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ABB has launched a new motor and inverter package for electric buses at Busworld Turkey 2024.  The new package, featuring the first 3-level inverter for buses, enables up to 12% less motor losses on typical drive cycles compared to previous 2-level inverters, ABB states. The new package is consistin...

3,400 clean school buses (92% of which will be electric) funded in USA. Biden-Harris Administration announced on 29th May the recipients of nearly $900 million for Clean School Buses within EPA’s Clean School Bus Rebate Program funded by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. Fundings will b...

The first batch of new Škoda 32 Tr trolleybuses for Vilniaus viešasis transportas (VVT) is about to get delivered to Vilnius, Lithuania. So far, 20 trolleybuses have been assembled, with five fully completed and the remaining 15 undergoing trial operations and final adjustments, Skoda states. The fi...

Iveco Bus is exhibiting a new version of Evadys, alongside E-Way and diesel-powered Crossway, at Busworld Turkey in Istanbul. “As part of its commercial strategy – the group says – Iveco Bus is enlarging its presence to regions outside of Europe and particularly in Asia, proposing ...

Zenobē announces it has secured a further £410 million (482m euros) in financing to speed up its support for the roll-out of electric buses across the UK. The announcement, in addition to its existing £241m pioneering financing platform established in 2022, and the the investment of c.£600m from KKR...

Otokar introduced its new electric buses, e-Kent and Autonomous e-Centro to the Turkish operators for the first time. Otokar, that claims being leader of the Turkish bus market for 15 consecutive years, is participating in the 11th edition of Busworld Turkey, showcasing its new buses and next-genera...

Bozankaya has unveiled today at Busworld Turkey its new generation e-bus series, bearing the signature of Bozankaya engineering from design to production, as the company stresses. The bus will be available with lengths of 10, 12, 18, and 25 meters. Ahead of this, Bozankaya launched in 2017 the Sileo...

German components supplier Technotrans stated it has achieved “a major order from a well-known European electric bus manufacturer for the series production of battery thermal management systems (BTMS) in the high single-digit million euro range”, therefore for a value close to 10 million...

European competition authorities have given approval for VDL’s takeover of Van Hool, Belgian newspaper De Tijd reports, quoting words from trustee Jeroen Pinoy: “Everything could be finalised by the end of this week. At least that is the target. There are still some points and commas to ...

Transdev-owned carrier Hermes presented its brand new generation of VDL Citea buses to the public on Monday, 27 May 2024, following an order that dates back to 2021. With the deployment of the first 32 of a total of 64 new generation Citea (the model was launched in September 2022), Hermes is now in...