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A total of 370 fuel cell buses were in operation in Europe as of 1 January 2023. But there are plans to get over 1,200 by 2025. In Europe 2021 has been a watershed year: with 158 registrations, that market grew of 236% in Europe. In 2022, on the other hand, registrations in the Old Continent [&...

The crisis of the Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool, its bankruptcy and subsequent takeover by the Dutch group VDL is a story that has monopolised the interest of the bus and coach industry in a 2024 that sees the European bus industry changing shape dramatically. The Van Hool – VDL story ties...

After Italy, with the acquisition of what used to be its dealer for the Italian market, namely Mauri Bus System and the creation of Otokar Italia, a subsidiary of Otokar Europe and under the Koç Group umbrella, now the Turkish Oem is also going to conquer the German market, where it has decided to o...

On September 24 the 14th edition of InnoTrans will open its doors again and bring together key players in transportation and mobility technology from around the world. InnoTrans is the industry’s largest trade fair of its kind, with 200,000 square meters of exhibition space on the fully occupi...

Scania has strengthened its e-mobility offering with new charging solutions through the establishment of Erinion, a new company specializing in private and semi-public charging solutions that plans to install 40,000 new charging points by 2030. In addition, the public-use charging infrastructure for...

The Temsa LD SB E intercity BEV bus model was presented for the first time at the IAA expo in Hannover in 2022 and re-proposed at Busworld in Brussels in October 2023 It joins a zero-emission line-up that already includes the urban battery-powered Temsa Avenue Electron and the electric version of th...

Over 240,000 buses have been sold by Chinese OEMs in the first half of 2024 (177,400 in the domestic market), according to figures covered by Chinabuses. Such value means an increase of 10.01% year-on-year, “with a production-sales ratio of 101.24%”, reads the article. “Light bus s...

During the Q2 2024, Daimler Buses increased its bus and coach sales by 8% to 6,648 units, compared to 6,181 in the same period last year. There was also a boom in battery electric vehicles (both trucks and buses), sales of which rose by 69% to 648 units (383 in Q2 2023). In the whole […]

Iveco Bus will showcase at Lat.Bus 2024 event, which will take place in São Paulo from August 6 to 8, new variants of the Daily minibus, the 17-210 G chassis and the 17-280 chassis with air suspension, as well as unique electrification solutions. In mid-2023 Gauthier Ricord, Public Tenders & Pro...

Most of the models in the Van Hool T coach range (unveiled at the end of 2022) look set to be discontinued following the handover of business lines from the bankrupt Van Hool to VDL. In fact, VDL has stated that the North American market and the double-decker segment will be its main focus, accordin...