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GVB has ordered 84 new generation VDL Citea for Amsterdam. They will be deployed from 2023 onwards. The framework contract includes an option for a further 130 new VDL Citea. VDL Bus & Coach will deliver 30 articulated new generation VDL Citeas (virtually launched one year ago) of type LF-181 an...

Belgium’s De Lijn, active in public transport in Flanders, has started three awarding procedures for work on its first electric bus depots. In fact, the Board of Directors has approved guidelines for the selection of works at the depots in Genk-Winterslag, Destelbergen and Kortrijk. In order t...

In 2021 Germany saw a doubling of zero emission buses onto its streets (they reached 1,269 compared to 683). Indeed, 586 new battery-electric and fuel cell buses were added in 2021. This means that the number of new registrations grew by almost 60 percent compared to 2020 and the 1,000 vehicles mark...

Forsee Power has inaugurated its production plant of battery systems in Poitiers (France). It consists of more than 15,000 sqm with more than 200 employees and 5 assembly lines with a production capacity of nearly 1 GWh (more than 2,500 bus batteries per year). The goal is to reach 4 GWh by 2027. Th...

Genoa’s public transport electric transition project is taking more and more shape with the presentation, held today, of the first units of the 30-vehicles batch of Solaris 12-metre electric buses. The delivery of all 30 will be completed by July. By the end of the year also a further 15 10.5-...

Bielefeld transport company moBiel, in Germany, is now testing in real operation four fuel cell buses from CaetanoBus. In the future, the hydrogen for the specially built filling station will be produced on site. moBiel tests fuel cell buses The project announced in 2020 is thus gaining momentum. Th...

EMT Madrid has awarded a batch of 150 electric buses (for 81 million euros), the largest procurement of e-buses issued by the operator so far. Winners? Irizar e-mobility and Solaris. It has been announced by the transport company with a press release. The buses are set to be delivered in 2022 and 20...

74% of coaches are estimated to be non-electrified in 2030 in EMEA region. In that segment, for a few years we’ll mostly see plans, targets and pilot projects.

Iveco Bus will present the new-generation Urbanway Hybrid to the public at the European Mobility Expo, scheduled from 7 to 9 June at the Paris Porte de Versailles exhibition centre. It’ll be one of the most awaited public transport exhibitions scheduled in 2022. The standard 12-metre model in ...

The Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) is heading towards ITF in Leipzig (Germany), where it’ll be presenting two initiatives. On 17th the TUMI2022 Conference will be organized: it’ll be all about Transforming Transport Infrastructure.  The TUMI E-Bus Mission, fund...