In all the electric news the hybrid system might be a bit underestimated. MAN proudly announces therefore that since 2010 it has sold over 800 of their MAN Lion's City Hybrid. Only between January 2018 and April 2019 it already sold nearly 200 buses of the hybrid model. Not only that, MAN has also high hopes of its new Lion's City Efficient Hybrid, also known as mild hybrid.
Un sistema de carga para autobuses eléctricos mediante pantógrafo flexible y automatizado es la propuesta que la compañía ABB ha dado a conocer en la feria UITP (Union Internationale des Transports Publics) 2019 en Estocolmo (Suecia), como una de las tecnologías para responder a la demanda del mercado mundial del autobús eléctrico que, según la consultora “P&S Intelligence” registrará una tasa de crecimiento del 16,6% al año hasta 2025.
With another 183 Pure Electric Buses BYD is expanding Santiago's bus fleet up to 411 buses. The Chilean Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Gloria Hutt, recently announced this new order, due to arrive in August of this year. Last December BYD together with Chilean partner Enel delivered 100 electric buses, BYD's K9FEs, operating in Santiago to the city. BYD now has a dominant share of more than 60% in the capital’s promising electric bus market.
Iniciado en 2017, el proyecto STAR, Rapid Autonomous Transport System, que apunta a desarrollar el primer bus autónomo, capaz de operar en condiciones similares a una explotación real, debería dar lugar a un prototipo a principios de 2021. El objetivo es tener un metro Bus, capaz de acomodar a cien pasajeros en condiciones óptimas de seguridad, protección y confort, para alcanzar una velocidad de hasta 40 km / h, todo ello sin conductor.
Volvo Buses and Famco Al Futtaim Auto & Machinery Co (Famco) have been selected as supplier of 373 Euro 6 city buses to Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The Volvo B8RLE Euro 6 chassis will be fitted with a Sunsundegui SB3 body. These will be the first ever Euro 6 city buses to operate in the Middle East region.