Bus Euro Test 2018 Irizar’s decision to embrace eMobility and enter the city bus market has been a wholehearted one, and a new company was formed in 2016 to foster its ambitions. It has invested heavily to produce the range it now offers, with electric options at 10.8m, 12.0m, 18m and 18.73m. Top of the […]
Bus Euro Test 2018 Although an example has been unveiled and commercial production will begin next year, for a manufacturer with such long experience of alternative propulsion systems Mercedes-Benz has been surprisingly slow to embrace full electric technology in commercial bus offerings. With no production electric to offer, Daimler chose to send the latest version […]
With a field of four vehicles eventually reduced to three with the withdrawal of MAN’s Lions City at short notice, this year’s Bus Euro Test offered a mixed bag; two of the buses were electrics and one a diesel with light hybridisation. Maybe it’s a sign of the times that there were no diesels, but […]
When your LEZ begins, with its ‘Euro VI or pay’ ultimatum for coaches, you’ll have almost exactly the same mix of vehicles you had before, and any notion you had of reducing overall coach emissions will be sunk. The reason? Appalling levels of stasis in developing a policy for retrofit coach emissions systems. If it […]
Daimler unveiled its electric Citaro prototype earlier this year (B&CB Issue 1471, 16 March) but, in advance of the IAA exhibition, revealed how it will look inside and out, and set out what the next driveline development stages are. Back in March the bus shown had the front of a standard Citaro and the roof […]
Southampton City Council’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ) plans – which penalise coaches and buses but ignore the main polluters – have angered local operators. The council has announced the next phase of consultation on the proposed Southampton CAZ for the city, closing on 13 September. In its response, the Confederation of Passenger Transport says charging operators […]
Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of Liverpool City Region, has set out how he will “take greater control” of buses. The Mayor plans to use additional powers over bus services granted to areas with a Metro Mayor through the Bus Services Act to do this in his region. He has announced what he describes as a […]
Horseman Coaches has invested £3m in Plaxton Leopards and Panthers. The Berkshire-based family operator has taken delivery of two Plaxton Leopards and placed an order for ten Panther Executive coaches that will be delivered during November and December this year. It also puts its 60-strong fleet in a more competitive position as London’s ULEZ comes closer. […]