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With all recommended safety measures in place, the risk to health from the coronavirus pandemic within public transport is very low. To this extent, UITP has released a new Policy Brief which discusses the situation in public transport with COVID-19. The COVID-19 crisis has shown how essential local...

Unibuss, one of the largest bus companies in Norway, has ordered 127 MAN Lion’s City buses from MAN Truck & Bus. The buses will be powered by HVO biofuel. Unibuss has also placed its first orders for e-buses so far, buying a batch of 40 vehicles from VDL. Also low emission diesel buses play a ro...

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) needs no introduction. The annual Electric Vehicles Outlook (EVO) outlines global scenarios and market trends in the EV world, not forgetting analyses of battery price trends and developments in charging infrastructure. We asked Aleksandra O’Donovan, Head of Elect...

On 10 October the Italian newspaper La Stampa published an article entitled: “Contract has been cancelled, electric buses remain in China“. A content that points the finger at the 100 electric bus tender for the operator GTT Torino. A story that the bus world has followed from the beginn...

Solaris has launched its first electric intercity bus. The Urbino 15 Low Entry Electric, launched today during an online event, is based on a platform designed only for electric technology. It can be deployed both in Class I and Class II routes. The vehicle will be tested in regular operations for t...

Transports Publics Fribourgeois (TPF) is preparing to put new battery-powered trolleybuses into service. These vehicles will operate in the Fribourg conurbation using only 28% of a contact line. The news is reported on the local media Journal du Jura. Ten battery-powered trolleybuses for Fribourg On...

UITP India in September initiated a project with World Bank Group on electric mobility. UITP India participated in the two stage request for proposal (RFP) with Steer Davies Gleave India Pvt Ltd (Steer Group) as the lead. The project includes market assessment, business models and action plan for el...

Skeleton Technologies enters a cooperation with Wrightbus, a leading bus OEM headquartered in Northern Ireland specialized in hydrogen buses, in which the company will supply its next generation high energy ultracapacitor modules to power fuel cell buses in the UK. It is worth mentioning that Wright...

Arrival announced it has raised $118 million from funds managed by BlackRock. The fundraising will be used to support execution of the company’s growth plans as it ramps up vehicle production, including the launch of Arrival’s first U.S. Microfactory in South Carolina where 10,000 vans or 1,000 buse...

In December, 22 e-buses will be on Drammen’s roads, in Norway. Two of them are articulated vehicles and will be operating on line 3. There will also be a new, and completely electric, line between Lierbyen school and Gulskogen! The charging stations for the electric buses are now under install...