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353 new electric buses were registered in Germany in the first half of the year, surpassing the 297 registered in the same period in 2023. Growth rate? +19 percent. These figures are reported by German trade media omnibus.news and are based on statistics by KBA. This increase has yet to reflect the ...

Wrightbus announces it has signed a landmark deal worth up to half-a-billion pounds to supply more than 1,000 buses to operators Go-Ahead over the next three years. And because more than 90% of the order will be zero-emission, it also represents a huge boost to the UK’s net zero goals and the Govern...

JBM Group is set to launch its new electric city bus with European homologation in March-April next year, starting with Germany. Plus, updated electric coach is coming at Busworld in 2025. At the European Mobility Expo, Daniel Fräde, Director of Sales, Marketing & After Sales Europe at JBM Group...

Grayson Thermal Systems has announced the appointment of Brendan Waldron as its new technical director. Waldron brings more than 20 years of engineering experience to Grayson after a career in Rolls-Royce. During his tenure, Waldron spearheaded several high-profile projects, including the engineerin...

The second session of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 took place on October 2nd in Strasbourg, during the European Mobility Expo show (former Transport Publics). Entitled “On the way to a fully zero emission city bus market in 2035? Technology | business case | market uptake“, the conference delved in...

Arriva has placed an order for 157 electric buses from VDL Bus & Coach, destined for the new West Brabant concession, which will enter into operation on 6 July 2025. The operator has been awarded the concession in early 2024. A new bus fleet of more than 200 zero-emission vehicles&nbsp...

The international Bus of the Year jury has awarded the title of Bus of the Year 2025 to the Solaris Urbino 18 hydrogen. This marks the second title for a Solaris vehicle and the first time in the competition’s history, which has been held since 1989, that a zero-emission hydrogen-powered vehicle has...

Sales of zero emission buses and coaches in Europe increased 35% (from 2,088 units to 2,819 units) in the first half of 2024, according to the International Council on Clean Transportation. However, “the overall market share of zero-emission buses and coaches declined from 16% in the first hal...

The fifteenth edition of he International Bus and Coach Fair, FIAA 2024, organised by IFEMA MADRID, from 22 to 25 October, will be the venue for the eighth SUSTAINABLE BUS AWARDS, which recognise advances in innovation and sustainability in public transport. The presentation of the awards in its thr...

Arriva announces it has been successful in its bid to be the first operator of an electric bus fleet in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, following the award of two new 12-year contracts by the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) authorities. Contracts were signed at a ceremony on October 3, 2024. Arri...