TURKEY: Domestically-owned bus manufacturer, TCV, is promoting the development of CNG applications and technology in Turkey and Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality recently took delivery of its first 12m Karat CNG buses equipped with Allison fully automatic […]
SWEDEN: Uddevalla Omnibus has purchased five hybrid buses and a quintet of ambulance coaches from Volvo Buses. All of them will operate on bio-diesel and are due to enter service with the West coast operator […]
Consultation concerns potential changes to legislation to follow Competition Commission recommendations on bus competition remedies. The DfT has launched a consultation seeking views on the government’s preferred approach to implementing the Competition Commission’s (CC) recommendations […]
Lack of co-operation with a Transport Scotland investigation raises suspicions of professional competence. Traffic Commissioner (TC) for Scotland, Joan Aitken, has disqualified Steward Dickson, trading as Dickson of Erskine, for an indefinate period of time. […]
INDIA: Only 18 months after launching truck brand BharatBenz, Daimler is expanding its commercial vehicle business in India with a bus building plant. Representatives of Daimler AG, Daimler Buses and Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) […]
USA: Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has joined electric bus manufacturer Proterra in a senior position. According to Proterra, LaHood’s government experience and leadership in transport policy innovation make him an excellent fit. Prior […]
USA: Battery-electric bus manufacturer Proterra Inc has sold seven buses and an electric charging station to Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (Nashville MTA). The buses are due to be built at Proterra’s factory in Greenville, S.C. […]
GERMANY: Almost in parallel with the statutory deadline for the introduction of the Euro 6 emissions standard at the start of 2014, Mercedes-Benz handed over its 1000th Euro 6 Citaro to Ralf Steinmetz, Director of […]
SWEDEN: Over capacity causes Scania to cutback on production levels. Scania is to launch an efficiency programme with the aim of ensuring profitability in its citybus operations, to generate annual cost savings of SEK 70m. Negotiations […]
A Transport Manager has been warned that his repute is unlikely to survive another appearance at Public Inquiry (PI) after he was reported for neglecting his O-licence duties and disqualified from carrying out MOTs. Traffic […]
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