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The new tram service in Caen la Mer (Normandy) is now in operation. On 27th July, Keolis, which already operates the Twisto public transport system, launched the new tram system. Following 19 months of works, this new mode of transport will replace the previous rubber-tyred tram system. Also the bus...

The Caetano e.City Gold fleet that will hit London roads will be equipped with Forsee Power batteries. The 34 buses will be delivered from 2020. Forsee Power has been a partner of the Portuguese leader CaetanoBus since 2017 and equips the e.City Gold range, for the cities of Guimarães, Porto, Braga,...

The renewal of Timişoara tram fleet, in Romania, relies on Bozankaya vehicles. The Turkish company has been just awarded a 33 million euros contract supported with EU funds. Under this agreement, 16 low floor battery powered trams will be supplied to the city. The contract includes also an option fo...

Public transport agency Groningen Drenthe has commissioned the construction of a hydrogen filling station, the supply of hydrogen and the purchase of 20 hydrogen buses. Shell Nederland has won the tender for the supply of hydrogen for the buses and is building a hydrogen filling station in Groningen...

Irish National Transport Authority issued a tender for up to 600 double decker hybrid buses. The whole batch of vehicles will be awarded to a single manufacturer, according to NTA plans. The purchase is part of the BusConnects programme. The vehicles must be able to run in zero emission mode, so tha...

Seoul will see the city electric bus fleet to grow to 143 vehicles. According to a statement from the government (and reported on local press), from November further 114 electric buses will start operation in the capital city of South Korea. Subsidized ebuses for Seoul The batch of electric buses wi...

Solar energy to power the tram network. It is happening in Melbourne, where the Numurah Solar Farm, just opened, prides itself to be the largest facility in Victoria state (Australia). It will generate 255 GWh of clean energy each year. Green powered trams in Melbourne The 128 MW Numurah Solar Farm ...

Catherine Guillouard has been reappointed President and CEO of RATP for a new five year term. Thus, she will guide the group through a period that will be marked by the challenges of the energy transition (RATP has the goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2025) and towards the call for tender...

Protean Electric put powertrain, steering system and suspension in one single product addressed to the world of next generation autonomous vehicles, for both people and goods transportation. Just think to the field of driverless shuttles (a kind of vehicle that had lot of room at last UITP Global Pu...

Proterra announced that Mike Boggess has joined the company’s growing technical engineering team as Vice President of Controls, Electrical and Thermal Systems. In his new role at Proterra, Boggess will be responsible for driving the company’s technology roadmap and program launch efforts and will le...