International

CANADA French energy and services specialist Equans has won a new contract with the City of Brampton in Canada to improve the user experience on its transport network and deploy its computer-aided dispatch and AVL […]

AUSTRALIA Japanese commercial vehicle manufacturer Hino is to ‘pause’ sales of coaches and buses in Australia, reports Australasian Bus & Coach, following a move in March to withdraw its Poncho from sale in the Australian […]

FINLAND “We are thrilled to announce that starting this July, Flix is launching the first route connecting Poland and the Baltic States with Finland,” says the rapidly growing coach provider. “After months of preparations and […]

GERMANY Hydrogen-powered Solaris buses will be delivered to Duisburg operator Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (DVG) in 2024-25. The operator will take delivery of 25 Urbino hydrogen buses in an order comprising eleven 12-metre version and 14 articulated […]

ITALY Iveco appears set to win a contract to supply 225 new electric buses, supported by Enel X in the provision and installation of charging infrastructure and systems to Turin operator GTT, in a contract […]

SINGAPORE Singapore operator ComfortDelGro has joined other investors in supporting startup NEU Battery Materials, a specialist lithium-ion battery recycling company, reports the Singapore Business Times. The start-up has succeeded in raising US$3.7 million in a […]

UAE In early June, Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with VDL Bus & Coach to exchange experiences and knowledge related to the transition from carbon-based to zero emission operations. […]

BELGIUM VDL Bus & Coach will be present at Busworld 2023, where this year’s theme will be ‘experience tomorrow’s mobility, today.’ VDL Bus & Coach says it will use the show to demonstrate its strategy […]

UAE Alexander Dennis has concluded on-track testing of an Enviro200AV autonomous bus as part of the 2023 Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport. Along with its technology partner Fusion Processing, Alexander Dennis is one of […]

GERMANY Before unveiling its new eCitaro with fuel cell range extender at the beginning of June, Mercedes-Benz put the bus through a series of tests, including a winter alpine crossing, a test run which it […]