Stories about: bus

Citaro Hybrid Buses Deployed in Bremen

12 Apr 2011, 10:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As one of the auto makers who are just beginning to act on turning the passenger cars it offers into electric or hybrid vehicles, the Daimler group is still at the front of the pack when it comes to...

No More Bus Races! Shanghai to Install GPS to Prevent Speeding

17 Feb 2011, 10:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There are some people out there who have to show their special affinity for speed regardless if they're driving a race car, a street-legal vehicle, a tractor or a... bus... And it appears that ...

Setra ComfortClass S 407 Presented in the US

2 Feb 2011, 10:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bus manufacturer Setra is getting ready to expand its offering on the US market, after it presented during the UMA Motorcoach Expo bus trade show in Tampa, Florida, the ComfortClass S 407 touring co...

HybriDrive System for Trucks Developed by BAE

21 Dec 2010, 15:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With all the excitement which has engulfed the passenger car segment of the automotive industry now that hybrid and electric vehicles have become a reality, some of the industry's players are t...

Young Bus Operators Meet in Prague

8 Dec 2010, 07:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With all the excitement we can find today in the automotive industry, mostly caused by the rise to power of new, alternative means of transportation, the world of the bus operators is about to chang...

Volvo Bus to Deliver 409 Coaches in Mexico in 2011

3 Dec 2010, 16:49 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Volvo Buses has received an order for 409 Volvo 9700 coaches in Mexico. Delivery of the order will begin in January and will be carried out during 2011. The buses will be assembled at Volvo Buses&rs...

Scania Ethanol Buses to Be Used in Sao Paulo

27 Nov 2010, 14:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Brazilian city of Sao Paulo is getting ready to welcome the first fleet of Scania ethanol buses to be used in public transport, after the city's mayor, Gilberto Kassab, announced the introd...

Volkswagen Confirms Plans to Build Microbus

22 Nov 2010, 08:08 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Surfers and California VW restorers of old Beetles and Microbuses should rejoice, because they might finally have a brand new bus to park next to their predecessors. Apparently, Klaus Bischoff, V...

Wrightbus Double-Decker Unveiled in London

13 Nov 2010, 12:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Previewed by London's Mayor, Boris Johnson, since May this year, the concept which will become the new double decker bus to be used in London turned reality yesterday. The bus, which will be ma...

Volvo Hybrid Buses Reach Brazil and Mexico

6 Oct 2010, 07:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having already deployed its hybrid buses in countries around Europe for testing, Swedish manufacturer Volvo is planning to bring them to the Americas as well, with Brazil and Mexico to be the first ...

Drunk Russian Tries to Get Off Flying Air Bus

29 Sep 2010, 07:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Before telling you about this little gimmick a Russian construction worker pulled this week, we have to warn that we are not completely sure the airplane involved in this story was an Airbus. Then a...

BAE HybriDrive Expands

15 Sep 2010, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor BAE Systems announced yesterday it is expanding its line of HybriDrive-powered buses by providing the system for public transport utilities in Everett, Washington, and Atlanta, Ge...

Passenger Grabs Steering Wheel, Flips Double Decker

30 Aug 2010, 15:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A double-decker was involved in what appeared to be a serious accident yesterday in Oxford, after one of the twelve passengers aboard fought the driver, injured him and grabbed the steering wheel. ...

Sanyo Presents Solar Bus

28 Aug 2010, 12:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As part of its efforts to show that the same results in terms of transportation efficiency can be achieved by using unconventional power sources, Japanese electronics specialist Sanyo partnered with...

Former Policeman Hijacks Bus in Manila

23 Aug 2010, 10:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A former police inspector in the Manila District Police, Rolando Mendoza, decided to pursue a peculiar course of action to ask for his old job back: he took 25 people hostages, 22 of which foreigner...

China Straddling Train to Solve Congestion [Video Update]

5 Aug 2010, 15:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being the fastest growing automotive market in the world and at the same time one of the world's biggest polluters, China is facing a congestion problem of a huge scale. Although not there yet,...

NexBus Propane School Bus Enters Production

26 Jul 2010, 14:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Another alternative-powered school bus is ready to roll and take your children to school. Bus manufacturer Collins announced today it has completed certification of their NexBus propane school bus a...

MAN Blends Truck and Bus Businesses

20 Jul 2010, 12:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In an attempt to become more effective, truck manufacturer MAN announced this week it will merge its truck an bus businesses in Mexico into one unit. Both sides of MAN's activities will fall un...

Half of Detroit's Bus Drivers Call in Sick...

10 Jul 2010, 17:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Talk about contagious! In what turned out to be a nasty surprise for the some 65,000 people traveling on an average Saturday by buses operated by the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT ), ha...

Proterra Electric Bus Maker Secures $20M Funding

9 Jun 2010, 12:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Proterra, a heavy-duty eco vehicle manufacturer based in Golgen, Colorado, announced that it has received $20 million in funding from clean tech investor MK Energy and Infrastructure. The money w...