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2,800 zero emission buses delivered or on order in USA as of December 2020: it means a +24% on 2019. 1,015 full sized transit buses are currently deployed in the country. 1,775 are on industry players’ order books. Including also 250 vehicles in Canada, it makes 3,000 zero emission buses in No...

E-bus manufacturer Proterra unveiled a new high-powered charging solution designed to enable the electrification of large-scale vehicle fleets. Developed in partnership with Power Electronics, the new Proterra charging systems aim to offer transit agencies and fleet operators a customizable vehicle ...

The electric commercial vehicles market in North America is poised to grow heavily in the next three years. Anyhow, the transit electric bus market will apparently not be the most affected by the trend, that will see interesting developments particularly in the heavy-duty truck field. The number of ...

130 million dollars grants for the purchase or lease of zero and low emission transit buses for the USA, with related charging facilities. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a massive funding through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant p...

Public transport is needed now more than ever. But it needs support. This is, in a nutshell, the meaning of the open letter sent by UITP to the European institutions calling for the ongoing support of the sector now, and in the times that lie ahead. A document shared with other fellow associations s...

The Republic of Ireland will receive up to 600 double-decker plug-in hybrid buses ADL Enviro 400ER. A first firm order for 100 buses is already underway. The deal has been announced today by Alexander Dennis Limited, who will therefore deliver hundreds of Enviro400ER, capable of running in zero emis...

Thomas Built Buses and Proterra welcome the first large order for the jointly developed electric school bus Jouley. The subsidiary of Daimler Buses, in fact, has been selected as the provider of all 50 electric school buses allocated for the initial phase of Dominion Energy’s electric school bus rep...

Eight US states, driven by California, are developing an action plan to put hundreds of thousands more zero-emission trucks and buses on the roads. The initiative has been announced yesterday by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) agency. To date, a Statement of Intent (entitled ‘Multi-S...

The order was signed in March, the start of operation happened on the 29th November. On that day 164 new electric buses were put in operation for Qbuzz in the concession Groningen/Drenthe, in the Netherlands: 45 Citea from VDL Bus & Coach, 59 GX 437 Elec from Heuliez and 60 Ebusco 2.2 buses. Thi...

Below, a contribution from Vincent Wever, sustainable transport specialist at consultancy agency Goudappel Coffeng. In September, the city of Leiden had a silent milestone: the 500th zero emission bus in the Netherlands went into service. We’ve come a long way since in 2015, the leaders of the PTAs ...