Bus manufacturer Van Hool of Koningshooikt in Belgium has received an order from TfL, the London public transport organisation, for the delivery of two fuelcell buses of the most recent generation. This agreement fits into 3Emotion, a European consortium voor hydrogen-driven buses, led by Van Hool as project coördinator.
India's second largest commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland has received orders worth $82 million (approx Rs 521 crore) from Senegal.
Battery-electric bus supplier BYD was one of a number of technology firms that addressed the Transport Day at the United Nations climate negotiations (COP21) in France. The fortnight ended with a declaration by 200 countries to limit global warming to less than 2°C and improve air quality.
VDL Bus & Coach will deliver approx. 40 Citea’s SLFA Electric to the Dutch transport operator Hermes, to be entered into service in its concession Zuidoost-Brabant, in the southern part of the Netherlands. Target is to create a transition in this area from conventional buses with combustion engines to absolutely emission-free public transport within the period 2016-2025. Part of the plan is that the city of Eindhoven will have a completely electric public transport system in 2020.
The Irizar i2e, an electric bus from the Irizar Group, has been presented in the city of Paris by the RATP in an official event during the COP21 Bus Summit. The event presided by Elisabeth Borne, President and General Manager of the RATP, Jean-Paul Huchon, CEO of STIF and Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris, was held in Place Jacques Rueff and its aim was to present to the press, institutions and the public in general the project and the buses that have been selected for the testing phase within the RATP 2025 project, which aims to achieve a fleet of buses in Paris with a total of 4,500 units made up of 80% electric and 20% biogas units.