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Blue Solutions plans to develop and produce next-generation batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) in Brittany and the Grand Est region, specifically in Alsace. Full scale production is planned to begin by 2030. This announcement was made during a visit by French Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, ...

Deals with giants such as Volvo Buses, Scania and BYD have led to a lot of talk about the Spanish bodybuilder Castrosua lately. As a matter of fact, they fit into a trend that sees the European industrial bus landscape changing in the direction of a new golden age for bodybuilders. In this interview...

First Bus and West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) have announced a further £11.2m investment in the operator’s Bramley depot which will make half the fleet zero emission before the end of 2024. WYCA with support from First Bus have been successful in securing £3.4m in a ‘variation request’ from...

Accelera by Cummins, the zero-emissions business segment of Cummins, is collaborating with Turkish bus builder BMC to provide battery solutions for their transit bus operations. The companies have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for Accelera to power BMC’s city buses. This marks the first time the B...

The newly planned bus theme park at IAA Transportation in Hannover has now been cancelled. Apparently, “bus manufacturers had not made sufficient bookings”, according to the organizing association VDA (quoted by German trade media omnibus.news), although a IAA spokeperson stated that &#8...

Alexander Dennis will build three Enviro100AEV autonomous buses for the consortium delivering the Connector project in Cambridge. Backed by Innovate UK, the Connector project consortium is led by the Greater Cambridge Partnership and already included bus operator Stagecoach, IPG Automotive, dRISK an...

The third edition of Busworld South East Asia, currently live in Jakarta (14-17 May 2024), provides a interesting look into a market rich in peculiarities. The event highlights the latest technological innovations in the region and offers a platform for networking. The Indonesian market is skewed to...

SUSTAINABLE BUS editorial staff has flown to the other side of the world, literally making themselves into two, or rather three: if one slice of the team has remained to man the office in Milan, another has packed its bags for Jakarta, for Busworld South East Asia, and yet another – the one th...

TPH2, a consortium company made by municipal operator Tper in Bologna and the Austrian group Wolftank, has been awarded the construction of two additional refuelling and production plants. These will help ‘feeding’ the fleet of 130 fuel cell Solaris buses circulating by the end of 2026, ...

The first session of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 went live last week at Next Mobility Exhibition in Milan, culminating in a conversation between representatives from UITP, ATM Milano, RATP Dev, ZF and Iveco Bus on the evolving landscape of public transport and how energy transition and digitalizat...