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25 Jan 2020
IRIZAR PRESENTS AUTONOMOUS 12M BUS
Irizar has presented its first autonomous bus. Spanish city of Malaga had the honour. The City Council of Malaga is pioneering with a mobility project that in a few months will begin to move around the city of Malaga. Irizar has taken up the challenge to implement the autonomous systems into a citybus, the 12 m Irizar ie bus. The zero emissions electric vehicle is equipped with a dual drive mode: manual and automatic (autopilot).
24 Jan 2020
KVB COLOGNE ORDERS 53 VDL CITEA ELECTRIC
Public transport company KVB Cologne has ordered 53 electric VDL Citeas: 48 Citea SLFA-181 Electric articulated in BRT design and 5 Citea SLF-120 Electric. The buses will be delivered during the fourth quarter of 2020. They will be operating in the city centre of Cologne. With this order, KVB is on its way towards full electrification of the bus fleet.
23 Jan 2020
2019: 1.8% INCREASE IN REGISTRATIONS BUSES AND COACHES
In 2019, new bus and coach registrations expanded by +1.8% in the European Union, despite the negative performance of the segment during the second half of the year, reports ACEA. The monthly update by the organization on December last year shows a modest increase (+1.2%) in the demand in the EU for buses and coaches, ending the negative trend that started in July.
22 Jan 2020
Busworld Academy taking part in World Urban Forum 2020
Busworld will be represented at the World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi next month through participation of Busworld Academy in the forum by organizing 2 events and holding a booth in the exhibition.
22 Jan 2020
BOSCH INCREASES STAKE TO 18% IN FUEL CELL PARTNER CERES POWER
Bosch has increased its stake in Ceres Power from 3.9 percent to circa 18 percent. Bosch’s total investment will be approximately 90 million euros. Since signing a strategic agreement in August 2018, Bosch and Ceres have been successfully collaborating in the development of fuel-cell stacks for stationary applications. This enabled Bosch to start initial low-volume production of pilot fuel-cell systems in autumn 2019 in Germany.