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During the Q2 2024, Daimler Buses increased its bus and coach sales by 8% to 6,648 units, compared to 6,181 in the same period last year. There was also a boom in battery electric vehicles (both trucks and buses), sales of which rose by 69% to 648 units (383 in Q2 2023). In the whole […]

Iveco Bus will showcase at Lat.Bus 2024 event, which will take place in São Paulo from August 6 to 8, new variants of the Daily minibus, the 17-210 G chassis and the 17-280 chassis with air suspension, as well as unique electrification solutions. In mid-2023 Gauthier Ricord, Public Tenders & Pro...

Most of the models in the Van Hool T coach range (unveiled at the end of 2022) look set to be discontinued following the handover of business lines from the bankrupt Van Hool to VDL. In fact, VDL has stated that the North American market and the double-decker segment will be its main focus, accordin...

The Italian bus market is flourishing in 2024, building on the already strong trend observed in 2023, significantly boosted by Next Generation EU funding initiatives aimed at fleet renewal. According to the latest report from the manufacturers’ organization ANFIA, covered on Italian trade medi...

Iveco Group is launching a new research and development partnership with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), a research and technology organisation under the auspices of the Luxembourg Ministry of Higher Education and Research, aiming at defining and develop material technolog...

Stagecoach will receive 24 Enviro100EV small buses and 17 Enviro400EV double deckers in early 2025 for routes operated on behalf of the capital’s transport authority Transport for London (TfL). The OEM has delivered in March 2024 to the same operator its first new generation e-bus. And Stagecoach re...

The Rhein-Sieg-Verkehrsgesellschaft (RSVG) operator in Germany is set to deploy six BYD K9UD electric buses in the city of North Rhine-Westphalia, not far from Cologne. The’ll be based at the Hennef depot and will have their own newly created charging infrastructure there. The six electric bus...

Norway, Slovenia, Denmark, the Netherlands, have achieved 100% of their new city bus sales being zero-emission in 2023. According to a recent study by Transport & Environment, battery-electric buses reached 36% of new city bus sales in 2023 in the EU. But what is even more interesting, based on ...

Barcelona’s H12 line will be fully electric by the end of the year, as ultra-fast chargers have been installed at both ends of the line and all buses circulating on the route will be soon electric. Charge management system will be done by Carmedialab. TMB currently has 147 electric buses and w...

The Canadian government is pouring $76 million to help York Region build an electric bus fleet and reach net-zero by 2050. It was announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, alongside the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Municipality of York, Wayne Emmerson. This project is also ...