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Australian bus bodybuilder Volgren is rolling out of production a first hydrogen-powered bus model manufactured in cooperation with Northern Irish bus manufacturer Wrightbus. Back in 2019, Volgren announced launch of its first battery-electric on BYD chassis. The deal with Wrightbus for fuel cell bu...

Wrightbus announces it has signed a landmark deal worth up to half-a-billion pounds to supply more than 1,000 buses to operators Go-Ahead over the next three years. And because more than 90% of the order will be zero-emission, it also represents a huge boost to the UK’s net zero goals and the Govern...

First Bus becomes first UK Bus operator to place order with NewPower, a new enterprise owned by bus manufacturer Wrightbus that coverts diesel buses into zero emission vehicles. An initial order of 32 buses has been placed that will serve four regions. The new company has the goal of converting more...

Latest version of Equipmake’s modular electric chassis is set to be used for repowering of one of the UK’s most in-service double deckers: the Wrightbus Streetdeck. The conversion implies “no reduction in passenger carrying capacity giving”, Equipmake states. Oddly enough, the same Wrigh...

Wrightbus has chosen Forsee Power‘s ZEN PLUS battery systems to convert more than 1,000 diesel buses into electric ones over the next 3 years, the battery supplier says, within the newly-launched NewPower enterprise. Wrightbus has made repower a strategic development axis and established into ...

Bus manufacturer Wrightbus has launched a new re-powering service by launching NewPower, a new entity headquartered at the former location of EV startup Arrival. The goal is that of “eradicating diesel powertrains in older fleets at a substantially lower price than a new bus”. Wrightbus ...