International
BYD Midibuses Italy-bound
ITALY Four city operators in the Piedmont Region of Italy have placed orders for a total of 13 BYD pure electric Midibuses, a new model which BYD only unveiled at the Busworld Europe last October. […]
International
Bus News
Hartmut Schick to lead Daimler Trucks Asia
GERMANY Head of Daimler Buses, Hartmut Schick, is to leave his post to become the new Head of Daimler Trucks Asia, succeeding Marc Llistosella who is leaving the company by March 31, 2018 to pursue […]
Bus News
Novara adds three ebuses
ITALY The delivery of three 12m BYD ebuses to the municipality of Novara, close to Turin, means that the two cities now have 23 emission-free full-size buses in service, the largest such fleet in Italy. […]
Bus News
Transaid Christmas appeal for 2017 breaks £25,000 target
International development organisation Transaid has expressed its gratitude to the 46 companies that supported its Christmas appeal 2017. In total, the organisation raised £26,442, surpassing its £25,000 target. Supporters chose from three packages available – […]
Autonomous vehicles
Volvo autonomous vehicles to be trialled in Singapore
A pair of Volvo 7900s with autonomous technology onboard are to be tested from 2019, with one expected to move around a depot to charge and wash without human interaction Volvo Buses and Nanyang Technological […]
Bus News
Groningen Citea Electrics enter service
HOLLAND VDL Bus & Coach has delivered 10 articulated VDL Citea SLFA Electrics to Qbuzz in Groningen. The buses are now operational on Q-link routes 1 (Groningen Main Station – Zuidhorn) and 2 (Europapark – […]
Bus News
First Citaro hybrids delivered
Stuttgart operator becomes first recipient of Daimler’s new hybrid Mercedes-Benz Citaro GERMANY The first new Mercedes-Benz Citaro hybrids are gradually going into service with Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG (SSB). Based on the hybrid technology recently unveiled […]
Bus News
Wrightbus StreetLite trio for Bus Travel NZ
New Zealand Bus Travel NZ has taken delivery of three 11.5m Wrightbus StreetLite Micro Hybrids powered by Euro 6 Mercedes-Benz engines driving through Voith D824.6E automatic gearboxes. These are the first vehicles that Wrightbus has […]
Bus News
MAN ’decker fleet for Sydney
After absence of several decades, double-deckers return to Sydney in sizeable numbers AUSTRALIA Thirty-eight 86-seat Gemilang-bodied MAN A95 double-deckers have been delivered to Transport for New South Wales by Penske Commercial Vehicles. New South Wales Minister […]
Bus News
KMB donates retired Alexander-bodied Dennis Trident to school
HONG KONG Students and teachers of Hong Chi Morninghope School in Tuen Mun will now be able to enjoy learning on a retired bus provided by The Kowloon Motor Bus Co (1933) Ltd (KMB) under […]
