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Ireland: the National Transport Authority (NTA) has commenced the procurement process for up to 800 double-deck battery electric buses. The tender has been published on 18th December. Expressions of interest required by 12th February 2021. The NTA says it intends to purchase up to 800 buses under th...

Parker Hannifin has announced the launch of the new GVM310 PMAC motor addressed at electric and hybrid on-road and off-road commercial vehicles market (e-buses included). Power levels up to 409 kW are available. Parker Hannifin, GVM310 electric motor for commercial vehicles Parker Hannifin, based in...

Ballard announces a follow-up order from bus builder Van Hool: 10 fuel cell modules will power A330 buses in the Netherlands. The hydrogen bus fleet will operate in Emmen under the JIVE2 funding program. To date, Van Hool fuel cell buses have travelled for 10 millions kilometres. 141 vehicles have b...

Three German cities place e-bus orders with VDL. 7, 6 and 3 VDL units of the Citea Electric will make it to Plön, Völklingen and Neuss respectively. Since the first 5 VDL Citeas SLF-120 Electric for Münster in 2015, VDL says that more than 100 fully electric vehicles have been delivered in Germany t...

The three MetroBus lines M1 to M3 in Osnabrück, Germany, have been converted in full electric operation since 21 December. 35 electric articulated buses now cover a total of more than 7,000 kilometres on weekdays purely electrically and thus emission-free and quietly. They have been delivered follow...

Ireland’s National Transport Authority (NTA) has unveiled the first of an initial batch of 100 Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER plug-in hybrid buses, and has ordered a further 180 of these zero-emission capable buses for delivery in 2021. The orders form part of a five-year framework agreement for a tot...

On December 17, BYD announced the delivery of 470 pure electric buses to Bogota, the capital of Colombia. This is the country’s largest pure electric bus fleet, and also the largest bus fleet BYD has delivered in the Americas. The vehicles are charged with Enel X infrastructures. The order was signe...

With an order of five new Mercedes eCitaro electric buses, Bremen public transport provider Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG) is taking a first step towards the electrification of its local public transport offering. Delivery of the locally emission-free eCitaro buses will take place in early 2022. They ...

Toyota joins forces with CaetanoBus and Finlog in an effort dedicated to the development and production of fuel buses in Europe. The strategic alliance has been made public by Toyota: the brand explains that «Toyota Caetano Portugal (TCAP), the joint venture of Toyota Motor Europe (TME) and Salvador...

Van Hool electric coach is now… real. The first Van Hool CX45E has left the factory in Belgium and has been now shipped to the US. The bus was showcased at Busworld 2019 and it is addressed at the North American market. As a supplier of battery modules, Van Hool has chosen Proterra, a US based...