23 March 2023
Van Hool: order for 54 battery buses from Qbuzz Netherlands
Van Hool has signed a contract with Qbuzz Netherlands for the supply of 54 battery-electric Van Hool A15LE E buses. Qbuzz will employ these new buses in regional passenger transport in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe as from the last quarter...
17 March 2023
Sardinian company ARST is renewing its fleet with 238 Crossway buses
IVECO BUS will supply 238 CROSSWAY vehicles to ARST, a local urban, extra-urban and rail public transport company in Sardinia. The first 144 units are already delivered. The remaining 94 CROSSWAY will follow in instalments by June 2023.
16 March 2023
Mellor delivers its first all-electric eight-metre buses to Scotland
Mellor, the Rochdale-based manufacturer of size-appropriate buses, has delivered the first two Sigma 8s to local bus operator, Shuttle Buses in Scotland. The buses represent a significant milestone for Mellor; it are the customer examples of the...
16 March 2023
Volvo Buses closes its bodybuilding factory in Wroclaw in 2024
In a press statement Volvo Buses announces it will close in 2024 its bodybuilding factory in Wroclaw, Poland. The reason for this drastic measure is that Volvo is changing its business model in Europe to a model as it has in several other parts of...
16 March 2023
Another major order from VHH Hamburg, now for the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro
Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, is electrifying the Hamburg metropolitan region in a swift pace. The public transport provider has ordered 95 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro and eCitaro G buses. The first of the emission-free buses is...
16 March 2023
Hamburg operator VHH orders up to 100 MAN Lion's City E
Public transport operator Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH (VHH), Hamburg, Germany, continues to expand zero-emission bus fleet and awards a contract for up to 100 MAN electric buses. It is the fourth contract awarded by Verkehrsbetriebe...
16 March 2023
Blue Solutions and Bluebus partner with Forsee Power to develop a 100%-French battery
Blue Solutions and Bluebus, subsidiaries of the Bolloré Group, and Forsee Power have signed two memorandums of understanding to launch two new collaborative projects: initiate the development of 100%-French solid-state battery systems and integrate...
15 March 2023
Busworld Europe, what’s new? PART 2
The 20th edition of the Busworld Vehicle Awards (formerly known as ECW), will add a new category to its competition: Intercity. Next to a 'Grand Award Bus' and a 'Grand Award Coach', the jury will also choose a 'Grand Award Intercity'. If there are...
09 March 2023
Changes in MAN bus business management
MAN Truck & Bus is reorganising the management of its bus business. In the newly created role of "Head of Bus" (HoB), Barbaros Oktay will assume overall entrepreneurial responsibility for the bus unit. He will report directly to MAN CEO Alexander...
09 March 2023
Axxès and Continental announce first tolling service through “smart tachograph” data
Toll service provider Axxès and technology company Continental announced that they will cooperate regarding tolling services for commercial vehicle fleets by using data that is available in the next Continental version of the smart tachograph, the...
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