En su participación en LAT.BUS Transpublico, en Sao Pablo, Brasil., Volkswagen conmemora 25 años y récord histórico de exportaciones de autobuses, siendo una de las marcas más reconocidas en el mercado por sus plataformas de motor delantero para el transporte público urbano.
Hannover traditionally will host in September the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show. Also traditionally the organizer, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), organizes an International Press Workshop. VDA-President Bernard Mattes in his key-note speech made an appeal to politicians not to focus entirely on electric mobility and urged not to forget the sustainable role a 'clean' Euro VI diesel can play in improving the air quality.
Con la identidad audaz y moderna, NEOBUS lanza el nuevo modelo SPECTRUM 325, el primer modelo de la marca desarrollado para los segmentos de fletamento y carretero intermunicipal, así como de líneas regulares de media y cortas distancias, tras la adopción de la nueva estrategia de actuación en el mercado.
Bloomberg NEF expects that electric vehicles will be in serious competition to natural gas vehicles (NGVs) from 2025. NGVs are mostly used for public transport in India. In the report “India at the Crossroads: Natural Gas or Electric Vehicles” the researchers state that electric electric three-wheelers are already cheaper than NGVs on a total cost of ownership (TCO) basis and therefore form a stiff competition to the NGVs.
The busmarket in China is booming. The production is around 300.000 buses per year. For the city of Guangzhou the Guangdong Machinery & Electric Equipment Tendering Center Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Guoke Bidding Agent Co., Ltd., had set up tenders for in total 4,810 electric buses. BYD has received confirmation to build 4,473 of these buses.