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A 5G-enabled autonomous electric minibus is on a trial in Stockholm. On 24 September 2020 Keolis, in partnership with Urban ICT Arena, Telia, Ericsson, Intel and T-engineering, launched this new new projects using 5G technology to remotely control and supervise the vehicle. This trial aims to explor...

Rennes Métropole, in France, just placed a record order for 92 electric buses Mercedes eCitaro, for a 60 million euros investment. The news is reported on the local media Ouest France. The huge order comes after a pilot with a few units of Bollorè Bluebus e-bus. It marks the greatest commercial succ...

Nobina Sverige AB, Scandinavia’s largest bus operator, has placed an order with MAN Truck & Bus for 22 MAN Lion’s City E buses. An order that follows the very first one, landed in Hamburg for 17 units of the 12-meter vehicle. A few days ago MAN has unveiled for the first time the articulated MAN...

CaetanoBus landed its largest hydrogen bus order so far in Barcelona. A contract for eight fuel cell buses Caetano H2.City Gold has been officially awarded today, 23 September 2020, from the municipal public transport operator TMB Barcelona. The information is reported on the platform for public con...

BYD in Finland, a debut that cannot go unnoticed. The Chinese manufacturer has won an order for 106 e-buses, the largest ever electric bus order in Finland. Nobina becomes first PTO to order new BYD 15-metre low-floor model. 64 vehicles will operate in the capital city Helsinki, 42 in Turku.BYD now ...

In a few days, the first diesel bus converted to electric drive by e-troFit will be in regular service for Stadtwerke Landshut. The vehicle will be used there on different lines for about one year, starting from 25 September. The range, according to e-troFit, will be up to 250 km. The UITP Summit 20...

The city of Szczecin becomes the next city in Poland to embrace the add of battery-electric bus in the fleet. Representatives of the municipality and of Solaris Bus & Coach have signed a contract for the purchase of 8 emission-free buses of the Urbino 18 electric type. The modern electric buses ...

Volvo marks one of the first deliveries of articulated e-buses in Germany (in the city where Daimler is headquartered, moreover). While the local producers Mercedes and MAN are going to launch their 18-meter battery-electric buses between the end of 2020 and mid-2021 respectively, the Swedish manufa...

Proterra ZX5 is the name of the fifth-generation battery-electric transit bus developed by the California-based manufacturer, that announced the novelty a few days ago highlighting the maximized energy capacity of the new vehicle. The Proterra ZX5, in fact, can be equipped with as many as 660 kWh of...

Irizar e-mobility signed a new contract with the Municipal Transport Company of Madrid (EMT Madrid) to supply 20 battery-electric 12-metre Irizar ie bus units and thus bringing to 55 the number of Irizar zero emission buses in the fleet.  This is the third time that EMT Madrid has entrusted Irizar e...