International

LUXEMBOURG A Luxembourg operator which recently featured in the pages of CBW has donated eight surplus buses to help in Ukraine. In the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Mobility François Bausch and […]

SPAIN Irizar e-mobility has received an order to supply seven 12-metre battery-electric ie Tram zero-emission buses to Madrid operator EMT Fuenlabrada. The manufacturer said it was chosen as the vehicle “stands out for its low […]

NETHERLANDS Dutch manufacturer Ebusco has unveiled an 18m version of its lightweight electric 3.0 single-decker. Thanks to the use of lightweight composites, the Ebusco 3.0 articulated bus has a starting weight of just 14,500kg and […]

SPAIN Javier Iriarte has been the Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Solaris since 2018, as well as responsible for strategic development and transformation of Solaris, and from the beginning of 2023 he will take […]

ITALY Electric midibus manufacturer Tecnobus, which started producing electric minibuses in the early 1990s, has been revived under new management with a goal to meet the challenges and opportunities of the growing European e-bus market. […]

HONG KONG Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) has taken delivery of its first 12-metre electric double-decker, marking a new milestone in its journey to zero emissions. KMB’s new BYD B12D electric double-decker is equipped with BYD’s […]

SWEDEN Nordic operator Nobina has ordered four new Sigma 7 electric buses from Mellor, with deliveries expected to take place in November through Mellor’s Swedish distributor BK Invest. The firm’s partnership with BK Invest has […]

EUROPE Over the past few years, many projects and initiatives have tested and deployed autonomous vehicles (AVs) in public transport, but the large-scale roll-out of automated shared fleets that are commercially viable is yet to […]

AUSTRALIA With services due to commence in 2024, testing of the pre-production Hess LighTram25 for Brisbane Metro is ongoing in the Australian city. Designed in Switzerland and based on similar vehicles in use in that […]

QATAR On October 18 the world’s largest e-bus depot was opened in Lusail, Qatar. Covering an area of more than 400,000 square metres, the depot holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest electric […]