An operator’s journey into bus electrification – and its learnings
Welcome back to Switched On, a series of articles helping operators to reduce the lifetime costs of running electric coaches…
Coach and bus operators both prominent in ScotZEB2 winners
Coach operators and bus operators are equally prominent among winners of the second phase of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus…
First Bus confirms initial 32 Wrightbus StreetDeck electric repowers
32 Wrightbus StreetDeck double-deckers in First Bus fleets will be repowered to battery-electric by the OEM’s NewPower business in a…
Voith Electrical Drive System passes 1,000 units for UK users
Over 1,000 examples of the Voith Electrical Drive System (VEDS) have been deployed in zero-emission buses for UK customers and…
Equipmake to focus repower work on ‘limited number of platforms’
Equipmake plans to rationalise its electric bus repower work by focusing those efforts on what it terms “a limited number…
Arriva London orders 51 Volvo BZL electric double-deckers
Arriva London has placed an order for 51 Volvo BZL battery-electric double-deckers. They represent the first order for the BZL…
MAN SafeStop Assist product captures MY2024 Neoplan Tourliner
MAN has revealed details of the SafeStop Assist system, which is available as an option on model year 2024 coaches…
Transdev chooses Mercedes-Benz Citaro hybrid for Flyer services
Transdev Blazefield has ordered 15 Mercedes-Benz Citaro diesel-electric hybrid single-deckers for its Flyer network of routes to Leeds Bradford Airport.…
Van Hool coach range and deliveries fate uncertainty continues
Speculation about both the future of the Van Hool coach line-up in Europe and the fate of vehicles on order…
Denial to acceptance: Bus decarbonisation work must continue
You will be reading this on the other side of the general election. Will you be celebrating the dawn of…
