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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...

Siemens has been awarded a contract for e-bus charging infrastructure in Nuremberg. Bus operator VAG will benefit of Siemens technology for 39 parking spaces in its new innovative depot. Operations at the new VAG premises are set to begin in 2021. So far the public transport company has ordered a ba...

PKM will bring to 15 the number of electric buses operating in the Polish city of Katowice. Representatives of local transport operator Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Miejskiej (PKM) in Katowice and Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. signed on Monday a contract for the delivery of five e-buses Solaris Urbin...

TMB will welcome in its fleet 8 fuel cell buses, and a filling station will be built thanks to a cooperation between the public transport company and the Zona Franca Consortium. The tender for the vehicles is currently underway. Zona Franca Consortium (CZFB) and Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona...

The German strategy on hydrogen gets the appreciation of the national transport association VDV, that consider hydrogen buses a feasible alternative for public transport services on long routes. The industry organization in fact welcomes the National Hydrogen Strategy adopted today in the Federal Ca...

Along with the first orders of battery-electric buses (with 23 vehicles ordered in early 2020), TMB Barcelona bets on gas-powered hybrid buses. A tender for 46 buses is out, the operator announces. 16 of them will be articulated. Last year, TMB Barcelona secured an order for as many of 105 MAN Lion&...

Transdev puts its mark on Sweden and Netherlands. The French group has signed a series of public transport contract worth 1.2 billion euros in the Scandinavian country. These deals concern both traditional transportation modes (buses, trains) and innovative ones, with focus on battery-electric and h...

Electric buses ‘made in Uganda’. The State owned nascent car manufacturer Kiira Motors Corporation is launching a concept of battery-electric bus, named Kayoola EVS. Two units have been running around the capital city Kampala last week. The news is reported on softpower.ug. The prototype...

Tower Transit orders thirty-seven electric buses from Optare for London. They’ll be incorporating ZF’s electric portal axle AxTrax AVE. While the central electric motor from Friedrichshafen is almost ready for series production, the well-known AxTrax gets a new commission. London will witness ...

No bids were submitted to ATAC’s tender for hydrogen buses in Rome. The call for tender for five vehicles was issued in February in the framework of the European project 3eMotion. The news of the unsuccessful tender was reported on local media RomaToday and on the Italian specialized media AUT...