Busworld Europe news

With the new emission rules the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the European Commission decided on, means that 90 percent of all new city buses must be emission-free by 2030. Five years later 100 per cent of city buses must be...

Belgian Bus and coach manufacturer Van Hool has appointed Dutch man Marc Zwaaneveld as co-CEO in order to realize a turnaround for Van Hool into a profitable company. Together with current CEO Filip Van Hool, he will take on the daily management of...

Van Hool has signed a contract with operator Qbuzz in the Netherlands for the supply of 112 battery-electric buses of the model Van Hool A13LE E (56 units; 45 + 3 seats; 13 m) and Van Hool A15LE E (56 units; 51 + 5 seats; 15 m). These buses will be...

Tender Opportunities

The German public transport operator Rheinbahn Düsseldorf has ordered 10 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses. Delivery will take place in 2025. Dusseldorf has set itself the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2035 by implementing its strategy with...

MAN Truck & Bus and ABB E-mobility have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement. The aim of the strategic partnership is to work even more closely together, particularly in the area of development with the "Megawatt charging system" (MCS) as the...

IVECO BUS is awarded an order for the delivery of 293 CROSSWAY Low Entry and 77 CROSSWAY buses to the DAKAR DEM DIKK public transport operator for the modernization of public transport services in the Dakar metropolitan area and its suburbs. The...

Ballard Power Systems announced the signing of a new Long-Term Supply Agreement (LTSA) with NFI Group Inc. The agreement marks a new phase in the established partnership between Ballard and NFI, focused on deployment-level volumes of fuel cell...

Ebusco has signed a contract with new customer Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (ViP) for 10 Ebusco 3.0 12-metre buses and 13 Ebusco 3.0 18-metre buses. Ebusco and ViP have together shaped an infrastructure based on pantograph charging. Therefore, this will...

The board of De Lijn, the public transport authority and operator in Flanders, Belgium, has approved the purchase of 92 standard (12 m) electric buses from BYD Europe. “This order confirms that De Lijn is firmly on track with the electrification of...