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20 Apr 2019
SOLARIS TO DELIVER FIRST CNG-BUSES TO ARRIVA IN WARSAW
Arriva has ordered 54 CNG Solaris Urbino 18 buses. The public transport company won the public tender for operating selected bus lines in the capital of Poland. The tender was issued in 2018 by the municipal transport company ZTM Warszawa. It will be the première of Solaris gas buses in Warsaw.
17 Apr 2019
MOSCOW ORDERS 100 KAMAZ ELECTRIC BUSES
Moscow has signed a contract with Kamaz for the supply of 100 electric buses and 36 ultrafast charging stations, as reported by Interfax, citing the capital's investment and industrial policy department. The contract proposes the supply of electric buses, developed according to the demands of the city and service for a period of 15 years. The contract has a value of 6.57 billion rubles (approximately €90 million).
13 Apr 2019
TWO GERMAN ORDERS FOR THE ECITARO: 72 UNITS
Mercedes-Benz has received a for the company record-breaking order for the eCitaro electric bus. ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH from Wiesbaden (Hesse region) has placed an order for 56 eCitaro's, 41 of them to be delivered with the new solid state battery packs. Also the same week Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) ordered 16 units of the electric city bus. For the Wiesbaden order Mercedes-Benz also takes care of the adaptation of the service yard, the equipment and setting up of charging infrastructure, as well as the charging management process itself.
11 Apr 2019
SPRINTER 75 IS MINIBUS OF THE YEAR 2019
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 75 has won the prestigious title 'Minibus of the Year 2019! Five minibuses gathered in Madrid at the Ifema Expo grounds to be tested by the International Jury in the Minibus Euro Test. The five were Ferqui Sunrise CNG, Indcar eStrada, MAN TGE I4X4 Intercity and the Iveco New Daily Natural power.
07 Apr 2019
BUSWORLD VISITS ALMATY
Busworld is visiting Almaty in Kazachstan from 25 to 27 June 2019 where it will organize Busworld Central Asia. It will be the second Busworld Exhibition this year and with the mother of all Busworlds yet to come in Belgium from 18 to 23 Octobre: Busworld Europe will be held for the first time in the Belgium capital Brussels.