INDIA A123 Systems, the Watertown, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of lithium-ion battery packs, has announced a deal with Tata Motors to supply battery packs for its line of hybrid electric buses and other commercial vehicles. Tata Motors […]
Sir Brian Souter’s new travel concept combines bus and ferry services to reduce travel times into Istanbul TURKEY Sir Brian Souter is set to launch a new travel concept in Turkey which has been described […]
HONG KONG Since the introduction of the European Emission Standards in 1992, KMB (Kowloon Motor Bus) has successfully reduced the average particulate emission levels of its bus fleet by 92%, while the emission of nitrogen […]
POLAND Polish manufacturer Solaris Bus and Coach recently announced the sale of over 1,200 buses. Combined with volume deliveries of its Tramino lowfloor trams the firm has maintained top position in the Polish bus market […]
Solaris Bus and Coach, in an attempt to further lower emissions, introduce ‘green’ buses into their Norwegian fleet NORWAY Five, 18-metre Solaris Urbino hybrid buses equipped with Allison’s H 50 EP system are now operating […]
SPAIN The Mercedes-Benz Travego Edition 1 has been voted ‘Coach of the Year 2012’ in Spain. It is the first touring coach claimed to meet the future Euro 6 emissions standard which becomes mandatory in […]
AUSTRALIA Higer’s Australian distributor WMC has appointed John Boon as chief engineer after 35 years with bus body builder Custom Coaches, Australasia Bus and Coach reported. Boon has spent February working at Higer headquarters in […]
Volvo’s land-based operations commit to long-term sustainable development and carbon cuts SWEDEN Volvo Buses and Volvo Construction Equipment have joined Volvo Group’s co-operation with the Worldwide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Climate Savers programme. It is […]
44 vehicle order for Germany and agreement signed for entry into Finnish market POLAND Solaris is supplying 44 Urbino low-floor city buses to five operators from the Rhineland region of Germany. In order to generate […]
CANADA A global union federation, the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation), has called for Keolis, a French multinational public transport operator, to intervene with its Canadian subsidiary Acadian Coach Lines to end a lockout of […]
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