model 100% zero emissions electric buses. Irizar is staying firmly committed to the French market. In 2016,...

Holistic approach. Paradigm shift. Evolving company skills. These are issues that remain firmly implied – when they are not made explicit – while talking with Petra Piffer, general manager of SASA Bolzano, the public transport company that embodies the subject of the transition to hydrog...