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We had already written about it in September 2023. Hydrogen is one of the paths firmly taken by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) to make its bus fleet zero-emission. And so TMB has made official the purchase of 36 Solaris-signed 12-meter buses for a total of 23,396,400 euros (Urbino 12 H2...

A global chemical giant for battery chemistry and recycling. Iveco Group, in fact, has chosen Basf as its first partner for recycling electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries. This step is part of Iveco Group’s circular economy strategy, which follows the framework of the 4Rs – Repair, Ref...

Nottingham City Transport (NCT), the English city’s public transport operator, is set to welcome twenty-four new Yutong signature electric buses to its fleet, costing £400,000 each per unit. Source of pictures: Nottingham City Transport Yutong electric buses for Nottingham City Transport Yuton...

Moventis put UNVI’s electric minibus eC24s to testing in late 2023. The eC24s body was presented at the last Busworld and is ready for series production on an electric chassis from the second quarter of 2024, UNVI says in a press note. This prototype has been developed within the eCIM (e-Conne...

A new tender in Santiago de Chile has been issued in mid-December 2023 to renew 30 percent of the public transport system Red Movilidad. The tender provides for the introduction in the network of 1,200 zero emission buses (out of 2,100 new buses) and ’embraces’ 121 routes (15 of those ar...

ACEA announced that Domenico Nucera, President of the Bus Business Unit in Iveco Group, has been appointed as Chairperson of its bus and coach division. Domenico Nucera has been elected for a one-year term. DAF Trucks President Harald Seidel has just been elected Chairman of Commercial Vehicles in t...

The T12 express linee, the Greater Paris’ newest tram-train line, which connects Massy-Palasieau to Évry-Courcouronnes in 39 minutes, entered into service on 10 December 2023, is enjoying excellent public acceptance after only a month. Paris public transport is facing a real revolution. The ex...

Accelera by Cummins, Paccar and Daimler Truck are set to build in Marshall County, Mississippi, the very first battery cell production site in the country, following the announcement of the plan made in September 2023. The site is expected to create more than 2,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs, with the ...

The fleet of DPP (Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy), manager of the public transport network in Prague, is being renewed, again with electrically driven vehicles. DPP has in fact signed an eight-year contract with Skoda for the purchase of 40 new trams, model 52 T with an option for a furth...

Solaris has signed a contract with German operator Ruhrbahn GmbH to supply 19 fuel cell buses to Essen. The vehicles will be equipped with hydrogen fuel cells that generate electricity on board, and advanced ADAS safety systems. The innovative vehicles ar...