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It is the present of urban transport. For intercity transport, it is one of the possible futures. We are talking about BEV technology. Even if the viability of battery electric buses in the city bus segment (costs aside) is now established, as far as intercity mission profiles are concerned, there a...

Transdev Nederland has placed an order for as many as 96 Solaris Urbino Electric buses. The OEM has just announced the deal, that dates back to earlier this year, as Solaris points out. Deliveries are scheduled for the last quarter of 2025. Solaris to deliver electric buses in Utrecht Transdev Neder...

New owner of Industria Italiana Autobus Seri Industrial has announced on the 16th of October a change in the company name of its subsidiary: IIA goes back to Menarini. Which is the name of the bus bodybuilder (founded in 1919) that originated the history of the company that in 2011 became Industria ...

Otokar has released its 2023 Sustainability Report. According to the document, in 2023, the company saved approximately 1,537 MWh of energy and 695 tons of CO2 by through energy efficiency projects at its Sakarya plant. Furthermore, Otokar recycled nearly 150 thousand m³ of water, which was reused i...

Irizar e-mobility announces it has won another contract for electric buses in a new French métropole. RATP Dev, the operator of the Bibus network for Brest Métropole, will start operating ten new Irizar electric buses in mid-July 2025. Also Heuliez-made e-buses are operating in the same city. It is ...

The number of electric buses registered in Italy continues to grow. From 1 January to 30 September 2024 (considering then the first three quarters of the year), 499 battery-powered buses were registered, compared to 294 in the same period last year: +205 units, or +70%. The figures are reported on I...

Daimler Buses and H2 Mobility Germany are cooperating in the expansion of the hydrogen tank infrastructure for transportation companies. From now on, Daimler will be brokering the range of hydrogen tank services of H2 Mobility Germany for buses with hydrogen-based fuel cells as part of a holistic co...

Electric buses are becoming widespread in cities around the world. What about Tesla hitting the market with an electric bus model? Let’s start from the end: in October 2024 Elon Musk presented the Tesla Robovan, able to carry up to 20 passengers and autonomously-driven. The Verge website also ...

Bologna’s municipal public transport operator TPER has inaugurated its new LNG (liquefied natural gas), bioLNG and L-CNG (compressed natural gas derived from liquid methane) distribution station inside the company depot in via Ferrarese, Bologna. The plant, now operational, will guarantee the ...

The need to bring forward the revision of CO2 standards, initially scheduled for 2027, to 2025, as part of the industry’s push for regulatory alignment with market realities. The new challenge consisting in converting depots and transitioning to zero emission buses in smaller metropolises. A 2...