The share of electric buses registered in Europe rose to 6.1 percent as that of diesels dropped some 10 percentage points to 72.9 percent since 2019, reveals ACEA. ACEA figure cover all new medium and heavy buses (over 3.5 tonnes) in the European Union. The organisation puts urban buses (where e-buses are more numerous) together…
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Bus2Bus 2021 opens its doors on 14 and 15 April in the Berlin Messe Palais am Funkturm Halls 18, 19, and 20. The shorter two-day event features virtual elements. This is in response to the coronavirus which impacts both the bus industry and trade fairs. This year, the halls are different and will be bathed in natural…
Busworld Europe 2021 has decided to play it safe and bow out, with regrets. Organisers feel visitors might not come to the October show in the usual numbers. The door remains open to alternative October events. The plan is for the next Busworld Europe to be in Brussels from 7 to 12 October 2023. For more…
Sustainable Bus Media is producing Sustainable Bus Tour 2021, including two webinars. There, operators, manufacturers, component makers and technology leaders will debate public transport sector issues and outlooks. They will throw a keen look at today’s developments and the challenges the public transport sector faces. The initiative involves public transport companies Keolis and Transdev as…
In the year of Covid-19, the West European battery electric bus market expanded 22 percent. Trolleybuses apart, 2062 new e-buses sold there in 2020. The 1685 sales in the same market made 2019 a notable record year, figures tripling on 2018. The market had taken 5087 e-buses since 2012. Nearly three quarters of them have…