International

BELGIUM As the event nears, major European manufacturers are highlighting what they will have on show at the forthcoming BusWorld exhibition and trande fair in Brussels this October. Iveco Bus will unveil its vision of […]

GERMANY On 26 and 27 August, Mercedes-Benz held its ‘Schöne Sterne’ (‘Beautiful stars’) Mercedes Festival in Hattingen. Its Daimler truck and bus division also took part, showcasing classic trucks and a Setra S 11. Bbuilt […]

ICELAND Icelandic coach company and tour operator GTS says it has improved the safety of its operation and made significant financial savings since fitting its vehicles with Wheely-Safe technology. The family-run company is in the […]

GERMANY & ITALY Daimler-owned Setra has recently delivered two significant orders for operators in Italy and Germany. The southern Italian bus company MarinoBus and Bonn-based UBS Univers Busservice GmbH are both adding a number of […]

BELGIUM With less than two months before the event opens, tickets have gone on sale for the Busworld Europe exhibition, which takes place from 7 to 12 October. Tickets are calid for all six days, […]

LATVIA Polish manufacturer Solaris continues to win new orders for its zero-emission vehicles across Europe. Recently, a pair of Urbino 12 electric vehicles were delivered to operator VTU in Valmiera, Latvia, whilst operator Valsts Asinsdonoru […]

EUROPE The Europe-wide electric bus market is continuing to grow, with 2,567 battery-electric buses registered in the first half of this year, with zero-emission buses now making up around a third of the market for […]

NETHERLANDS Following the award of a contract to Daimler Buses, operator HTM expects to be the first public transport operator in the Netherlands to convert its entire fleet to locally emission-free and CO2-neutral electric buses […]