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The first fully electric buses have entered service in Essex, England, this week, marking the start of a large-scale transition to zero-emission public transport in the region. Four vehicles are now operating in Basildon, with the rollout set to continue over the coming months until a total of 55 el...

Isuzu and Toyota will jointly develop a fuel cell bus, with production scheduled to start in FY2026 at J-Bus’s Utsunomiya plant. It’s Toyota sharing this information in a recent press note. The model will be based on the flat-floor battery-electric bus platform designed by Isuzu and manufactur...

When you think of public transport, you picture a bus, a tram, or a metro. When you think of Uber, you imagine a car-or at most, an app. These mental associations are understandable, but they’re also limiting. Public transport is evolving: transit agencies are increasingly integrating on-deman...

Cummins is presenting a wide range of bus and coach power solutions at Busworld 2025 in Brussels with the goal of demonstrating its approach to supporting OEMs and operators across conventional and zero-emission technologies. Zero emission solutions division Accelera by Cummins will showcase its LFP...

The third issue of Sustainable Bus Magazine for 2025 is now available and will be distributed at Busworld Europe and the Zero Emission Bus Conference (where Sustainable Bus is part of the Advisory Committee). The publication continues its focus on documenting the development of the zero-emission bus...

At Busworld Europe 2025 Kiepe Electric is putting the spotlight on its new eDrive unit, an integrated system built around the Kiepe Traction Inverter, the Energy Control Unit and an electric motor supplied by VEM. The eDrive Unit will se its operational debut in the new BMC Procity+ EV series, also ...

Daimler Buses has secured a complete contract with Regionalbus Leipzig for the construction of a new electric bus depot at Zwenkau and the delivery of nine battery-electric Mercedes eCitaro solo buses, with operations scheduled to start by early 2027. And “an option has been placed for 17 addi...

Kempower and EO Charging announce they have reached a new milestone in the UK’s e-bus infrastructure, installing over 300 fast charge points across major depots, supporting operators including Metroline, Go Ahead, and Stagecoach. And another 150 chargers are said to be already under construction. In...

Kiel public transport operator Kieler Verkehrsgesellschaft (KVG) announces it has completed the electrification of its second depot at Diedrichstraße, installing 43 charging points to support the next generation of fully electric buses. This milestone complements previous investments at ten city ter...

Five years ago, with insights from Claudius Jehle, CEO of volytica diagnostics GmbH, we launched “The Battery Cycle” series of articles, aiming to shedding light on the complexities of Li-Ion batteries.The series provided a huge amount of valuable insights for anyone involved in electric mobility.No...