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Phoenix Motorcars‘s bid has win the tender to acquire Proterra Transit business line, “through the auction of the assets pursuant to bankruptcy court approved bidding procedures”, as stated by the purchaser in a press note. The acquisition will add heavy-duty transit buses to Phoen...

A new frontier for the Iveco Bus Crossway: operating within the Arctic Circle in Norway, for Connect Bus Norge AS. The Norwegian operator took delivery of the first 13 Crossway Low Entry last October, with two more units to be delivered in April 2024. Iveco Bus Class IIs will enter service in Alta, ...

Battery modules provider Impact Clean Power Technology is extending its partnership with Solaris Bus & Coach for the supply of battery systems from 2024 to 2027. The deal involves the new HE 100 batteries, which are “based on the European supply chain”, Impact claims. And adds that t...

Charge management systems provider CarMedialab has won the tender from TMB Barcelona to implement its MOBILEcharge technology on the entire operator’s electric bus fleet. Over 200 charging stations will be connected and integrated with the operational systems and the energy supply thanks to Ca...

Insights into Arriva Spain’s pivotal role in Madrid and Galicia, the post-pandemic shift in mobility patterns, financing challenges for zero-emission buses in Spain, adherence to EU quotas for zero-emission city buses by 2035, and Arriva Spain’s strategic focus on electrifying interurban...

Qbuzz, the third Dutch public transport operator (owned by FS Italiane Group), has clinched a EUR 1 billion, ten-year concession spanning from 2024 to 2034 for the province of Fryslan (Frisia), located in the northern part of the Netherlands. Qbuzz new concession won in NL The province, home to 650,...

Abellio has celebrated the official rollout of a new fleet of single-deck Caetano e.City Gold buses on Route 433 in London. The number of new vehicles rolled out is not mentioned. Abellio welcomed a full electric bus fleet on Route 111 in West London in July 2023. The first 34 CaetanoBus e-buses wer...

Volvo Buses and the Spanish coachbuilder Castrosua have officially entered a strategic co-operation agreement for the production of electric buses headed to the Spanish market, as reported on Swedish trade media bussmagasinet.se. Castrosua has already entered similar agreements with BYD and Scania (...

Preparations are in full swing for the fifteenth year of the FIAA 2024. The event is scheduled from 22 to 25 October 2024 in Madrid. The fair is regarded as the key meeting for the sector in Southern Europe, organizers say, and “an upswing in activity has encouraged the organisers to raise the...

FirstGroup is entering a partnership with Hitachi as part of the Group’s bus fleet and infrastructure decarbonisation programme. The partnership will results in the establishment of a 50:50 joint venture named NextGen AssetCo Limited, that will be responsible for purchasing up to 1,000 electric bus ...