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29 electric buses are due to operate in Barcelona following a call for tender that TMB is about to release. The procurement involves 23 articulated buses and 6 minibuses, all rigorously zero emission at the tailpipe. The Plan for the renewal of TMB bus fleet for the period 2019-21 contemplates an in...

Meritor announced it will supply axles, air disc brakes and right angle gear box from its Blue Horizon advanced technologies brand for the electric bus Alstom Aptis. Axles will be assembled in Cameri (Italy). This will be the first electrification project carried out by US based Meritor in Europe. B...

Oslo airport will take delivery of 8 VDL articulated electric buses. An order that will contribute to the further electrification of Avinor Oslo Airport, which is already one of Europe’s leading airports in terms of strict environmental requirements. Avinor aims to halve the total greenhouse gas emi...

Autonomous shuttle programme approaches the regular operation phase in Hamburg. A new minibus, electric and driverless, is going to be on the road by mid-2020 in the framework of HEAT (Hamburg Electric Autonomous Transportation) R&D programme, whose goal is to prove that autonomous shuttles can ...

More than 5,000 electric buses are due to be in operation in India in the short-medium term. At least, this is the intention of Indian government, that recently announced the implementation of electric bus fleets through the Twitter account of Amitabh Kant, the CEO of the government’s Niti Aayog thi...

The interoperability report will be followed by real life demonstrations in Gothenburg, Barcelona and Osnabruck. ABB is part of ASSURED consortium, that has developed a new report that will bring public transport market another step forward in the standardization of ebus charging infrastructure. Nex...

The electric school bus Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley, first outcome of the new cooperation between Daimler Buses and Proterra, received full CARB and HVIP Certifications and is eligibile for funding from the California Energy Commission (CEC). Commercial production of the vehicle is scheduled to begin next...

Mercedes eCitaro breaks through Scandinavian and Luxembourg markets. 20 electric bus units will be delivered following a batch of three orders that will bring for the first time the battery powered eCitaro out of German borders. Mercedes eCitaro out of German borders After many orders from German tr...

The new tram service in Caen la Mer (Normandy) is now in operation. On 27th July, Keolis, which already operates the Twisto public transport system, launched the new tram system. Following 19 months of works, this new mode of transport will replace the previous rubber-tyred tram system. Also the bus...

The Caetano e.City Gold fleet that will hit London roads will be equipped with Forsee Power batteries. The 34 buses will be delivered from 2020. Forsee Power has been a partner of the Portuguese leader CaetanoBus since 2017 and equips the e.City Gold range, for the cities of Guimarães, Porto, Braga,...