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VDL scores another electric bus order from Germany: three transport companies from the north of the country joined forces purchasing a batch of 12 VDL Citea SLF-120 Electric. The buses are set to be delivered from the end of 2021 onwards in Verden, Goslar and Braunschweig. It has already happened th...

Today RATP France starts testing a Caetano fuel cell bus. Over the next three months, one of the global leaders in urban mobility will test a Caetano’s 12-meter hydrogen-powered bus. This follows the deal signed one year ago between CaetanoBus and RATP. The operator has already tested a Solaris Urbi...

Knorr-Bremse announces it is bundling its expertise in the field of e-mobility within a brand new development unit named eCUBATOR. Company’s plans envision as many as 60 specialists working on innovative future-oriented solutions at Knorr-Bremse’s Munich and Budapest locations. The goal? To ad...

PSI Transcom has joined the Association Information Technology for Public Transport (ITxPT). As one of the leading providers of control technology solutions for local public transport, «the company will contribute its many years of experience in the design and implementation of highly available soft...

VHH is set to triple the number of its electric buses this year. A tender for a further bach 32 e-buses has been completed, the public transport company made public. The contracts were awarded to Irizar, MAN and Volvo. Being more specific, the order includes 20 MAN Lion’s City E (10 12-meter a...

The French government has selected Greenmot’s Green-eBus project as one of the future projects to invest in. The funding will enable the development of a retrofit kit to transform a diesel urban bus model into a battery-powered electric bus and the creation of a dedicated industrial vehicle en...

Hamburg operator VHH has acquired eight zero-emission buses of the Irizar ie bus model. This order from Germany joins two other supplies secured by ICB Frankfurt and Rheinbahn Düsseldorf. The vehicles will be delivered during the first quarter of 2022. This is the first contract that Irizar e-mobili...

Following the order signed in March 2020, the first Solaris fuel cell bus has been delivered to RVK out of a 15 units order. The vehicle is now ready for a testing phase. After this first bus, the other 14 buses will be delivered successively between July and December 2021, RVK points out in a press...

StasHH consortium has been launched: it involves  25 leading organisations in the hydrogen sector which are joining forces to define, develop and test the first European standard for fuel cell modules for heavy duty applications. Among the players we could mention the fuel cell modules provider Ball...

Daimler Truck (in charge of truck and bus business) is set to become an independent company listed at Frankfurt stock exchange. Daimler group is indeed planning separation into two pure-play companies, with Mercedes-Benz focused on car business. The operation will include majority listing of Daimler...