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 Jan 25, 2021 - 10:15 pm MAN finds eTGM truck promising for off-peak deliveries
MAN proves in Munich that e-trucks are suitable for inner-city driving at sensitive times. The test drives with the all-electric MAN eTGM truck showed a time saving of 15 to 30 per cent by shifting the time window of deliveries to the off-peak hours of the day.
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 Dec 21, 2020 - 11:22 am Electric MAN to receive post stamp
The electric delivery van from MAN Truck & Bus has received a special honour in Austria: Austrian Post has immortalised the MAN eTGE on a stamp. The occasion was the anniversary of the 2,000th electric vehicle that Austrian Post put into service at the beginning of December.
Weiterlesen Nov 9, 2020 - 04:41 pm Traton takes over Navistar/ Expands in North America
Traton’s expansion into the North American market now finds itself on the home stretch: The Volkswagen commercial vehicle subsidiary has just signed a binding takeover agreement with the US commercial vehicle manufacturer Navistar. The transaction is expected to be completed in mid-2021.
Weiterlesen Oct 28, 2020 - 02:54 pm Traton & Hino launch e-mobility joint venture
Traton and Hino are intensifying their cooperation in the field of electromobility. As part of their strategic partnership, the commercial vehicle subsidiaries of Volkswagen and Toyota have signed a joint venture agreement to speed up development for products with battery and FC technology.
Weiterlesen Oct 27, 2020 - 04:08 pm MAN to launch platform eManager this year
The VW commercial vehicle brand MAN has announced the launch of a new digital service for the Lion’s City E bus in 2020. The MAN eManager is to serve as a kind of digital command center for fleet managers.
Weiterlesen Oct 20, 2020 - 03:48 pm e-troFit conversion kits for Mercedes & MAN buses
e-troFit, specialist for the conversion of diesel buses to electric drive, will bring out further series-ready electrification solutions for existing commercial vehicles in the next two years. This will involve retrofitting kits for the “most common models in Europe”.
Weiterlesen Oct 20, 2020 - 12:53 pm MAN to focus on H2 trucks
The Volkswagen subsidiary MAN Truck & Bus intends to give greater priority to hydrogen in its electrification strategy in future, in addition to the development and manufacture of battery-powered commercial vehicles. The Munich-based company will be testing hydrogen-powered vehicle prototypes as early as next year.
Weiterlesen Oct 8, 2020 - 05:26 pm MAN now offers a range of charging solutions
MAN Transport Solutions is offering charging equipment to buyers of MAN’s electric trucks and buses with two strategic partners, Heliox and Schaltbau Refurbishment (SBRS). The offer includes markets in 28 European countries and covers a range of mobile chargers up to solutions for large fleets.
Weiterlesen Sep 23, 2020 - 01:39 pm MAN begins preparing European workshops for EVs
MAN Truck & Bus is preparing its European workshops for handling electric vehicles. The manufacturer is planning to equip a total of 110 service branches with the corresponding skills and tools by the end of 2020. A further 60 workshops are to follow by the end of 2021.
Weiterlesen Sep 12, 2020 - 04:49 pm MAN supplies four Lion Electric buses to Luxembourg
Voyages Ecker, a subsidiary of Voyages Emile Weber from Luxembourg, has taken delivery of the first four MAN Lion City Electric buses. The solo buses are pre-series models, which MAN sold to the Group under a partnership agreement concluded in 2017.
Weiterlesen Jul 22, 2020 - 11:41 am VW moves e-Crafter production to Poland
After almost two years of cooperation with the Hanover plant, the Volkswagen plant at Września in Poland has now taken over the complete production of the e-Crafter electric delivery van. Alongside the MAN eTGE, the e-Crafter is the second electric model to be produced in Września.
Weiterlesen May 13, 2020 - 06:09 pm MAN Truck & Bus reveal articulated electric bus details
MAN Truck & Bus is now giving details of its MAN Lion’s City 18 E articulated electric bus. The manufacturer has just announced that sales of the new model already started and in Cologne and Barcelona, the articulated e-bus is now also being integrated into regular service.
