Bus Ambassador

Dutch public transport operator Qbuzz has ordered 62 more electric buses from Chinese manufacturer Yutong, to be delivered by the end of 2025. This follows their previous order of 50 Yutong buses, which entered service in South Holland in December 2024. Qbuzz Why Yutong? Timing is Everything While many European manufacturers are still wrangling with post-pandemic supply chains, inflation and the occasional bankruptcy, Yutong appears to be sticking to the basics: building and delivering buses on time. In a pointed but measured statement, Qbuzz explained their decision to look beyond Europe: "European bus manufacturers face challenges in the delivery of zero-emission equipment. For example, in addition to the delivery problems of Iveco, Qbuzz also had to deal with the bankruptcy of Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool, which meant that the delivery of 112 electric buses was cancelled. As a solution, Yutong produced and delivered 50 electric buses within six months, which perform w...

Since its debut in 1997, the iconic Mercedes-Benz Citaro has hit a remarkable milestone, with 70,000 buses now gracing streets around the world. During Daimler Buses’ eMobility Days 2.0 in Berlin, the 70,000th Citaro—a fully electric eCitaro—was handed over in style. 

Batteries from VDL Bus & Coach electric buses are to be given a second life thanks to 'project Anubis'. This RWE and VDL Bus & Coach initiative revolves around the sustainable and circular use of raw materials, in this case bus batteries, in a central storage system in Moerdijk, Netherlands. Tom Harrison (Bus Ambassador) In the coming years, the transportation sector will shift rapidly from a reliance on fossil fuels to a reliance on electricity. Assuming that all buses in the Netherlands, as well as an increasing number of cars and lorries, will be powered by electricity after 2030, more than 150,000 tonnes of batteries will be available for recycling each year. These are currently classified as waste and are mostly sent to recycling plants in other countries. Paul van Vuuren, CEO of VDL Bus & Coach commented, “In project Anubis, we are initially using batteries taken from 43 electric VDL buses operated by Transdev in Eindhoven since 2016, these vehicles are curren...