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BYD has presented the first electric bus jointly developed with the Spanish chassis builder Castrosua. Both companies signed a manufacturing partnership last year. The first units of the electric bus will soon be in use in Spain. The BYD-Castrosua ...

Foothill Transit grows fuel-cell-electric bus fleet

Foothill Transit, a public transport agency serving the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys in Southern California, is furthering its sustainability efforts with the introduction of Axess EVO-FC buses to its fleet. Manufacturer ElDorado National (ENC) will produce the buses ...

Scotland enters second phase of bus subsidy programme

The Scottish Government is launching the second phase of its Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB). Up to £58 million is to be made available for the procurement of zero-emission buses and associated infrastructure. In the first round of ...

Lithuania: Vilnius orders 91 Skoda electric trolley buses

The Skoda Group will deliver 91 electric trolley buses to the Lithuanian capital. These will be delivered in 2024 and 2025. The order is for 91 Skoda 32 Tr and is worth more than 52 million euros. The 12-metre ...

Solaris delivers nine-metre electric buses to Austria

Polish manufacturer Solaris has received a new order from Lustenau in western Austria. The local public transport operator has ordered 16 units of the nine-metre Urbino 9 LE model. The order from transport operator Rheintal Busverkehr will be completed ...

Bremen expands electric bus fleet with 35 eCitaro G

Bremen public transport operator Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG) is procuring 50 more electric buses. Mercedes-Benz (EvoBus) has received an order from BSAG for 35 new fully electric articulated eCitaro G buses. The eCitaro G busses are to be equipped ...

Volvo’s Nova Bus secures massive order for electric buses in Canada

Nova Bus, the North American subsidiary of Volvo, has received a group order to supply up to 1,229 battery-electric buses to ten public transport operators in Quebec, Canada. The vehicles are set to be delivered between 2025 and 2027. ...

Collins Bus presents electric school bus

REV Group subsidiary Collins Bus has announced that its Ford E-Transit Type A School Bus is now available for orders. E-Transit is the first Type A School Bus on an electric powertrain from a full-line automaker. The new electric ...

New Flyer secures new H2 order from Nevada

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (USA) has ordered seven fuel cell buses from New Flyer. The public transport provider also signed an option for up to 100 more buses under the five-year contract. The new H2 buses ...

Stagecoach orders 48 EV double-deckers for London

Wrightbus has secured a new order to deliver 48 zero-emission buses for Stagecoach in London. The British public transport operator expects delivery of the all-electric double-deckers before the year’s end. Plus, these are not the only zero-emission models coming ...

Nigeria targets introducing 12,000 electric buses in Lagos State

In Nigeria, the energy company Oando Clean Energy Limited (OCEL) has announced a partnership with China’s bus builder Yutong to put 12,000 electric buses on the roads over the next seven years and build the infrastructure for them. Starting ...

Toronto Transit Commission confirms 340 new e-buses

Canada’s largest city, Toronto, is investing CAD 700 million into procuring 340 electric buses and infrastructure. There is some funding through the provincial government. The equivalent investment of €465 million is being shared more or less equally by the ...

EPA releases $400 mn in grants for the Clean School Bus scheme

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has freed $400 million in grants for financing “cleaner” school buses, primarily electric ones but also those running on gas. This is the first round of funding coming as grants but follows on ...

Scotland’s Stagecoach orders 39 ADL-BYD buses

Alexander Dennis and BYD UK have delivered 39 more electric buses to Stagecoach in Scotland. These are 24 Enviro200EV solo buses and 15 Enviro400EV double-deckers. The 39 new electric buses will be used in several Scottish cities, broken down ...

Solaris secures record order from Germany

Solaris has announced a record order for hydrogen buses from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: The transport company Rebus Regionalbus Rostock has ordered 52 fuel cell buses from the Polish manufacturer, including 47 vehicles with a length of twelve metres and five articulated ...

Qbuzz and OV-bureau order 35 Mercedes eCitaro G

The Dutch public transport operators Qbuzz and OV-bureau Groningen Drenthe have placed an order with Daimler Buses for the construction of a total of 35 fully electric articulated Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G buses. According to the contract, deliveries are to ...

Oslo: Unibuss commissions 183 electric buses

The Norwegian capital Oslo got 183 new electric buses on 16 April. The Solaris Urbino 18 electric vehicles will be used in the route areas 1 (city centre north-south) and 2 (city centre east-west). As reported, the transport operator ...

Kenya secures EU funding to build electric bus line in Nairobi

The African nation of Kenya has secured a $377 million fund from a consortium of European agencies to build “East Africa’s first electric bus lane”. The funding is split as follows according to the deal: the EU is to ...

West Virginia orders 41 electric school buses from GreenPower

The state of West Virginia is acquiring 41 GreenPower custom-built, battery-electric school buses for $15 million. The models include Type D BEAST and Type A Nano BEAST school buses. As part of the order, GreenPower received a $3 million ...

Koncar orders train batteries from Leclanché

The Croatian train builder Koncar has placed its first order with the Swiss battery system manufacturer Leclanché. The order is for battery systems for two trains that will operate on medium-haul routes in coastal and inland Croatia. The battery ...