Weiterlesen Feb 13, 2020 - 04:18 pm DPD expands UK delivery fleet by 100 MAN eTGE
The parcel delivery company DPD has ordered 100 MAN eTGE electric transporters, thereby expanding its electric vehicle fleet in Great Britain to 600 vehicles. The contract was signed by MAN before the official UK launch of the right-hand-drive model at the end of April at the commercial vehicle fair in Birmingham.
Weiterlesen Dec 22, 2019 - 12:11 pm MAN installs stationary battery in Hamburg
At the depot of the Hamburg-Holstein transport authority (VHH) in Hamburg Bergedorf, a stationary 500 kWh storage facility – fitted with discarded batteries – has been connected to the depot’s charging network. The aim is to optimise the power supply at the depot.
Weiterlesen Dec 10, 2019 - 05:24 pm Hamburg operator orders 17 electric MAN buses
In Germany, the Hamburg-Holstein Transport Authority (VHH) has ordered 17 MAN Lion’s City E buses. MAN Truck & Bus has thus won one of two lots put out to tender. For the manufacturer, it is the first major delivery of electric buses to customers within the framework of a tender. But the decision comes as […]
Weiterlesen Dec 3, 2019 - 03:25 pm MAN electric truck eTGM made in small series
MAN Truck & Bus is constructing a small series of the electric delivery truck eTGM. This follows real-life tests that have been running since autumn 2018 with nine Austrian companies in the Council for Sustainable Logistics (CNL).
Weiterlesen Nov 21, 2019 - 02:21 pm VW & Hamburg extend mobility partnership
The three-year strategic mobility partnership between Volkswagen and the City of Hamburg concluded in August 2016 has been extended. The most important news within the framework of the extension is that the WeShare car-sharing service will expand to Hamburg from spring next year.
Weiterlesen Oct 9, 2019 - 03:23 pm MAN to show the eTGE electric minibus
For this year’s Busworld in Brussels, MAN has announced its first all-electric minibus, the eTGE Kombi. The commercial vehicle manufacturer will also be offering the all-electric 12-metre Lion’s City E bus for test drives at the fair.
Weiterlesen Sep 30, 2019 - 05:02 pm MAN delivers three eTGE electric vans to Paris
Three purely electric MAN eTGEs are now being put into operation in Paris. In the French capital, the electric van is used by DHL Express France, Geodis and SNCF Réseau – all for very different purposes.
Weiterlesen Jul 10, 2019 - 02:45 pm Swiss Post buying more electric vans
MAN has delivered eleven units of their eTGE to Swiss Post, which is deploying the electric transporters in Berne, Geneva and St. Gallen. Swiss Post intends to use up to 400 electric-powered delivery vans for parcel delivery by 2023.
Weiterlesen Sep 19, 2018 - 06:22 pm MAN presents wide-ranging electric truck portfolio
MAN Truck & Bus has a whole range of electric commercial vehicles on display at the IAA in Hanover. Their portfolio includes the eTGE electric van, the brand new electric CitE truck, the eTGM and, an electric bus prototype.
Weiterlesen Sep 16, 2018 - 06:32 pm MAN delivers electric truck eTGM to nine customers
The utility vehicle manufacturer has completed production and handed over the first nine electric trucks of the eTGM line to member companies of the Austrian council for sustainable logistics (CNL) In the coming months, the XXL BEVs will be trialed in daily use.
Weiterlesen Jul 8, 2018 - 05:08 pm MAN bringing electric truck eTGM and electric bus to IAA
This September, MAN’s electric vehicle portfolio will swell. Apart from their electric van eTGE, the IAA Commercial Vehicles is to see the launch of an all-electric truck, the eTGM. Moreover, MAN will put their first electric bus on display in Hanover.
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