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The Egenberger bus company in Thierhaupten (Germany), close to Augsburg, has taken delivery of two Mercedes eCitaro, thus opening a new chapter for the family-run business at the third generation. Looking ahead, the Mercedes eCitaro G is ready to be delivered by the end of this year. There are alrea...

Eisenach, in Germany, rolls out its first electric buses. On 10 July, two new Ebusco 2.2 buses were officially put into service by Wartburgmobil in Eisenach, Germany. Regional environment minister Anja Siegesmund, Eisenach’s mayor Katja Wolf and Horst Schauerte from Wartburgmobil pulled the plug fro...

DC technology only and the promise of a space reduction up to 60 per cent. Grid-eMotion Fleet is the name of the solution launched by Hitachi ABB Power Grids joint-venture for large-scale public transport and commercial fleets of electric vehicles. It consists in a scalable, modular and fully custom...

Electric minibuses in Romania. The Turkish manufacturer Karsan announces it has won a tender and secured a sales contract in Romania. Karsan will deliver 10 more Jest Electric minibuses in Suceava, Romania, in addition to the five they delivered last year. The minibuses are scheduled for delivery in...

The 12-meter version of the Irizar ie tram was presented today in the Spanish city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, which is the capital city of Basque Country. 13 vehicles will provide BEI (Smart Electric Bus) services in the city. In the coming months, the 12-meter Irizar ie tram will carry out tests without p...

Berlin targets a 100 % zero emission bus fleet by 2030. Last week, the city’s senate has approved a new 15-year direct award contract with the state-owned public transport company. It is worth up to 19 billion euros and, as reported on the International Railway Journal, it includes 450 million...

29 BYD ADL Enviro400EV electric double deckers represent the first step towards zero-emission National Express fleet. Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD Europe jointly announced today that their electric vehicle partnership, which stands out for being UK’s leading electric bus producer, has supp...

Meritor announced nearly one year ago that it was about to supply its components to the battery-electric bus Alstom Aptis. Axles, air disc brakes and right angle gear box, in fact, came from Meritor’s advanced technologies brand Blue Horizon, which is a new Meritor brand focused on electric dr...

Solaris has delivered two Urbino 12 electric buses to the German city of Würzburg. It is the first delivery performed for the operator NVG Omnibus-Betriebs-GmbH. It is the first time that the customer has opted for battery vehicles, which is why Solaris will also provide chargers as part of the orde...

BMW chooses Karsan Jest Electric, equipped with the German group “i” line of engine and battery technology,  to transport their factory personnel in Germany. Delivered by Quantron, Karsan’s dealer in Germany, the new Jest Electric became the new carriers of BMW personnel in the Mun...