It has been a busy year for all bus operators, but with high visitor numbers in Bournemouth, Yellow Buses was keen to increase capacity for the summer peak season, and so six of Reading Buses […]
GERMANY Two electric buses have covered a combined 200,000 kilometres within the space of one year of regular-service operations, saving operator Egenberger in Thierhaupten near Augsburg more than 100 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Mirko Sgodda, […]
BELGIUM De Lijn, the public transport operator in the Flemish part of Belgium, has made an large step towards becoming emission-free in urban areas. Its Board of Directors has approved an order for 44 new […]
Scottish Transport Minister Graeme Dey announces £50m follow-on to SULEB scheme The Scottish Government has launched the first £50 million phase of a new Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB). The fund replaces previous […]
Caetano has announced that it will be co-branding its zero-emission buses with Toyota. The City.Gold electric and the hydrogen-powered H2 City.Gold, will now also carry the Toyota brand. Over the past year, CaetanoBus has been […]
GERMANY Recently launched in right hand drive form, the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro is continuing to prove a popular choice for operators seeking an electric option on the continent, with recent deliveries to a number of operators. […]
AUSTRIA Österreichische Postbus is taking delivery of nine new Setra S 531 DT double-deckers. The vehicles will be used on intercity routes operated as part of the Verkehrsverbundes Ost-Region (VOR) network. Each bus offers 20 […]
QATAR ABB has won a contract to design, supply, test and commission a new high-power charging infrastructure for one of the world’s largest fleet of electric buses. The project will see the company provide high […]
An electric double-deck demonstrator is being trialled by Reading Buses between 9 and 18 July. “Electric technology is reaching a point where we can see that some urban services could reliably be converted to battery […]
NEW ZEALAND Manufacturers BYD and Alexander Dennis (ADL) have announced that the joint venture’s electric buses in New Zealand have clocked up over 1 million kilometres of zero-emission operation, avoiding more than 1,000 tonnes of […]
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