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VDV announces a rebranding of its electric bus conference ElekBu. From next year it’ll be named under the umbrella brand “Mobility move”. The VDV Electric Bus Conference and Trade Fair have been an integral part of the industry’s annual calendar of events for 15 years. Under ...

Zero emission truck and bus manufacturer Quantron took stock of the first seven months of the current year, released the company’s outlook for the next year and announced the signing of the ZEV Declaration. The latter aims to achieve 100% zero-emission new car and van sales in leading markets by 203...

New Flyer has been named the partner of choice in over $200 million in competitive grant awards through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) 2023 Low-or No-Emission (Low-No) and Buses and Bus Facilities (BBF) programs, marking New Flyer’s best Low-No and BBF performance to date. “New Fly...

Leading bus door manufacturer Ventura Systems presented a brand new door system concept at Busworld Europe in Brussels. The concept aim at “introducing the next step in driver and passenger comfort”, thanks to “a new approach to door movement and sealing properties”, the Dutc...

Solaris has secured a contract to provide 130 hydrogen-powered Urbino 12 buses to the municipal public transport operator TPER in Bologna. This represents one of the largest fuel cell bus orders in Europe and aligns with Bologna’s goal of transitioning to a fully zero-emission urban public tra...

Cojali will take the opportunity of the upcoming Busworld Europe to showcase its solutions for connectivity, electric vehicles, predictive maintenance and remote diagnostics. This fair is celebrated for the first time in four years and, as a novelty, it will coincide with the European ZEB Conference...

No, we’re not just throwing around random numbers, nor are we setting odds like bookmakers. That 0.55 and 1.27 followed by the euro symbol refer to the cost per kilometer of electric and hydrogen buses in service for SASA Bolzano. A new study found that, for the same mileage, FCEB operating co...

The countdown has begun. Only a few days remain until the new 8000 series trams produced by Hitachi Rail in 70 units for GTT go into service in Turin. On Monday 11 September, in fact, the first three units, cars 8002, 8003 and 8004 will enter service on line 9 (Piazza Stampalia – Corso Massimo...

Zenobē has secured an investment of c.£600 million from KKR, a leading global investment firm. In addition, a further c.£270 million of equity has been invested by existing shareholder Infracapital. Upon completion of the transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory a...

Battery analytics company Volytica diagnostics has closed €5.5M investment round led by SHIFT Invest and EnBW New Ventures The capital will be used “to scale its operations, refine its battery analytics technology, and expand into global markets“, Volytica states. Volytica diagnostics cl...