The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has signed a framework agreement with the North American manufacturer New Flyer for the delivery of up to 621 battery buses. The public transport operator has already ordered 186 units.
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A contract between Vienna public transport operator Wiener Linien and the Polish bus manufacturer Solaris for the delivery of ten hydrogen buses has apparently fallen through.
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The Australian city of Canberra has purchased 94 electric buses. The first should be delivered later this year, while the rest will join the city fleet progressively through 2026.
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Volvo Buses has unveiled a new all-electric city bus for the Mexican market that will be manufactured locally. The new model is called Luminus and is available in different lengths from 9.7 to 13 metres and with battery capacities ranging from 280 to 470 kWh.
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BYD has presented the first electric bus jointly developed with the Spanish chassis builder Castrosua. Both companies signed a manufacturing partnership last year. The first units of the electric bus will soon be in use in Spain.
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Foothill Transit, a public transport agency serving the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys in Southern California, is furthering its sustainability efforts with the introduction of Axess EVO-FC buses to its fleet. Manufacturer ElDorado National (ENC) will produce the buses in Riverside, CA.
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The Scottish Government is launching the second phase of its Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB). Up to £58 million is to be made available for the procurement of zero-emission buses and associated infrastructure.
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The Skoda Group will deliver 91 electric trolley buses to the Lithuanian capital. These will be delivered in 2024 and 2025.
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Polish manufacturer Solaris has received a new order from Lustenau in western Austria. The local public transport operator has ordered 16 units of the nine-metre Urbino 9 LE model.
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Bremen public transport operator Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG) is procuring 50 more electric buses. Mercedes-Benz (EvoBus) has received an order from BSAG for 35 new fully electric articulated eCitaro G buses, while another 15 iebus18 models were ordered from Irizar.
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Nova Bus, the North American subsidiary of Volvo, has received a group order to supply up to 1,229 battery-electric buses to ten public transport operators in Quebec, Canada. The vehicles are set to be delivered between 2025 and 2027.
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REV Group subsidiary Collins Bus has announced that its Ford E-Transit Type A School Bus is now available for orders. E-Transit is the first Type A School Bus on an electric powertrain from a full-line automaker.
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The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (USA) has ordered seven fuel cell buses from New Flyer. The public transport provider also signed an option for up to 100 more buses under the five-year contract.
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Wrightbus has secured a new order to deliver 48 zero-emission buses for Stagecoach in London. The British public transport operator expects delivery of the all-electric double-deckers before the year’s end. Plus, these are not the only zero-emission models coming to the capital.
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In Nigeria, the energy company Oando Clean Energy Limited (OCEL) has announced a partnership with China’s bus builder Yutong to put 12,000 electric buses on the roads over the next seven years and build the infrastructure for them.
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Canada’s largest city, Toronto, is investing CAD 700 million into procuring 340 electric buses and infrastructure. There is some funding through the provincial government.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has freed $400 million in grants for financing “cleaner” school buses, primarily electric ones but also those running on gas. This is the first round of funding coming as grants but follows on from powerful programs.
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Alexander Dennis and BYD UK have delivered 39 more electric buses to Stagecoach in Scotland. These are 24 Enviro200EV solo buses and 15 Enviro400EV double-deckers.
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Solaris has announced a record order for hydrogen buses from the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: The transport company Rebus Regionalbus Rostock has ordered 52 fuel cell buses from the Polish manufacturer, including 47 vehicles with a length of twelve metres and five articulated buses.
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The Dutch public transport operators Qbuzz and OV-bureau Groningen Drenthe have placed an order with Daimler Buses for the construction of a total of 35 fully electric articulated Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G buses. According to the contract, deliveries are to be completed by 2026.
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The Norwegian capital Oslo got 183 new electric buses on 16 April. The Solaris Urbino 18 electric vehicles will be used in route areas 1 (city centre north-south) and 2 (city centre east-west).
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The African nation of Kenya has secured a $377 million fund from a consortium of European agencies to build “East Africa’s first electric bus lane”.
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The state of West Virginia is acquiring 41 GreenPower custom-built, battery-electric school buses for $15 million. The models include Type D BEAST and Type A Nano BEAST school buses. As part of the order, GreenPower received a $3 million deposit from the state to manufacture the buses in West Virginia.
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The Croatian train builder Koncar has placed its first order with the Swiss battery system manufacturer Leclanché. The order is for battery systems for two trains that will operate on medium-haul routes in coastal and inland Croatia.
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Solaris announces that the French Union of Public Purchasing Groups has added two Polish electric bus models to its procurement list. This makes Solaris a potential supplier of electric buses and trolleybuses for public transport projects in France.
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British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has announced an expansion of its electric bus production. The ADL headquarters in Larbert, Scotland, will build the new Enviro400EV double-decker model from August 2023.
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Westway Coaches is looking to speed up the electrification process of its fleet. To that end, it is working with the British electric drive specialist Equipmake to retrofit its coaches with electric drives.
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Strasbourg public transport operator CTS (Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois) has signed a framework contract with Portuguese bus manufacturer CaetanoBus for the delivery of up to 60 hydrogen buses over the next five years.
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Bus operator Arriva will integrate 50 battery-electric double-deckers into its fleet in London this year. The StreetDeck Electroliner BEV buses from the Northern Irish manufacturer Wrightbus are to be put into service between May and September 2023.
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In the USA, Washington DC’s Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has just ordered five 40-foot electric buses from Nova Bus and five from New Flyer. The purchase is part of the WMATA plan to fully decarbonise its bus fleets by 2042.
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