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RNV is taking the next step towards an increasing deployment of zero emission buses. 15 battery-electric buses to be delivered in 2020 with an option for another batch of 15 for hand over in 2021: this is the goal of a European call for tender which ended up with the awarding to Daimler Buses. Furth...

What about an automated electric bus depots through robotization of charging processes? Rocsys, a Dutch company active in robotic technology, is partnering with bus manufacturer Ebusco on this issue. The innovative robot ensures that the CCS plug of the depot charger is plugged into the bus automati...

It’s time for electric school buses in Poland. Another vehicle has been delivered to its destination by Solaris. For a few days now, the commune of Gręboszów has boasted an innovative Solaris Urbino 12 electric bus adjusted to transport pupils and students both on urban and local routes. The p...

1,000 battery-electric buses with Proterra’s logo have been sold to date (ordered and delivered). The California-based company announced that Broward County Transit (BCT) has agreed to purchase 12 40-foot Proterra ZX5 battery-electric transit buses with 660 kWh of onboard energy and the DuoPow...

«On average 480,000 yellow buses carry upwards of 25 million children to school on a daily basis in the US. With only 1% of these buses currently running on electrified powertrains, that means a lot of gas-guzzling diesel engines polluting the air. President Elect Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan ...

Zurich: first commercial application for the Mercedes eCitaro G. Three vehicles are in operation in Zurich on the ETH Link managed by EUROBUS, which is thus the first transport company to use the articulated bus with fully electric drive in regular service operations. The articulated version of the ...

The electric bus project of the Schaffhausen public transport company, in Switzerland, is taking a step forward. After the supply of 2 Irizar ie tram and having tested them intensively, Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen (VBSH) decided to another the other batch of 13 electric buses, to be delivered from...

Heliox enters Belgium: the Dutch supplier to power 12 e-buses for Multiobus. Heliox has been granted delivery of the charging infrastructure for a total of 12 e-buses that will serve the surrounding area of Tienen. Charging will take place in the recently constructed depot. In April this year Multio...

The capital city of Slovakia is testing the Trollino 24, the longest vehicle made by Solaris. The trolleybus will run on the routes of operator Dopravný Podnik Bratislava until the end of November 2020. The operator is planning to increase its capacities regarding the number of passengers it transpo...

Remember the 55-units electric bus order secured by VDL from RET Rotterdam, with vehicles then delivered during 2019? Well, now the Dutch bus manufacturer announces that operator has placed a follow-up order for 35 to 50 new VDL Citeas SLF-120 Electric, equipped with the new 350 kWh battery. VDL has...