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Connexxion will put into service hydrogen buses in the Netherlands, which prides itself to be the most dynamic country in Europe with regards to energy transition in public transport sector. An agreement with Solaris has been secured for the delivery of 20 Urbino 12 hydrogen. They’ll be in ope...

Dancer Bus. Composite materials (also coming from recycled PET bottles), small batteries combined with fast-charging, very unusual design. It’s the ID card of Dancer electric bus, which is to begin the first duties in the domestic market. The vehicle stands out to be the first Lithuanian-made ...

What about an electric bus whose battery can be removed, replaced with a fully-charged one and then charged separately from the bus? An innovative project is being developed in Poland, under a cooperation between the bus maker Autosan, the National Centre for Research and Development and Łukasiewicz...

2.3 million euros of fundings have been awarded from the North Rhine-Westphalia State Ministry of Transport to WSW Mobil and AWG to step up on hydrogen bus deployment. The project that involves the public transport company of Wuppertal (WSW) and the waste management society (AWG) is called H2W.  1.2...

Nanjing is planning to switch the battery-electric bus fleet (that amounts to no less than 7,000 vehicles) to hydrogen. And a leading bus manufacturer (not specified so far) has placed a order for up US$15 million over a three-year period with Loop Energy, a Canada-based provider of fuel cell soluti...

Scania stopped production globally due to Coronavirus pandemic, but workshops remain open to ensure delivery of necessary goods, foods and medical supplies. The Swedish truck, bus and engine producer based in Sodertalje had announced on 18 March that it planned to stop operations at most of its Euro...

107 Solaris e-buses are preparing to join BVG Berlin’s fleet. The first vehicles has recently started operation, the operator states. To be specific, 90 12-meter and 17 18-meter vehicles are set to roll out. All the buses are to be delivered by the end of this year, according to schedule. Also...

by Jean-Philippe Pastre, Mobilités Magazine Last Friday, April 3rd, has been published on the JORF (Journal Officiel de la République Française) the decree signed on March 12th 2020 defining the conditions for the conversion of ICE vehicles to electric powered ones. The possibility of retrofit inclu...

The first batch of 10 electric buses has reached Singapore’s streets. And 50 more vehicles will be introduced over the rest of this year. The country will only buy electric or hybrid buses from now on. The goal? A full electrified bus fleet by 2040. Singapore is also the place where Volvo Buse...

For the first time Scania delivered hybrid buses in Germany. The transport operator which received this premiere was Regionalverkehr Erzgebirge (RVE), in Annaberg-Buchholz, very close to the border with Czech Republic. RVE put the five Scania Citywide Hybrid Low Entry buses into service as early as ...