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24 Mar 2020
YUTONG SELLS FIRST ELECTRIC BUS IN SCOTLAND
Pelican Bus & Coach, the UK and Ireland importer and distributor for Yutong Buses and Coaches, has made its first sell with a Yutong E12 bus to McGill’s Buses, the largest privately-owned bus and coach operator in Scotland. The order was placed following a successful trial with a Yutong E12 last year.
19 Mar 2020
DANA LAUNCHES SPICER ELECTRIFIED ES9000R E-AXLE
Dana Incorporated is starting production of its Spicer Electrified eS9000r e-Axle for Class 4 and 5 commercial fleet applications. The new axle is designed for medium-duty truck and bus applications and is based on the Spicer S110, S111, and S130 rear drive axle platforms, and is engineered as a fully integrated e-Axle, including a gearbox and motor.
14 Mar 2020
SOLARIS SUCCESSFUL WITH THE URBINO 12 HYDROGEN
Solaris is to deliver 25 fuel cell buses to the Wuppertal-based company WSW Mobil GmbH and the RVK Köln in Germany. The hydrogen bus Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen debuted at the Global Public Transport Summit in Stockholm last year.
06 Mar 2020
VICTORIA IS RENEWING BUS FLEET WITH CNG BUSES
New compressed natural gas (CNG) buses are now operating in the
Victoria Regional Transit System (British Columbia, Canada). In total, 46 New Flyer heavy-duty CNG buses and 25 Grande West Vicinity medium-duty CNG buses will be added to the fleet by the end of this summer. The addition of CNG buses will be gradual throughout the year as buses are delivered.
29 Feb 2020
SECOND GERMAN E-BUS ORDER FOR IRIZAR
Competition in the electric bus sector grows stronger in Europe with Spanish builder Irizar receiving a second order in Germany. After the city of Düsseldorf Irizar has signed a contract with In-de-City-Bus GmbH (ICB) in Frankfurt for nine 18-metre ie-bus emission-free electric buses. Also Irizar is delivering nine interoperable slow charge stations for their garages.