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The board of De Lijn, the public transport authority and operator in Flanders, Belgium, has approved the putchase of 92 standard (12 m) electric buses from BYD Europe. Deliveries are set to begin in early 2025. The order represents an investment of more than 43 million euro. “This order confirms tha...

New customer for Ebusco: Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (Germany) kicks off fleet electrification with first e-bus order. The operator has opted for 23 Ebusco 3.0 buses (10 Ebusco 3.0 12-metre buses, and 13 Ebusco 3.0 18-metre buses). The buses are scheduled to commence service in 2025 and will operate in ...

130 vehicles (trolleybuses and e-buses) have just been awarded in Genoa, Italy. Solaris (in partnership with Skoda) will supply 112 IMC trolleybuses for a value of more than EUR 100 million. The second part of the contract, dedicated to electric flash charging buses for the Valbisagno route, has see...

If the European Parliament and the European Commission prevail over the member states in the current trilogue negotiations, only zero-emission city buses will be allowed to be newly registered from 2030. The German VDV urges more reliable and constant funding from the federal level. “Small and...

A contribution by prof. Gabriele Grea, researcher, and lecturer at TU Berlin and Bocconi University. He has been featuring the Sustainable Bus Tour VideoSpotlight “End of Public Transport as We Know It?”, broadcasted on 14th December (REPLAY AVAILABLE) With flexible services we mean thos...

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), the Berlin public transport company, has placed an order for 50 Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses. The buses will be delivered in the years 2024 and 2025. The order can be extended by up to a further 650 articulated e-buses. In Madrid, EMT is going to receive 20 low-e...

First commercial success achieved by the newly-formed partnership between Indcar and Bluebus. Indcar has indeed been awarded a tender for 22 (+ 8 optional) 6-meter e-buses in Turin, offering the Bluebus 6m. According to a deal signed in mid 2023, Indcar has become exclusive distributor of the B...

Further Solaris electric buses are set to hit the roads of Milan. This time, the Italian metropolis will welcome 105 Urbino 18 electric buses. The delivery of the 105 articulated Solaris e-buses will start in first half of 2025. Also Iveco Bus has been winning a lot in the last tender issued by ATM ...

CATL and CaetanoBus announce they are entering in a supply partnership with the Chinese battery giant supplying to the Portuguese manufacturer lithium-ion batteries specifically designed for the demands of electric bus fleets. The focus is on LFP chemistry systems, featuring thermal runaway temperat...

Dakar recently introduced a fleet of electric Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) articulated buses (provided by Chinese CRRC). The delivery ceremony was held on November 28. Dakar Mobilité, owned by Meridiam (70%) and the Fonds souverain d’Investissements stratégiques du Sénégal (FONSIS), has also recently ann...