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24 May 2020
100 YUTONG ELECTRIC BUSES EXPORTED TO KAZAKHSTAN
Recently, 100 Yutong E12 full electric buses arrived in Kazakhstan. The first batch of 20 buses has been put into operation in the core bus routes of Nur-Sultan, capital city of Kazakhstan and the second coldest capital in the world.
23 May 2020
ZF CETRAX GOES INTO PRODUCTION
Starting in the third quarter of 2020, the CeTrax electric central drive will be next to the AxTrax AVE portal axle, the second electric drive from ZF for public transport to go into volume production. The drive will be manufactured in Friedrichshafen. The first buses to use the CeTrax have already been announced. Solaris and MAZ have communicated that they offer the option.
22 May 2020
13 EBUSCO BUSES TO FRANKFURT
After having received an order in 2019 for 156 Ebusco 2.2 electric buses from the Transdev Group in the Netherlands, Ebusco received an order for 13 of those buses by Transdev Germany. Ebusco will deliver the 13 electric buses at the end of 2020 to Alpina, a brand of Transdev Rhein-Main GmbH.
21 May 2020
VOLVO BUSES RECEIVES ORDER FOR 128 HYBRID BUSES FOR BRUSSEL
Brussels operator STIB-MIVB has placed an order for 128 hybrid Volvo buses. In addition to the buses, the order encompasses options for servicing and maintaining the traction chain and batteries. These 128 buses will be delivered in 2021. The aim is to gradually convert the city’s entire vehicle fleet to electric propulsion.
20 May 2020
ADL URGES UK GOVERNMENT TO SPEED UP TRANSITION TO CLEANER TRANSPORT
Alexander Dennis (ADL) urges the UK government to accelerate the move to cleaner transport by releasing UK Government’s earlier £5bn pledge for buses and cycling as sustainable models of travel. “This is now more imperative than ever as the economy emerges from the impact of coronavirus”, says Colin Robertson, Chief Executive of ADL. He has a transformative vision that would see the entry into service of at least 10,000 low-, ultra-low- and zero-emission, domestically-built buses over the coming four years, approaching normal levels of investment.