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Electric bus, main fleets and projects around the world

Electric bus adoption in public transport urban fleet is growing all over the world. It started in China, and it has taken a few years for other regions to start the transition. But now Europe is booming: the year 2019 will be remembered as the year when the electric bus sales volumes definitiv...

Solaris wins 130 articulated ebuses for MZA Warsaw

Today MZA Warsaw, in Poland, signed a contract for the purchase of 130 electric articulated buses Solaris Urbino 18 Electric. The news is reported on the Polish magazine InfoBus. The order will allow Warsaw to eliminate diesel powered buses from the so called “Royal route”, in the center...

Gothenburg to have further 130 Volvo electric buses in operation

Gothenburg will soon have 220 electric bus units on its public transport network. Public transport agency Västtrafik, after having ordered 30 electric buses from Volvo in summer 2018, took the option for another batch of as many as 130 electric buses. The buses will be operated in Gothenburg, Mölnda...

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Sweden, the biggest order of electric buses to date goes to Volvo

Volvo hometown, Gotheburg, takes the lead in the transition to zero emission bus system in Sweden. Volvo Buses, indeed, has just received an order for 30 electric buses 7900 from Gs Buss, subsidiary of Göteborgs Spårvägar, and Public Transport Authority Västtrafik. It is the biggest order so far for...

New managing director for VDL Bus & Coach Sweden

Vdl Bus & Coach Sweden AB strengthens the organization with the appointment of Fredrik Dahlborg as new Managing Director. He will take on his new role from 16 August. In May, Umeå municipality in Sweden has announced that the Dutch company Bus & Coach is the winner of the tender for 25 elect...

Proterra enters Canadian market starting from Toronto

Not just New Flyer and BYD electric buses, but also Proterra vehicles will be put into service in order to support the Toronto Transit Commission (Ttc) goal to convert the entire fleet of 1,926 buses to zero-emission by 2040. The order means the debut of Proterra in Canadian market. The ten buses or...

New Flyer provides 10 electric buses to Toronto

Ten electric buses by New Flyer (Canadian subsidiary of Nfi Group) will hit the road of Toronto for a first pilot decided by the Toronto Transit Commission (Ttc). The order of Xcelsior Charge includes an option for another 30 electric buses over the next two years. Besides, the plan of Ttc is to tur...

Alstom Aptis, with new design, will be delivered since July 2019

Alstom Aptis, the electric bus realized by Alstom and Ntl will be delivered from July 2019, with the new design presented at Transport Publics in Paris. The concept, characterized by  full low floor, axles offset to each end (and both steerable), rear lounge, has been tested for pilots in several Eu...

Electric Citaro, 15 units order by BVG Berlin

BVG Berlin is entering the electric bus era with an order for 15 fully electric Mercedes Citaro. This doesn’t mean the city is stopping its investments on diesel bueses, as proved by the recent record-breaking order for up to 950 city buses, also Citaro. The order is the result of the first te...

BYD and Goldstone, 5,000 ebuses per year in India by 2021

BYD and its Indian partner Goldstone are planning to reach a production rate of electric buses of no less than 5,000 units per year by March 2021. Indian zero emission bus market is expected to grow, and main manufacturers don’t want to lose any chance. K6 Goldstone – BYD minibus. Made i...

New Zealand’s ADL-BYD electric buses on the road next year

Red Bus will introduce the first fully electric bus service in New Zealand. This follows the signing of a deal to purchase three electric buses as part of the commitment of the operator to gradually introducing new innovative technology across Christchurch public transport services. The buses are En...
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