50 new electric articulated buses for Berlin
Berlin’s electric bus fleet is growing: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (Berlin’s transport company) is sending the first vehicle of its new generation of electrically-powered articulated buses into scheduled service. The 18-metre-long Solaris vehicle will initially be deployed on the 300 bus route. It is part of an order of 50 vehicles that will be delivered by the middle of 2025.
Federal Transport Minister Wissing hands over 95 e-buses to vhh.mobility
Hamburg’s transport operator vhh.mobility (Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein), Germany’s third-largest municipal bus operator, is taking delivery of 95 new e-buses from Daimler Buses for its fleet. The purchase of the vehicles was made possible by funding at EU and federal level.
BMDV hosts first Conference on Climate-friendly Buses
The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is hosting the Conference on Climate-Friendly Buses for the first time. Over a period of two days, transport companies, manufacturers and the scientific community will discuss innovations and developments in innovative drive systems for public transport as well as for long-distance bus transport. The conference begins today with around 200 participants both in person and online.
Wissing: “We’re putting climate-friendly buses on the road”
In the framework of today’s BMDV Conference on Climate-Friendly Buses, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is taking stock of the funding programme: ‘Alternative drive systems for passenger transport buses’. The BMDV has supported the market ramp-up of emission-free buses since 2021 by funding vehicle and infrastructure procurement as well as feasibility studies, taking a neutral approach both in terms of technology and applications.
Rebus hydrogen fleet set to welcome 52 new hydrogen buses
Rebus Regionalbus Rostock GmbH (rebus) is embracing hydrogen as its drive technology of choice for the future. Today, the ceremonial launch of 52 hydrogen buses and two filling stations took place in Güstrow. This means that soon, almost a third of the fleet will be operating with zero emissions.
Climate-friendly commercial vehicles at IAA Transportation 2024
NOW and the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure are providing information to visitors of the leading international trade fair for logistics, commercial vehicles, buses and the transport sector in Hanover. The new Lkw-LadeinfrastrukturMONITORING – the revised vehicle database of all climate-friendly commercial vehicle models, and new features of the eBusTOOL, will be among the presentations.
