International

CANADA Karsan has entered the North American market for the first time with its e-Jest, having received its first order for the type from the Canadian city of Saint John. Karsan CEO Okan Baş said […]

KUWAIT The Kuwait Fire Force is taking delivery of a personalised Irizar i6S for its Ministry of the Interior and high ranking officials, who will use the vehicle on special occasions such as national and […]

EUROPE Arriva has appointed Sian Leydon to the role of Managing Director for Mainland Europe, reporting directly to Arriva Group CEO Mike Cooper, effective from 4 July. Sian has been an Arriva Management Board member […]

SWEDEN Ebusco has signed a contract with Svealandstrafiken in Sweden for 23 18-metre Ebusco 3.0 buses, to be delivered in the second half of 2023. Svealandstrafiken, a public transport operator owned by the Västmanland and […]

ITALY Arrival and Enel X have entered into a partnership to test the UK-based manufacturer’s zero-emission battery electric bus in Italy. The partners aim to ‘foster the growth of electrified public transport globally through increasingly […]

PORTUGAL FlixBus and local partner Auto Viação Feirense have inaugurated the first long-distance electric bus route on the Iberian Peninsula, connecting Porto with Bragança in Portugal. On the first journey, staff from FlixBus and Auto […]

FRANCE French manufacturer and vehicle refurbisher Safra has been designing, manufacturing and marketing hydrogen-fuelled electric buses since 2011 under the Businova brand and recently unveiled its latest HyCity model. Offered in a 12-metre format, the […]

GERMANY MAN Truck & Bus is to offer an e-bus chassis for the global market, which will be based on the technology already in use in its Lion’s City E electric bus. The model is […]

DENMARK The Syddanmark Region in Denmark has purchased an integral 14m Irizar i8 bus designed specifically for blood donation, which will be used in towns across the region. Irizar said its approach to flexibility, high […]

FRANCE A new partnership between the Go-Ahead Group and French operator Groupe Lacroix & Savac will explore opportunities to bid for bus contracts in Paris. Go-Ahead said it had identified the French market as a […]