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An Iveco Bus Crossway – the best-selling Class II in Europe – has been retrofitted with a hydrogen fuel cell by a GCK Mobility workshop at the Cournon (Puy-de-Dôme) site in France. The vehicle has been approved for road production, which will enable its mass production. Iveco’s in-...

The ‘Green’ trolleybus took its first steps in Pescara. Technical tests began at 9 a.m. on Thursday 22 February 2024 on the new trolleybus line, known as ‘La Verde’, 8 km and 150 metres long with 25 stops, which will connect Pescara’s railway station with the large hote...

The manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the U.S. Gillig announced that its subsidiary Gerco has acquired select assets from Lightning eMotors and Lightning Systems through a receivership sale, and has hired a number of former engineering employees of Lightning.

Record fuel consumption for the new generation of the Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV, which completed the Zemo Partnership’s zero-emission bus testing and certification program with an energy consumption of only 0.67 kWh/km. A figure that actually makes it the most efficient electric double-deck...

Daimler Buses is going to showcase the articulated version of the eCitaro fuel cell at VDV-backed Mobility Move exhibition (former ElekBu), next week in Berlin. 1,400 participants, 90 exhibitors (vs the 78 companies exhibiting in 2022), 20 vehicles: these are the figures of Mobility Move, the first ...

Furthermore, Hubert Altschäffl will be the new Chief Human Resources Officer of MAN Truck & Bus. Effective April 1, 2024, he will assume responsibility for the human resources department as a member of the Executive Board and labor director. Altschäffl will succeed Arne Puls, who will, at the same t...

Mumbai public transport operator BEST has reportedly awarded a 2,400-units e-bus tender to Olectra Greentech. These vehicles are set to be leased by the manufacturer to BEST. Another manufacturer was awarded 250 e-buses, the Times of India says. The article specifies that “a senior officlal sa...

Egyptian manufacturer Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV) has developed the C127 EV as new electric bus for the German market.

Iveco Bus fuel cell model is now listed in UGAP's catalogue. Being included in the list of Union of Public Purchasing Groups means that public purchasers in France are thus exempted from tendering and competition procedures. Operators can buy directly through UGAP by placing a classic purchase order...

Jean-Marc Gales, Wrightbus CEO, is quoted by Bus & Coach Buyer as saying that "The concept is ready, the predevelopment work has been done, so we are confident we can launch it in 2026". It's not yet clear if the vehicles will be in-house built or realized in cooperation with bodybuilder partners.