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27 Agosto, 2024
| 🚀 Electric Class 2 coming at FIAA! |
| Irizar will launch a intercity electric bus model (the first in its history) during the second half of 2024. It’ll be showcased at FIAA in Madrid. |
| 🇳🇱 15-meter Yutong for Qbuzz |
| Qbuzz will take over the Zuid-Holland Noord concession in the Netherlands as of 15 December 2024. Formerly ordered (March 2023) 15-meter Van Hool e-buses will be replaced by Yutong vehicles |
| 🔎 Van Hool crisis: an emblematic history |
| The Van Hool – VDL story ties in with many others: the difficulties of industrial players in the post-pandemic recovery, the competitiveness of vehicle manufacturing |
| 🚌 Iveco E-Way H2: the ID card |
| Up to seven time less batteries than a BEV bus (one module instead of 7), with 15% more passengers. These are the specifications mostly stressed by IVECO BUS… |
| 🇩🇪 Otokar opens subsidiary in Germany |
| After Italy, now Otokar is also going to conquer the German market, where it has decided to open a new subsidiary. |
| 🌊 The franchising ‘wave’ in UK. An analysis |
| In the UK outside London, there’s growing media attention on the prospect of public ownership of the bus network via franchised services. Can this hybrid model of public ownership with private operation arrest the decline in bus patronage? |
| 🎥 VIDEO TEST DRIVE Spotlight on Temsa LD SB E! |
| 🙋🏻♂️ New at Transport UK London |
| Transport UK London Bus (formerly Abellio) announces the appointment of Paul Hennigan as Fleet and Facilities Director. |
| 🇫🇷 Solaris H2 buses for France |
| Solaris has secured a new fuel cell bus contract in the French market. According to a Solaris press note, the manufacturer will supply four 12-meter Urbino hydrogen buses to Artois Mobilités |
| 🇬🇧 Arriva buys DD e-buses from Volvo |
| Arriva London has placed an order for 51 Volvo BZL Electric Double Deck buses. They’ll housed in Tottenham garage and serve routes 341 and 243 from 2025. |
| 🇨🇭 New trolleybuses coming! |
| Just days after finalizing an agreement with TL of Lausanne for the supply of 53 trolleybuses, Carrosserie Hess,, won a tender from Verkehrsbetriebe Biel, Switzerland |
| 🤝 Manchester turns to CitySwift |
| CitySwift announces it has partnered with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), in order to “power the future of Manchester’s public transport network through the use of AI and data“, as CitySwift states. |
| 🔌 Scania launches Erinion |
| Scania has strengthened its e-mobility offering with new charging solutions through the establishment of Erinion, a new company specializing in private and semi-public charging solutions |
| 🤩 1,000 e-buses with Voith motor in UK |
| Voith electric powertrain VEDS has already been supplied to the UK bus market more than a thousand times. Over 1,200 buses registered in UK in 2023 were fitted with a purely electric drivetrain (BEV or FCEV). |
| 😎 InnoTrans is coming after summer |
| On September 24 the 14th edition of InnoTrans will open its doors again and bring together key players in transportation and mobility technology from around the world. |
