At the port of San Antonio in Chile 100 BYD K9FE buses were unloaded from a carrier which started its journey at the port of Shanghai on July 1. The 100 buses travelled overland to the Chilean capital Santiago to start their operation for Metbus. They will be running on the Avenida Grecia, a completely electrified bus line that benefits more than 660 thousand people weekly.
Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) today announced that it is expanding the UK’s widest range of low and zero emission buses with the new Enviro400ER Electric Range hybrid double deck bus. Developed with BAE Systems, the Enviro400ER offers geofenced zero emission capability, making it an ideal solution for pollution hotspots in towns and cities.
The Irish National Transport Authority (NTA) has published in July a notice for procurement of 600 hybrid double-deck buses. NTA has commenced the procurement process as a key element of the BusConnects programme. NTA intends to enter into a Single Supplier Framework Agreement for the buses.
Daimler Buses has equipped its Mannheim bus plant with a central charging station for the fully-electric eCitaro. It offers the eCitaro that leaves the factory and is ready for the hand over the possibility to be fully charged. It has a flexible and modular infrastructure concept for the relevant charging solutions: cable, pantograph and charging rail.
Daimler Buses has received a purchase order for 44 Euro 6 chassis from Transit Systems in Australia. It is the biggest single order for Daimler's bus division in Australia in more than a decade. The chassis are to be produced in the Spanish plant of Daimler Buses at Sámano and subsequently equipped with bodies from either Australian bus bodybuilder Volgren or Malaysian Gemilang International.