First customer for all-electric Citaro is based close to where the bus will be manufactured GERMANY Rhein Neckar Verkehr GmbH will be the first customer for the fully-electric Citaro city bus from Mercedes-Benz. Representatives of […]
CHILE The first two 100% electric buses in the history of Santiago City’s public transport began operating following an inauguration ceremony witnessed by the Minister of Transportation, Paola Tapia; the Minister of Energy, Andrés Rebolledo […]
Masats coach luggage compartment pneumatic opening system said to be easier to use BELGIUM The right-hand drive revised-style Van Hool EX exhibited at Busworld Europe at Kortrijk in October had a Masats pneumatic luggage compartment system. […]
AUSTRALIA Volvo Buses has received an order for eight hybrids in Australia, the biggest order to date in that market. Latrobe Valley Bus Lines (LVBL) based east of Melbourne in southeast Australia has ordered eight […]
National Express Group PLC has announced the completion of two acquisitions in November. The group said that the acquisitions, one in the US and the second in Spain, would enable further expansion in target markets. […]
Czech Republic Busem, part of Čsad Autobusy České Budějovice a.s, is rolling out ‘smart’ bus stops at 14 major locations across the city of Písek in the Czech Republic. Using Papercast solar powered e-paper displays, […]
AUSTRALIA Transit mobile ticketing supplier, Masabi is part of a two-month trial in South Australia, with the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) to test the feasibility of smartphone-based payments on South Australia’s public […]
FRANCE The first autonomous shuttle service operating in mixed traffic in France has been launched in the Parc Icade d’Orly-Rungis, Paris, benefiting 18,000 employees of 220 companies. Using two EasyMile EZ10 vehicles each capable of […]
USA The North American Daimler subsidiary, Thomas Built Buses, has introduced its first all-electric school bus for series production. Starting in 2019, the emission-free Saf-T-Liner C2 Electric Bus or short Jouley will safely transport up […]
GERMANY It was half a century ago the Setra introduced the 100 model series and 12,339 units of this generation comprising touring, inter-urban and regular service coaches and buses were sold. Among other features, the […]
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