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745 million dollars in 2018, 1,948 million by 2024. It’ll be the growth trend of US electric bus market according to P&S market research. The field will see a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 18,5 % during the mentioned period. A percentage that grow to 40 per cent with regards to bat...

TTC Toronto brings to 20 the number of electric buses ordered to New Flyer. After the first order for 10 Xcelsior Charge (with option for further 30), the Toronto Transit Commission recently awarded the Canadian manufacturer with an additional contract for 10 zero emission vehicles. As a first step ...

Chinese electric city bus market is close to saturation, thus Chinese manufacturers will look with increasing determination to European and overseas markets. In the meanwhile, global electric bus market is expected to reach over 160,000 units delivered yearly by 2025 (today we have around 2,200 elec...

BYD double-decker bus. 200 times. It’s the number of electric double decker bus units that BYD will deliver to the Chinese city of Xi’an. The Shenzhen based manufacturer launched on January 29th the world’s largest pure electric double decker bus fleet. BYD K8S was unveiled in late...

Keolis Canada has ordered 12 electric school buses Type C from the Quebec-based manufacturer Lion Electric. This transaction, Keolis points out, is on track with public opinion, as 92% of Quebeckers want school boards and schools to increase their use of electric buses. With this order, Keolis Canad...

New York State has launched an electric school bus test fleet. The five vehicles were purchased from Lion Electric and are used by the operator National Express. Range? About a hundred kilometers, with night recharging times of 4-6 hours. The news is reported in local press and New York Times. 66 mi...

100 percent electric bus fleet by 2030. Californian public transport company Santa Barbara MTD’s Board of Directors has adopted this goal for the transition to a full electric fleet. 14 out of 112 buses of MTD’s fleet are already zero emission: the operator prides itself to boasts the second l...

55 hybrid buses by Nova Bus are on their way to Toronto. Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will receive them as part of a larger order of 325 buses awarded to the manufacturer, subsidiary of Volvo Buses, following a tendering process. The vehicles belong to the next generation hybrid buses by Nova Bu...

At IAA 2018 the main topic was the electromobility, even with the main protagonists of the present European electric bus market dramatically absent: Solaris and VDL opted for the Innotrans in Berlin while Irizar stayed at home (however, the Basque manufacturer never showed up in Hanover). Daimler un...

If a diesel bus attained 12 miles (instead of 4,8) per gallon… then they would be as clean as an electric bus. Across the United States, electric buses have lower global warming emissions than diesel and natural gas buses, even in cities with power grids that depend on coal and natural gas pow...