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Jean-Marc Gales, Wrightbus CEO, is quoted by Bus & Coach Buyer as saying that "The concept is ready, the predevelopment work has been done, so we are confident we can launch it in 2026". It's not yet clear if the vehicles will be in-house built or realized in cooperation with bodybuilder partners.

MAN rolls out battery repair centres in Europe: two first hubs are already in operation, in Germany and Spain - more are to follow in Europe in 2024 and 2025. Plans provide for battery centers to be established in 2024 and 2025 in Italy, Denmark/Norway, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Poland ...

Sold out. Busworld Turkey, scheduled to take place at the Istanbul Expo Center May 29-31, is sold out. The tenth edition of the event-an important milestone-will welcome as many as 157 exhibitors and aims to surpass the already excellent numbers of the 2022 edition: 11,000 visitors from 84 countries...

At UITP-backed exhibition IT-TRANS in Karlsruhe, from 14 to 16 May 2024, INIT will present the enhancements in its modular planning, scheduling, telematics and ticketing system, MOBILE. IT-TRANS will be one of the most prominent transit-related expo in 2024 in Europe. The focus will be on solut...

From March 5-7, the three-day Mobility Move (the former ElekBu), sponsored by VDV, the German association of public transport companies, and dedicated to electric mobility, will be held in Berlin. With a focus on autonomous driving. Here, on driverless technology – as well as zero-emission ele...

Second flash-charging contract in a short period of time for the ‘couple’ Hess – Hitachi Energy in Italy. After Genoa, the city of Vicenza has awarded a contract for 16 Hess lighTram TOSA (thanks to 19 million euros of State financing). City public transport carrier SVT will deploy...

Iveco Bus is set to export as many as 100 Urbanway CNG in Athens, Greece. The Greek Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has indeed chosen Iveco Bus for its Urbanway CNG articulated model. This bus runs on compressed natural gas (CNG) and is compatible with biomethane. A total of 100 units buses...

1,400 participants, 90 exhibitors (vs the 78 companies exhibiting in 2022), 20 vehicles: these are the figures of Mobility Move, the first edition under new brand of VDV-backed e-bus expo until now known as ElekBu. It’ll be live in Berlin on 5-7 March. Please note: our just-released Sustainabl...

Karsan has started in late 2023 to serve in Japan after North America and has goal to sell 100 units in the country within this year. The e-Jest, the first right-hand drive vehicle in the history of the Turkish brand, is distributed by dealer Altech in this market. Karsan entered the Japanese market...

Alexander Dennis has been awarded a contract to build 12 new battery-electric Enviro500EV double deck buses for Californian operator Foothill Transit, that will be serving the Silver Streak route to downtown Los Angeles. They will join two earlier Enviro500EV pilot buses which were delivered in 2021...