With 92 electric Citeas now in daily operation and having covered more than 3 million electric kilometres, VDL Bus & Coach claims to be European market leader in the area of zero- emission public bus transport. To produce customer solutions in partnership with the transport operator during the transition from diesel to electric, VDL is increasingly taking on the role of transition partner, meaning VDL not only delivers the buses but takes responsibility for the entire system, including installation of the charging stations.
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En tan sólo tres meses la cita del autobús en Latino América volverá a Colombia. Allí se encontrarán de nuevo los más importantes carroceros, fabricantes de chasís para autobuses y autocares, fabricantes de partes y accesorios para la industria y autoridades, además de los más expertos conferencistas de la academia Busworld, para debatir sobre el futuro del autobús en esta parte del continente. 
Canada-based GreenPower Motor Company and its California factory direct dealer, School Bus Sales of California, have secured commitments for eleven batteery-electric Synapse 72 school buses from six different school districts in South Coast and North Coast California districts. The two have been giving demonstrations of the Synapse 72 electric school bus to school districts and charter schools selected by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District for funding directly tied to the purchases of all-electric school buses. 
In Bristol, the company has taken delivery of its first wholly-owned biogas-fuelled double-decker, which will be operating in Bristol. As yet, First has ordered no further gas buses, the company stated, but will start experimenting with electric double-deckers. 
York has become the first UK city outside London to trial a new full-electric double decker. No BYD this time, but an Optre doubledecker bus. It will be trialled on the York Park & Ride network and selected city routes over the next month.