France adds two Solaris buses to procurement shortlist

Solaris announces that the French Union of Public Purchasing Groups has added two Polish electric bus models to its procurement list. This makes Solaris a potential supplier of electric buses and trolleybuses for public transport projects in France. The ...

Govt could end 80 km/h speed limit for cabs on highways

In 2017, the Supreme Court had directed states to install Speed Limiting Devices (SLDs) on transport vehicles, including cabs. The government is looking to set maximum speed limits for different types of roads based on the lane configuration instead ...

ADL to expand electric bus production capacities

British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has announced an expansion of its electric bus production. The ADL headquarters in Larbert, Scotland, will build the new Enviro400EV double-decker model from August 2023. For this, Alexander Dennis is converting existing ...

Equipmake will electrify Westway Coaches

Westway Coaches is looking to speed up the electrification process of its fleet. To that end, it is working with the British electric drive specialist Equipmake to retrofit its coaches with electric drives. The system comprises a 545 kWh ...

Strasbourg orders 60 hydrogen buses from CaetanoBus

Strasbourg public transport operator CTS (Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois) has signed a framework contract with Portuguese bus manufacturer CaetanoBus for the delivery of up to 60 hydrogen buses over the next five years. In a press release sent to ...

Arriva to deliver 50 battery buses to London this year

Bus operator Arriva will integrate 50 battery-electric double-deckers into its fleet in London this year. The StreetDeck Electroliner BEV buses from the Northern Irish manufacturer Wrightbus are to be put into service between May and September 2023. After the ...

Washington DC starts 1st phase of e-bus orders

In the USA, Washington DC’s Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has just ordered five 40-foot electric buses from Nova Bus and five from New Flyer. The purchase is part of the WMATA plan to fully decarbonise its bus fleets ...

Hamburger Hochbahn orders five H2 buses from Solaris

Public transport provider Hamburger Hochbahn continues electrifying its fleet using fuel cell buses. The transport operator has ordered five units from the Polish manufacturer Solaris. The Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen are scheduled for delivery in the second half of ...

EMT Madrid orders first FC buses from CaetanoBus

The public transport operator EMT Madrid has ordered its first fuel cell buses. An order for ten units was placed with the Portuguese manufacturer CaetanoBus. The H2.City Gold model buses are to be delivered to Madrid by the end ...

NL: Ebusco receives order over 63 e-buses from QBuzz

In the Netherlands, the electric bus manufacturer Ebusco has received an order for up to 63 e-buses from the public transport operator Qbuzz. The order includes 63 of the latest Ebusco 3.0 model. The buses will be used in ...

Nova Bus now part of a key e-bus trial in Washington

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) has ordered five battery-electric buses from Nova Bus. The Volvo subsidiary will assemble the EVs at the Nova Bus plant in Plattsburgh, New York State. The buses will be part of Metro’s latest ...

First Bus fleet in Leicester en route to become 100% electric

The British government confirmed funding of £3 million to First Bus for 18 new zero-emission buses in Leicester today. Wrightbus will manufacture the e-buses in Northern Ireland. This latest investment means all diesel buses at First Bus’s depot in ...

Berlin orders 350 articulated electric buses and occasional chargers

Berlin’s public transport operator (BVG) is preparing to purchase 350 electric-powered articulated buses with pantographs and plans to install new occasional chargers for electric buses at up to 90 locations in the German capital. German newspaper Tagesspiegel reports this, ...

Hamburg orders up to 350 electric buses from MAN & Daimler

Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) orders up to 350 new electric buses in one fell swoop for its public transport fleet of almost 700 vehicles. MAN Truck & Bus and Daimler Buses are the winners of the largest electric bus tender ...

Cummins launches zero-emissions solutions brand named Accelera

US engine builder Cummins has launched Accelera, a new brand for its electrification solutions business. Cummins also announces several projects, including the introduction of 1,000 new electric school buses in cooperation with Blue Bird. Accelera is the newest brand ...

Jamaica Gov’ to procure nearly 300 electric buses

Jamaica’s state-owned public transit company JUTC will see 200 electric buses joining their fleet over the next three years. Minister of Finance Dr Nigel Clarke announced as much when he opened the budget debate this week. The new electric ...

Queensland is en route to doubling its e-bus fleet

The Australian state of Queensland is ramping up the electric bus rollout. The latest plans by the state government will see the number of e-buses doubles this year as the fleet is to receive another 40 vehicles. These will ...

Olectra Greentech to deliver 550 electric buses to Telangana

Indian bus manufacturer Olectra Greentech has received an order to supply a total of 550 electric buses to the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation. The order covers 50 standard-floor 12-metre intercity electric buses and 500 low-floor 12-metre electric intracity ...

Egypt’s MCV launches electric bus for German market

The Egyptian manufacturer, Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles (MCV), is entering a continental European market. The OEM has developed a bus specifically for clients in Germany and has already founded a subsidiary, MCV Deutschland GmbH, for sales, after-sales and services. *** ...

Singapore is getting serious about the environment

Singapore will reduce its domestic emissions by rolling out various green initiatives across the land, air and sea transport sectors. The measures include electrifying bus fleets, as well as support vehicles in the airport and harbour, and a major ...

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