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North American edition of the Zero Emission Bus Conference is on its way to be performed on September 15–17 in Denver. With the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) as host, the conference is set to gather zero-emission bus (ZEB) experts, operators, and advocates. In this interview CT...

Volvo Buses is testing a new concept for autonomous driver support, which consists in a system that assists the driver in situations that require high precision and safety, such as approaching and stopping at a bus stop. The system regulates the bus’s speed and steers automatically, allow...

Solaris Bus & Coach has appointed Robert Schneider as new CEO of its Swedish subsidiary Solaris Sverige AB. Robert Schneider assumed his new post on 6 September 2021 and took over the duties from Klaus Hansen, who was retiring. Robert Schneider at the helm of Solaris in Sweden Robert Schneider, ...

543 km in 48 hourse on a single charge. It’s the record mileage reached by an Iveco E-Way operated in Germany by Verkerhrsbetriebe Bachstein (based in Lower Saxony). The performance has been certified by TÜV Nord, Iveco Bus points out. Carried out on the initiative of the company Verkerhrsbetr...

Otokar electric bus e-Kent C has been launched at IAA 2021 in Munich. It features Webasto battery system based on NMC. Twelve meters in length, e-Kent C can accommodate up to 100 passengers. The maximum output is 340 kilowatts. Maximum battery capacity? 350 kWh. Webasto began battery production in l...

Pepper Motion (formerly e-troFit) and Twaice join forces to offer battery analytics on converted commercial vehicles. According to the deal, Twaice’s analytics software will make the battery performance and lifetime of electrified powertrains transparent and thus more sustainable. Twaice is pa...

German software company ioki, a Deutsche Bahn subsidiary, has been selected as the new technology partner of the EU-funded project AVENUE. The EU’s flagship project “Autonomous Vehicles to Evolve to a New Urban Experience” (AVENUE) will initially test the automation of urban transport in...

Scania has been awarded an order for six depot-charged electric buses in Sweden. They’ll be delivered to Bergkvarabuss for the operator’s new mission to drive in the area of Strängnäs (some 90km west of Stockholm) on behalf of Sörmlandstrafiken. Scania also delivers a complete charging infrast...

Keolis Sweden has ordered 75 MAN Lion’s City 18 E for operations in Gothenburg and Stockholm. Delivery is planned from Q2 to Q4 2022. Keolis has also added an option for an additional 75 buses for delivery in 2022 and 2023. The first order for MAN electric bus was also coming from Sweden. This is [&...

Rampini has been awarded the supply of 2 eight-meter hydrogen buses for the Port of Civitavecchia (Italy) in the framework of the European Pilot Project Life 3H. Rampini fuel cell bus project has been announced in late 2020 and was supposed to be unveiled at Busworld 2021 (cancelled). Fabio Magnoni,...