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Gothenburg will soon have 220 electric bus units on its public transport network. Public transport agency Västtrafik, after having ordered 30 electric buses from Volvo in summer 2018, took the option for another batch of as many as 130 electric buses. The buses will be operated in Gothenburg, Mölnda...

FIAA is working on the preparation and marketing for its new edition which, organised by IFEMA, will be held in the Feria de Madrid halls, from the 6th to 9th October 2020. After having ‘skipped’ the 2019 edition, FIAA has moved from the usual position in spring to a new schedule: it&#82...

Top executives from 40 public transport organisations from 23 countries urge authorities to make cities benefit from public transport by exploring new funding mechanisms, such as Land Value Capture, to allocate a fair part of the economic value generated by the increase in land value where public tr...

Argentina has its first electric bus fleet. 18 vehicles began operations a few days ago in the city of Mendoza. 12 units come from BYD. The zero emission bus fleet is operated by STM. BYD delivered to Mendoza 12 K9 units The 12-meter K9 model buses feature low floors, air conditioning and heating sy...

15 double decker fuel cell buses will operate in Aberdeen (Scotland), one of the first cities in the world to introduce this category of vehicle. In fact, a new contract was signed this months, in the framework of a project that has Aberdeen City Council, Europea Union (FCH JU) and Scottish Governme...

Ballard Power Systems has recently launched the 8th generation of the fuel cell module FCmove. The new FCmove-HD is addressed to transit bus market and already adopted by Solaris Bus & Coach (CAF group) for the Urbino 12 hydrogen. The showcase of the new product was held during UITP Summit 2019 ...

The EU funded project ASSURED has released a new report (addressed to charging infrastructure suppliers and ebus manufacturers) enabling electric bus interoperability testing. The document aims to bring the standardisation of ebus charging one step closer, as it includes the most common automated fa...

Lithium ion battery market is bound to grow in Europe, with Asian players expected to open European factories soon (Asian is now accounting for 72 % of the market). Transport will account for 68.4% of battery sales in 2023 to become the main demand-side market driver. It’s the result of a new ...

50 per cent of the bus fleets worldwide are diesel buses. Electric buses account for almost 18% of the buses. Thanks to China. UITP is setting off on a journey with “The Story of the Bus”. In the short term future the organization will release four key sector publications, that will be presented wit...

Heliox is taking responsibility of Wiesbaden charging infrastructure’s network, where 56 Mercedes eCitaro will be deployed (the larger order for Mercedes electric bus so far). Heliox will provide the charging infrastructure (for overnight charging) and will be responsible for the electrical in...