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Switzerland: Baselland Transport AG (BLT) transport company is launching five Mercedes eCitaro onto the road. BLT is now starting to operate them on route no. 37. This operation with solo buses is a pilot project. Very soon, eight more eCitaro for BLT will follow.  The operator links the city of Bas...

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is set to become Hitachi Energy. Change of denomination in view for the company, coinciding with its first-year anniversary. Name and corporate brand will be changed since October 2021 The decision to change name has board and shareholder consent and coincides with the busine...

The Yutong Xiaoyu 2.0 has been awarded the design prize 2021 Red Dot Award. Developed by the Chinese group – the largest bus builder in the world for production volumes -, the 5.5-meter shuttle bus stands out for being the world’s first autonomous bus recognized by world-class industrial desig...

By the end of 2021 there will be 1,000 electric buses in operation onto Moscow’s roads. For 2.5 years of operation, electric buses have already traveled more than 40 million kilometers and carried more than 90 million passengers. “Starting this year, by the decision of the Mayor of Moscow, we ...

Kempower is establishing a new facility for EV chargers. Kemppi Group Oy, the owner of Kempower Oy, has acquired a business property managed by S-Bank Properties, including 10 300 m2 of factory space. The new facility will enable Kempower to scale up production by approximately 500% compared to...

Paul van Vuuren has been appointed new CEO of VDL Bus & Coach, as Henk Coppens, until yesterday VDL Bus & Coach and Senior Vice President of VDL Groep, has resigned with effect from 1 July 2021. Paul van Vuuren is a member of the general board of directors of VDL Groep. In the near future, [...

NFI group gets ready for an increase in EV bus orders. The approach? Agnostic: «We are able to produce any kind of vehicle on the same production line». About the transition to fossil-free drivetrains, «we view it as an evolution more than a revolution». Our interview with NFI president and CEO Paul...

Fuel cell buses in India: Tata Motors has won a tender of 15 hydrogen-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell buses from the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). IOCL had invited bids for supply of PEM fuel cell buses in December 2020, and Tata Motors was selected as the winner following a ...

Half of the available stand area for BUS2BUS 2022, to take place from 27 to 28 April 2022 in Berlin, is already booked. Along with MAN, IVECO, ZF, VDL, Alexander Dennis, Ebusco and many others, the key players in this sector have already registered for Germany’s only comprehensive trade show for the...

In 2021 the first edition of the Sustainable Bus Tour will see the light. Two webinars, two web events will be organized by our media with the goal of discussing sector-related key issues and outlooks with the participation of operators, manufacturers, providers of components and technologies. With ...