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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 ...

Dutch public transport authority Province of Utrecht has awarded Keolis a ten-year contract for the operation and maintenance of its Utrecht bus network. The contract, worth a total of 750 million euros, includes the deployment of more than 250 electric buses, the largest e-fleet operated by Keolis ...

Polish charger supplier Ekoenergetyka has been awarded PLN 741 million loan (around 170 million euros) agreement with Bank Pekao S.A. to finance the company’s further dynamic growth in the European market. Ekoenergyka wins loan of 170 million euros In the first period, the company will receive...

With the delivery of the first new-generation 4-axle trolleybus, Metra’s fleet renewal plan for the suburban trolleybus network of EMTU (Empresa Metropolitana de Trasportes Urbanos) of Sao Paulo began. The expansion plan presented in 2023 envisaged the purchase of 80 new trolleybuses equipped ...

Talent in Mobility is the initiative of the EuMo-European Mobility Expo (October 1-3, exceptionally in Strasbourg) to reward public transport professionals. As we told you in late May, nominations are now open for the award, or rather the awards celebrating women and men for their contribution to th...