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Seven electric bus manufacturers’ bids to AMT Genova’s call for tenders for 30 12-meter vehicles. Yesterday, 10 March 2020, as reported on the Italian specialized media Autobusweb, the offers have been opened. On the starting blocks: VDL, Solaris, Iveco Bus, Alfabus, BYD, Irizar and Evob...

Scania registered a decrease of net sales by 18 percent during 2020. Operating income decreased by 49 percent. The last quarter of 2020 brought some place for hope: operating income increased by 1 percent. Like most of the industry players, Scania had to stop the production during spring 2020 due to...

Transdev Group has disclosed its 2020 results. Revenues went down 9% compared to 2019 (to € 6.75 billion), with a negative impact on operating profit of € 285 million. Thanks to the savings measures and disposals carried out in 2020, the Group’s net loss was contained at € 109 million, Transde...

UK company Mellor is to supply a full-electric, emissions-free Orion E bus for Nottingham City Council’s Highways England-funded Electric Van Experience (EVE) Project. The council says it has earmarked the Orion E for use on its passenger transport routes following the project trial. The vehicle sta...

Solaris has been awarded with the largest electric bus order ever commissioned in Romania, eastern Europe. In a government tender run by the Romanian Ministry for Public Works, Development, and Administration, with seven local towns and cities as beneficiaries, Solaris has been awarded a huge order ...

Covid had a strong impact on Keolis 2020 results, bringing revenues down 7.5% and reducing profits of 101 million euros. Losses were limited thanks to cost-saving plans: «We reduced the impact of the health crisis from €519 million to €189 million», the group says. Keolis results for 2020 were relea...

According to Electrive, the first units of Mercedes eCitaro with solid-state battery have been taken out of service and recalled by the manufacturer as «their batteries are undergoing checks due to an insulation fault that could lead to short circuits». Battery issues on the eCitaro for Wiesbaden Th...

Ebusco just announced its first order from Denmark, where Nobina is going to operate 13 vehicles in Copenhagen. These buses, model 2.2, will be delivered n November 2021 and are expected to start operation in December. Nobina signes the first Danish order for Ebusco The largest public transport oper...

Over 400 units sold, with 200 units in delivery to RATP in Paris, following the awarding to Heuliz Bus (together with Alstom and Bluebus) in the maxi tender issued in 2019 for up to 800 e-buses. Today 30% of Heuliez Bus production is made of zero emission buses: the range GX Elec is shared with [&he...

4 MAN Lion’s City E buses have started scheduled operation for Voyages Emile Weber, in Luxembourg. Also, Belgian operator Hansea is now testing an electric bus from MAN demo fleet for a year. MAN’s electric buses are still touring Europe: the roadshow enters its second round, the manufacturer says. ...