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by Stefano Alfano Trolleybus in  Czech Republic. The pandemic has not brought to an halt the renewal of trolleybus fleets in the country. In fact, new full electric trolleybuses have been delivered to the Teplice network, and others are being ordered. Being more specific, Opava has ordered new vehic...

Volvo S-Charge. The Swedish manufacturer is launching a brand new family of full hybrid hybrid buses. The previous range has been upgraded with new capabilities and can now drive silently and emission-free up to 50 km/h and cover longer distances than before (up to 1 km at a time), the group points ...

Keolis in Greater Copenhagen. The French public transport company has been awarded a new, largely electric bus contract by Movia to operate and maintain 47 buses, of which 32 are fully electric. Since summer 2019, Keolis has been awarded contracts to operate fossil-free buses in Gothenburg in Sweden...

by Stefano Alfano Zurich’s trolleybus network looks forward to the future with new technologies and new trolleybus lines. Following the delivery of three 24-metre maxi trolleybuses in 2019, the operator VBZ Zurich is continuing to renew its rolling stock, and Hess is once again the chosen indu...

A new contract is being executed by charging infrastructures supplier Ekoenergetyka-Polka in the domestic market. The city of Radom in the east-central part of the country, is receiving two fast charging stations Core Charger F of 300 kW each. That will be joined by eight depot charging stations. Th...

Connexxion will put into service hydrogen buses in the Netherlands, which prides itself to be the most dynamic country in Europe with regards to energy transition in public transport sector. An agreement with Solaris has been secured for the delivery of 20 Urbino 12 hydrogen. They’ll be in ope...

Dancer Bus. Composite materials (also coming from recycled PET bottles), small batteries combined with fast-charging, very unusual design. It’s the ID card of Dancer electric bus, which is to begin the first duties in the domestic market. The vehicle stands out to be the first Lithuanian-made ...

What about an electric bus whose battery can be removed, replaced with a fully-charged one and then charged separately from the bus? An innovative project is being developed in Poland, under a cooperation between the bus maker Autosan, the National Centre for Research and Development and Łukasiewicz...

2.3 million euros of fundings have been awarded from the North Rhine-Westphalia State Ministry of Transport to WSW Mobil and AWG to step up on hydrogen bus deployment. The project that involves the public transport company of Wuppertal (WSW) and the waste management society (AWG) is called H2W.  1.2...

Nanjing is planning to switch the battery-electric bus fleet (that amounts to no less than 7,000 vehicles) to hydrogen. And a leading bus manufacturer (not specified so far) has placed a order for up US$15 million over a three-year period with Loop Energy, a Canada-based provider of fuel cell soluti...