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“Municipal buses continue to electrify at a rapid pace and exceed 60% of sales already by 2030, reaching 83% by 2040” states the latest Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) latest 2024 Electric Vehicle Outlook. Today municipal buses, estimated to be 3.4 million worldwide, emit no more tha...

Volkswagen Truck & Bus has started operational tests of a prototype electric bus powered with batteries fitted with NTO developed by CBMM together with Toshiba, an unprecedented use in the global automotive industry, as this technology allows for ultra-fast recharging. Also, according to the par...

Bus manufacturer Wrightbus has launched a new re-powering service by launching NewPower, a new entity headquartered at the former location of EV startup Arrival. The goal is that of “eradicating diesel powertrains in older fleets at a substantially lower price than a new bus”. Wrightbus ...

Solaris has secured new contracts to supply electric buses in the Scandinavian market, specifically the Swedish market. In fact, Nobina, Scandinavia’s largest operator, has ordered a total of 88 electric buses from the Polish manufacturer (CAF Group) for its fleet operating in three regions: S...

Europe’s largest fleet of electric midibuses is in Luxembourg and bears the signature of Karsan. Now, again the country nestled between France, Belgium and Germany and the Turkish manufacturer are starring in another project: the national Hydrogen Valley (LuxHyVal) has been officially inaugura...

The Yutong U18 is the articulated bus model belonging to the new generation e-bus family by the Chinese group. We have been testing the vehicle on the roads close to Malpensa airport, where it operates for Arriva Italy. Complete reporting will be out on September issue of Sustainable Bus magazine! C...

The budget allocated for the procurement of electric buses in Berlin this year has been dramatically reduced. Originally set at 33.11 million euros, the budget now stands at a mere eight million euros, according to a report from the German publication Tagesspiegel, as covered by trade agency Electri...

The first electric bus of the Hungarian Kravtex-Kühne Group, the brand new Credobus Electronell, was presented and is already being tested in the urban transport of Győr (Hungary). The e-bus features BorgWarner and Voith technology and is based on a Low Entry layout enabling two battery packs (out o...

Carrier HTM, operating in Dutch The Hague area, has presented the first out of a 102-units e-bus order commissioned to Daimler Buses. The eCitaro for The Hague feature 490 kWh battery capacity in addition with equipment for pantograph charging. The buses were ordered in mid-2023 (a total of 102 eCit...

Solaris Bus & Coach has received another order for hydrogen buses. 15 units will strengthen the public transport fleet in the German city of Gummersbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia. The hydrogen-powered Urbino 12 hydrogen buses will be delivered to the client in 2025. New fuel cell bus order for ...