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As of December, the PTA Västtrafik plans to have about 150 electric buses into service. 34 routes will be fully electrified. The investment makes Western Sweden the main hotspot in the Nordic region for electric buses, Västtrafik highlights. The e-buses will be deployed by Transdev, that won the bus...

The Scottish Government has awarded £7.4 million through the first round of the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme. 41 ultra-low emission buses will be supported across five bids. 35 of the buses will be built in Scotland by ADL, through the joint venture with Chinese group BYD. The Scottish Ult...

Volvo marks one of the first deliveries of articulated e-buses in Germany (in the city where Daimler is headquartered, moreover). While the local producers Mercedes and MAN are going to launch their 18-meter battery-electric buses between the end of 2020 and mid-2021 respectively, the Swedish manufa...

On 10 September, the first batch of 29 electric buses arrived in Bergen as part of a contract awarded by Bergen’s Skyss public transport authority for Keolis to operate and maintain 138 fossil-free buses, including 102 all-electric vehicles, awarded to Yutong. The all-electric buses are being shippe...

Yutong e-buses are ready for Bergen. Two batches of E12 electric buses left the port of Shanghai, China, and are on their way to reach the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. The information has been released today by Keolis. The buses will be delivered as part of a contract awarded by Skyss, the public t...

Hydrogen is back on the spotlight. Although number are still small, more manufacturers are launching fuel cell bus products and interest is growing at a European level. Recent agreements between Volvo – Daimler and Iveco – Nikola for long-distance trucks pave the way for the future devel...

Brakar in Norway has awarded a contract for bus services in Hemsedal and Hallingdal to Vy Buss AS. Today, the area is divided into three contracts, but Brakar said it has chosen to merge the entire area in order to get more competition. 34 buses are part of the contract: 10 of them will be converted...

Volvo S-Charge. The Swedish manufacturer is launching a brand new family of full hybrid hybrid buses. The previous range has been upgraded with new capabilities and can now drive silently and emission-free up to 50 km/h and cover longer distances than before (up to 1 km at a time), the group points ...

The first batch of 10 electric buses has reached Singapore’s streets. And 50 more vehicles will be introduced over the rest of this year. The country will only buy electric or hybrid buses from now on. The goal? A full electrified bus fleet by 2040. Singapore is also the place where Volvo Buse...

New York goes hybrid. Public transport authority MTA awarded Nova Bus, subsidiary of Volvo Buses, with a major contract for no less than 165 hybrid buses. Volvo Buses has therefore received the second major MTA contract in a short time. In fact, Volvo Buses also recently announced an order for 307 P...