Busworld North America News

Navya has signed a contract in the US with autonomous mobility provider Beep, concerning the sale of 8 autonomous shuttles. With this new order Beep will significantly increase its fleet size of Navya self-driving shuttles up 22 vehicles. This will...

The Munich-based (Germany) OEM Sono Motors celebrated the debut of the world’s first affordable solar electric vehicle (SEV), the Sion, and the unveiling of its novel ‘Solar Bus Kit’, a scalable B2B retrofit solar panel solution for city buses that...

Volvo Group Venture Capital AB invests in Optibus Ltd, a software company for efficient sustainable bus operations, that develops and provides optimization software for public transportation planning and management. According to Volvo this investment...

January 2020 Chinese manufacturer BYD introduced the C10MS battery electric double decker bus. Now the model has passed the FTA durability test. With this achievement BYD claims it has delivered the first battery electric double decker bus that...

Rocsys, the world’s first provider of autonomous charging solutions powered by robotics and artificial intelligence, will demonstrate autonomous charging at Electric Island in Portland (US), America's first public charging station for commercial and...

MAN Truck & Bus will in future be offering an eBus chassis for the global market. This is based on proven technologies from the Lion's City E for which MAN already received orders for a total of over 1,000 buses from many European countries. With the...

Automotive supplier Meritor announced the intention to acquire Siemens Commercial Vehicles Business for approximately €190 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close by calendar year-end, subject to regulatory approvals and customary...

ABC Companies, a leading provider of motorcoach, transit and specialty passenger transport vehicles in the USA and Canada, has recently completed an unprecedented long-distance road trip with customer, MTRWestern a leading charter bus, and shuttle...

As demand for commercial electric vehicles continues to grow, Proterra Inc announced plans to open a new EV battery system manufacturing plant in South Carolina to produce battery systems for Proterra Powered customers’ commercial electric vehicles...

To mark the anniversary of the Van Hool double-decker coach, celebrating its 40'th birthday, the Belgium company introduces an electric double-decker, the TDX25E. It is exactly one year ago Van Hool shipped the first 100% electric coach, the CX45E...