International

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 […]

GERMANY Berlin operator BVG is helping its Ukrainian colleagues to maintain local transport in Kyiv and Lviv by sending four of its iconic yellow double-deckers, and providing spares for trams. Many vehicles and parts of […]

SPAIN CaetanoBus will deliver the first examples of its hydrogen-powered H2.City Gold to the archipelago of Canarias in 2023. The first unit will be delivered to ITC – Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias – and the […]

NORWAY BYD has been awarded a large order for electric buses from public transport operator Nobina in Norway, for a total of 64 eBuses, with delivery to Norway in Q2 2023. The order comprises 40 […]