Feb 24, 2021 - 11:11 pm Van Hool to deliver 6 electric trolleybuses to Italy
Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool will deliver six 18-metre electric buses to the transport authority of the Italian city of Pescara from mid-2022, while three more could follow. The buses also feature technology from a German supplier.
Weiterlesen Feb 24, 2021 - 12:55 pm Voith to deliver electric drives for Wrightbus
Northern Irish bus manufacturer Wrightbus has selected Voith as its exclusive partner to supply the electric drive system for the second generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell buses for Europe.
Weiterlesen Feb 23, 2021 - 06:04 pm Moscow to electrify entire bus fleet by 2030
Moscow’s bus fleet is to be completely converted to purely electric buses by 2030. Mosgortrans, the operator of the bus and tram network in the Russian capital, says that the fleet is to be expanded to more than 2,000 electric buses.
Weiterlesen Feb 19, 2021 - 11:45 am South Korea aims to push EV innovation
The South Korean government, in close cooperation with the industry, has decided to push technological innovations in the field of e-mobility so strongly that the prices for electric cars will drop by the equivalent of at least 7,500 euros by 2025.
Weiterlesen Feb 17, 2021 - 06:37 pm Yutong delivers 55 e-buses to Denmark
The public transport operator Keolis has received 55 e-buses from the Chinese manufacturer Yutong. The vehicles will be used for two projects in Denmark. Keolis has also secured an order from France.
Weiterlesen Feb 13, 2021 - 06:39 pm Go4City: Fraunhofer & ELO Mobility to develop H2 buses
The Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI and Berlin-based ELO Mobility have teamed up developing next-gen hydrogen-powered buses. They just launched the Go4City project with funding through the German government.
Weiterlesen Feb 8, 2021 - 06:23 pm Knorr-Bremse forms internal think-tank
Knorr-Bremse is pooling its expertise in electric transport with a new, in-house development unit called eCUBATOR. Up to 60 internal and external experts will work on electric commercial vehicle solutions at the Munich and Budapest sites.
Weiterlesen Feb 8, 2021 - 02:44 pm Karsan delivers electric minibuses to Romania
Turkish manufacturer Karsan has delivered a further ten electric minibuses to the Romanian city of Suceava, which now has 15 Jest Electric buses from Karsan in operation. Karsan had won a tender by the city for the new electric minibuses last year with an open option.
Weiterlesen Feb 5, 2021 - 02:41 pm Hamburg orders electric buses from Irizar, MAN & Volvo
Hamburg public transport operator Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) has completed the tender for a further 32 electric buses. The contracts were awarded to Irizar, MAN and Volvo. Delivery of the new vehicles is scheduled to begin at the end of 2021.
Weiterlesen Feb 4, 2021 - 01:20 pm Ekoenergetyka installs depot chargers in Aachen
The Polish charging infrastructure provider Ekoenergetyka has installed 17 depot charging stations for electric buses in the German town of Aachen. Each has a capacity of 75 kW, and another ten of these charging stations are to follow in mid-2021.
Weiterlesen Feb 3, 2021 - 03:50 pm Washington orders 20 more New Flyer buses
Washington’s King County Metro is acquiring 20 additional New Flyer electric buses. This follows the completion of an 18-moth test for two of the particular e-bus models launched in 2018. They also hold an option to purchase up to 63 additional zero-emission buses.
Weiterlesen Feb 2, 2021 - 06:50 pm Prague orders 14 ebuses from Škoda Electric
Škoda Electric has received an order for fourteen new electric buses from Prague Public Transport. This is the first delivery of e-buses to be carried out by Škoda in cooperation with its Turkish sister company Temsa.
Weiterlesen Feb 2, 2021 - 06:38 pm Daimler delivers solid-state battery buses
Wiesbaden’s public transport operator, ESWE is building electric momentum as the first Daimler buses with solid-state batteries arrive. Now ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft added corresponding charging infrastructure.
Weiterlesen Feb 1, 2021 - 05:19 pm New Flyer reveals fully automated transit bus
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has exercised an option with New Flyer to purchase 45 additional hybrid buses. New Flyer and Robotic Research have recently developed the Xcelsior AV and claim this is North America’s first fully automated transit bus.
Weiterlesen Jan 31, 2021 - 02:45 pm Temsa assembles bus batteries in Turkey
Turkey’s Temsa has started producing battery packs for its e-buses at its plant in Adana. By 2025, the Turkish manufacturer wants to cover more than half of its bus volume with electric vehicles.
Weiterlesen Jan 30, 2021 - 12:29 pm BYD receives first order from Romania
BYD books its first electric bus order from Romania. The city of Buzău orders nine 12-metre electric buses, which will be operated by Transbus Buzău. The majority of the vehicles will be manufactured at BYD’s production facility in Komárom in neighbouring Hungary.
Weiterlesen Jan 28, 2021 - 02:26 pm Volvo Energy: Batteries, charging, 2nd-Life, and hydrogen
Volvo Group has formed a new business division, Volvo Energy, to streamline electrification. They will look to bundle internal activities around energy and charging but also provide used batteries to external customers for energy storage solutions.
Weiterlesen Jan 23, 2021 - 02:34 pm Lightning expansion of production capacities
Lightning eMotors is adding production capacity and space to meet the growing demand for electric vehicle fleets. The company is now adding another 107,000 square feet for a total of 231,000 square feet of space for its operations.
Weiterlesen Jan 20, 2021 - 09:40 pm Lion Electric wins XXL-order for electric school buses
Canada’s Lion Electric strikes again. This time close to home. The commercial vehicle maker has received an order from Autobus Séguin, a transportation operator headquartered in Quebec. They ordered 60 electric school buses to arrive over five years.
Weiterlesen Jan 20, 2021 - 08:00 pm 39 electric MAN buses for Nuremberg
Public transport operator VAG Nürnberg has ordered 39 e-buses from Germany’s MAN Truck & Bus, including 28 Lion’s City 18 E and eleven Lion’s City 12 E. For MAN, this is the largest electric bus order to date and the company’s first order ever to include articulated e-buses.
Weiterlesen Jan 19, 2021 - 03:10 pm British Columbia increases maximum rebates for commercial EVs
In Canada, British Columbia’s Specialty-Use Vehicle Incentive (SUVI) is set to receive a $31-million cash boost to double the maximum rebates for electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles available for local businesses and governments, public sector organisations and non-profit organisations.
Weiterlesen Jan 19, 2021 - 02:25 pm Munich city orders PSI depot management system
In Germany, Stadtwerke München (SWM) has commissioned PSI Transcom to supply the PSIebus depot management system for electric buses. The software will be used to manage and control the electric bus dispatching in the ‘Moosach’ and ‘Ost’ bus depots.
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