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NFI’s subsidiary Motor Coach Industries (MCI) announces it has shipped the first of nine battery-electric coaches built in its Pembina, North Dakota facility. NFI has electric vehicles operating (or on order) in more than 150 cities in six countries. NFI offers the widest range of zero-emissio...

UK bus operator First Bus is launching today the campaign ‘Moving the everyday’, revealing a brand identity’s update. The company is investing £250m in transitioning toward a zero-emission bus fleet by 2035. First Bus campaign ‘Moving the everyday’ launched First Bus’ ‘Moving the e...

We met Paul Davies, Managing Director of Alexander Dennis, at Euro Bus Expo 2024 in Birmingham, where the company also shared further details on the upcoming Enviro200EV model. We discussed the growing influence of global competitors, the impact of government initiatives like the Better Buses Bill, ...

Nobina that will be in charge of all urban transport in the Swedish city of Malmö from June 2027 until June 2039 (value SEK 1 billion – some 87 million euros – per year), following finalization of procurement by Region Skåne. The news is reported on local trade media Bussmagasinet.se. No...

Solaris has signed a contract with Keolis Sverige, one of Sweden’s largest transport operators, to supply 46 electric buses. The order includes 19 Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses and 27 Solaris Urbino 15 LE electric models, which will operate on routes in the Dalarna region, in central Sweden...

The Balkan state North Macedonia has the target of having 100 – 120 e-buses operating within one year, according to statements by Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski covered on local media. Majority of the vehicles will be deployed in Skopje (where Chariot Motors has been running a pilot in the ...

It was unveiled on Tuesday, December 3, at the 8th Autocar Expo in Lyon and has already been ordered in France. The newly unveiled Crossway ELEC Normal Floor from Iveco Bus has been chosen by transalpine operator APS (Autocars des Pays de Savoie). The vehicles will be delivered at the beginning of t...

Since their launch in March this year, First Solent’s 62 zero-emission buses (which replaced nearly half of its diesel fleet) have traveled 2 million kilometers and transported 4 million people, as well as reduced emissions, saving the equivalent of about 2,427 tons of Well to Wheel CO2 emissi...

Carrosserie Hess is expanding again in Austria: the Swiss manufacturer closed a framework agreement to supply up to 80 vehicles for two Austrian networks by 2032. The first, Salzburg Linien, operator of a network active since 1940, of 11 trolleybus lines, already has 42 vehicles supplied by Hes...

There are more and more electric buses in Italy. From January 1 to November 30 as many as 755 e-buses were registered, compared to 393 in the same period last year, for a growth of 92.1 percent, according to data from Anfia (National Association of the Automotive Industry Supply Chain). And consider...