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Mumbai aims to bring in operation 340 electric buses (140 12-meter and 200 midibuses). To this extent, a Request for proposal has been issued by the Brihan-Mumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) on 30th December. The tender has been floated under the FAME India Phase-II phase in the...

20 Karsan-made electric buses are headed to Romania, where the Turkish manufacturer has reached an agreement with the municipality of Dej. The contract follows the victory of the tender funded by the European Union Regional Development Fund for the modernization of public transport in the region. Th...

Another American airport takes the path to the electrification of the bus fleet. It’s the turn of Atlanta, where the airport Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) received two BYD zero-emission buses. The two BYD K9M 40-foot (12-meter) buses are part of the airport’s fleet of “terminal-to-terminal” shuttle...

High sales figures and a dramatic increase of the zero-emission vehicles’ share: in 2020 Heuliez Bus expects to produce 500 buses (as in the record year 2013) in the plant of Rorthais (France). More than one third of them will be electrically driven and belonging to the range GX Elec (137, 347...

TPER Bologna has published a first tender for the purchase of battery-electric buses. The procurement involves two zero-emission buses, with the option for another 18 units. Therefore, the total amount is up to 20 electric buses equipped for roof pantograph-charging. The tender requirements also inc...

Orléans Métropole will invest as many as 110 million euros in electric buses (around 180) over the next few years. According to La République du Centre, 29 vehicles will carry the logo of Irizar e-mobility. The tendering committee awarded the first contract on 19th December. Now the examinations are...

Seven low-emission buses Solaris Urbino 12 hybrid will be supplied to Ząbkowice Śląskie (Poland) by 31 July 2020. They will serve on routes of the new public transport to be established in the municipality. Low-emission buses in Poland The seven 12-meter buses of Solaris going to Ząbkowice Śląskie w...

The purchase of CNG-powered buses for Novi Sad (Serbia) is the subject of a 7 million euros loan decided by the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) in the framework of EBRD Green Cities programme. The agreement will allow the public transport company of Novi Sad to purchase new b...

Rampini put down roots in France with the six-meter minibus E60. The town of Niort, in the western region of France, received its first electric bus on 19th December. The vehicles has already started operation within the city centre. The electric minibus Rampini E60 has a capacity of 35 people (10 s...

Nearly 1,000 electric buses will join De Lijn bus fleet over the next 15 years. The Belgian public transport company is looking for suppliers, both for the electric bus units and the charging infrastructures. To this extent, the bus operator is demanding an additional financing to the Flemish govern...