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A fire broke out on Thursday, January 2, at the Optymo bus depot in Danjoutin, Territoire de Belfort (west of France) destroying seven hydrogen-powered buses. Firefighters contained the fire after several hours, and the risk of explosions has been ruled out. No injuries were reported, but nearby res...

Carrosserie Hess is expanding again in Austria: the Swiss manufacturer closed a framework agreement to supply up to 80 vehicles for two Austrian networks by 2032. The first, Salzburg Linien, operator of a network active since 1940, of 11 trolleybus lines, already has 42 vehicles supplied by Hes...

ABC Companies welcomes Brigette Fahl as Director of Marketing. With a distinguished career spanning multiple industries, Fahl brings with him deep expertise in marketing strategy, digital transformation, and customer experience. ABC Companies, let’s remember, is the long-standing Van Hool deal...

If a bus enthusiast from Mars had landed on Earth on September 17, the opening day of IAA Transportation 2024, and made his (or her) way straight to the halls of the Hannover Messe to get a sense of the bus industry in Europe, he would have encountered a picture vastly different from the reality [&h...

2024 is not looking as a positive year for VDL Group financial results. Combined turnover of the group is dropping, and the bus and coach division is still facing very though time, with turnover falling -14% compared to Jan-Jun 2023. And it should be noted that 2023 had also been a truly bad year fo...

Belgian private bus operator Hansea has 90 MAN Lion’s City E buses in operation and in early August landed a deal for a further 181 e-buses from the same OEM, bringing its fleet to a total of 271 of the fully electric city buses. A success story that began back in 2021 with the test […]

Trolleybus projects and investments are on a rise in several European countries. Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic are among the countries where trolleybus networks are more diffuse. Significant renewal plans are underway. Also Berlin is considering new investments on this ...

Below, a report we published on the February 2024 issue of Sustainable Bus magazine, authored by Gellért Patthy, Magyarbusz [Info] Over the last years, many of the leader EV traction battery manufacturers and their suppliers chose Hungary as the location of their newly established manufacturing...

Six major players in the Swedish bus transport sector are urging the government to quickly approve the use of buses up to 25.5 meters long, as reported on Swedish trade media Bussmagasinet.se. Currently, the legal limit for bus length in Sweden is 24 meters. In their letter to the government, these ...

The launch of the BEV version of the Lion’s Coach in 2025, the readiness of the market for such innovations, the necessity of subsidies and infrastructure for the success of BEVs in the long-distance segment, the importance of political frameworks, and the impact on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Fa...