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In 2020 Solaris increased to 1,560 units from 1,487 in 2019, with a 4.6% increase that, in a difficult year as 2020 has been, it is quite a surprising results (city bus market decreased in Europe of around 10 per cent). Today the Polish company outlined the 2020 results during an online-held press c...

Due to the pandemic, «global bus markets recorded a significant decline of almost 40 percent in 2020 and the core markets of Daimler Buses of 45 percent. With a good 20,200 complete buses and chassis sold, sales in fiscal year 2020 were almost 40 percent below the strong sales result of the prior ye...

In California, the Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) was awarded a $5 million grant to advance its effort to become California’s first all-electric transit operator.  The grant, awarded by the California Energy Commission, will be used to acquire charging stations, batteries, and the other solar ...

Using sustainably sourced energy to power the buses of today and into the future is compelling and logical, but in order to bring the conversation of sustainability on a more wholistic level, as much of the vehicle as possible should have as small an ecological footprint as possible from materials t...

First Bus has just ordered 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV electric buses for Glasgow network. The buses, which are part-funded by the Scottish Government (through the first round of the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme), will be deployed in Glasgow in time for the COP26 United Nations’ Climate Change ...

Mobileye is partnering with Transdev Autonomous Transport System (ATS) and Lohr Group in a project addressed at developing and deploying autonomous shuttles. The companies are integrating Mobileye’s self-driving system into the i-Cristal electric shuttle, manufactured by Lohr Group, with plans to in...

Solaris has just delivered three Urbino 18 electric buses to Bonn, in Germany, following the order secured on year ago. It is the first contract the manufacturer performed for its customer Stadtwerke Bonn Bus und Bahn (SWB). The deployment of new electric buses will allow the city to reduce CO2 emis...

ARBOC launches its first fully accessible, battery-electric low-floor bus concept with the zero-emission Equess CHARGE. The new vehicle harnesses New Flyer EV technology and ARBOC’s proven low-floor platform; expanding accessible zero-emission mobility in North America. The producer made public that...

326 school buses to be converted to electric vehicles over the next four years. It’s the ambitious goal of the Montgomery County Public Schools, which, to that extent, has signed an agreement Highland Electric Transportation. The model which will be roll out is the Jouley by Thomas Built Buses...

Spanish operator Alsa is testing a Caetano hydrogen-powered bus. The vehicle will be operating in Madrid. In December 2020 a strategic alliance was announced between Toyota Europe, CaetanoBus and Finlogin an effort dedicated to the development and production of fuel buses in Europe. Alsa tests the h...