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European manufacturers’ association ACEA has unveiled its own manifesto and roadmap for a competitive mobility ecosystem (the full version is available here). It’s an attempt to make the manufacturers’ voice clear ahead of the COP 28 climate conference starting today, November 30, in Dubai. Th...

In a self-managed test entitled ‘the MaxiMile Challenge’, VDL Bus & Coach’s new generation Citea achieved the result of more than 24 hours of continuous driving, covering a range of over 500 kilometres. VDL Bus & Coach deployed one of the new generation Citea demo vehicles ...

Which the average range of an electric bus? This is one of the main questions that public transport operators and authorities are asking themselves when they are dealing with a product, the battery-electric bus, which does not yet have a sufficient track record to allow certain evidence. Certai...

500 million euros financing has been granted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to Iveco Group. The loan of 450 million euros signed in Turin represents the first tranche of the 500 million total approved by the Board of Directors of the EIB. The loan, with an 8-year amortisation profile, will be...

De Lijn‘s board of directors has given ‘green light’ for a new order for charging infrastructure for its depots. This consists in a framework agreement for up to 1,600 charging stations to be sourced from two suppliers, SPIE-Ekoenergetyka and ABB. The conversion of the depots plays...

Hamburger Hochbahn will have a new, first, all electric bus depot operational in 2026. According to plans, the new Hochbahn site in Meiedorf will host 130 e-buses serving north-east of the city. By the end of 2023, Hochbahn will already be operating around 230 emission-free buses. By 2030 the full 1...

Naples public transport municipal operator ANM has issued in September a tender for up to 253 electric buses in different lengths. Well, while the first two lots (65 short vehicles) gathered no bids, the winners of the remaining four lots are Iveco Bus and BYD, as reported on Italian trade media Aut...

Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr has just received the first Mercedes‑Benz eCitaro articulated buses from series production with a fuel cell as a range extender. The bus is said to have a range of up to 400 kilometers. It’ll be in use in urban traffic throughout the cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg ...

Manufactured in Flumeri, Southern Italy (some 100 km west of Naples), in one of the largest bus plants in Europe, the Menarini Citymood 12e, launched in late 2021, is the only standard size battery-electric bus featuring the ‘made in Italy’ label. It features a self-supporting steel fram...

A new contract for 500 battery-powered and fuel cell-powered buses (for the first time) has been awarded by Italian central purchasing body Consip to a total of 8 manufacturers. Such contracts worth a total of 327 million euros. It was issued in May 2023. Consip has awarded late last year the tender...