Russia will supply electric bus components to Turkey, Turkish media recently reported. As a first result of this agreement, parts for the first electric bus built under the scope of this contract have meanwhile been shipped to Turkey.
With a body by ADL built on a Scania chassis this is the first of a fleet of 110 buses that will be put into service during the coming months. following the granting of £4.8 million for this project from the British government. The funding was apparently stimulated by the publishing of an air quality plan submitted by the UK Department for Transport, Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV).
US powertrain manufacturer Cummins recently revealed its all-electric semi tractor concept. The company called the semitrailer truck a concept that could arrive at the end of this decade.
Scania has received anorder to deliver 140 buses for public transport in Kristiansand, south-west of the Norwegian capital Oslo. All of the buses can run on biodiesel and 70 of them have hybrid technology, making it Scania’s largest single delivery of hybrid vehicles to date.
The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways) has found a new owner for its Dutch bus subsidiary Qbuzz. Busitalia, the new owner,recently signed the purchase-agreement. Busitalia is part of the Italian Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS Group) and goals.