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New Flyer unveiled its Xcelsior AV automated bus, now in motion at Robotic Research, LLC in Maryland. The Xcelsior AV unveiling follows New Flyer’s launch of its Automated Technology Program first announced in May 2019, and the announcement of partnership with artificial intelligence and automation ...

Three quarters of buses sold by Iveco Bus in 2020 were powered with alternative drives. «It was a big win for non-diesel engine city buses that run on natural gas, in hybrid electric and in 100% electric mode. These alternative energies represented more than 77% of production, an increase of 17% com...

Decarbonisation of New Zealand public transport fleets: Alexander Dennis Limited welcomes the announcement by the New Zealand Government of NZD50 million funding (nearly 30 million euros) to help councils fully decarbonise their public transport bus fleet by 2035. ADL is to build zero emission buses...

Busworld Europe registered to date 303 exhibitors and sold 75% of its total space. Daimler Buses and Volvo Buses won’t be attending, but the other big players have confirmed. Following, we publish entirely a press release spread by Busworld in view of the exhibition scheduled in Brussels for O...

Today is the day of the launch for the world’s first fleet of double decker fuel cell buses. They are deployed in Aberdeen (Scotland) by First Bus in a project led by Aberdeen City Council. The vehicles are manufactured by Wrightbus. The city council makes public that plans are in place for Ab...

Solaris Bus & Coach and Dutch carrier Arriva Netherlands have signed an agreement for the delivery of 10 Solaris Urbino hydrogen buses. In accordance with the contract, the 12-metre fuel cell bus units will be delivered to the province of Gelderland in the course of this year. Arriva will start ...

On Friday 15 January, the 6-metre Bluebus shuttle has been officially launched by the Agglo du Pays de Dreux (some 90 km west of Paris), in partnership with Keolis Drouais. The minibus is now part of the Linéad network. The electric shuttle, called the Citadine, is free and connects the different di...

The public purchasing station in France UGAP is offering fuel cell buses for the first time. The manufacturers Safra and Van Hool have been selected for commercialization through UGAP starting from February 2021. UGAP points out that in France since 1 January 2020, 50% of newly acquired buses and co...

Transdev has signed an €874 million electric bus contract with TransMilenio S.A. (Colombia), Bogotá City’s Public Transport Authority, for the 15-year operation and maintenance of 406 electric buses in the capital Bogotá, starting at the end of November 2021. Following its 20-year presence in Bogotá...

The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) announces the release of the Transit Vehicle Innovation Deployment Centers (TVIDC) Advisory Panel Overview and Conclusions report. This report, prepared by CTE and published by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), is the culmination of dis...