The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to build charging infrastructure for medium-duty and heavy-duty electric vehicles used in transit and logistics operations.
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As has been under discussion for a few weeks, the Indian government has now approved subsidies for a total of 5,595 electric buses in 64 cities of the country within the framework of the FAME II support programme.
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The Romanian capital Bucharest has ordered 130 hybrid buses from Mercedes-Benz. Deliveries of the Citaro Hybrid are scheduled to take place between May 2020 and January 2021. Bucharest also plans to procure 100 battery-electric buses, 100 trolleybuses and 100 trams.
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Solaris announced another major order from Italy for electric buses and charging infrastructure, this time from Venice. ACTV SPA Venezia ordered 30 Solaris Urbino 12 electric electric buses.
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The Spanish city of Zaragoza has put 17 Volvo hybrid buses into operation. The next expansion is already planned: In September, 18 hybrid articulated buses and four electric buses will be added to the fleet.
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In order to completely electrify the bus traffic in the city centre from the Northern German city of Hanover by 2023, the public transport operator ÜSTRA ordered 48 new electric buses. After the Europe-wide tender has been completed, Daimler has been awarded the framework contract.
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B.C. Transit, the public transport operator of the Canadian province of British Columbia, has announced that it will convert its bus fleet of more than 1,000 vehicles to electric propulsion.
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The public transport operator Qbuzz has ordered 20 fuel cell buses from the Belgian manufacturer Van Hool for use in the Dutch provinces of Groningen and Drente. An order was also placed for a hydrogen fuel station.
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The Scottish city of Aberdeen is procuring 15 more fuel cell buses. They have been ordered from the Northern Irish manufacturer Wrightbus, and Ballard Power Systems is supplying the fuel cell technology.
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The municipal transport company MZA in Warsaw has ordered 130 electric buses from Solaris. The Solaris Urbino 18 electric articulated buses are to be delivered to the Polish capital over the course of 2020.
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The number of battery-powered city buses on the streets of the South Korean capital Seoul is expected to rise to 143 this year. Private bus companies are being promoted by the city government to ensure that the switch to electric buses is successful.
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A total of 18 electric buses have officially gone into operation in the Argentine city of Mendoza. Some of the vehicles are from the Chinese group BYD, which is expanding its dominant position in the electric bus market in Latin America.
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The National Transport Authority of Ireland is tendering up to 600 hybrid diesel-electric double-decker buses under the BusConnects programme over a period of approximately five years.
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Solaris is to deliver further trolleybuses to Italy in 2020. The public transport operators SETA Modena and TEP Parma have placed orders for a total of 18 Solaris Trollino 12 buses. Eight of these will go to SETA Modena, the remaining ten to TEP Parma.
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The Milan public transport company ATM has selected Solaris as a supplier of up to 250 electric buses. The framework agreement with ATM Milano is one of the largest orders for Solaris to date – and the largest order for electric buses in Europe.
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Alstom has received another order for its all-electric Aptis bus. The Toulon region in south-eastern France has ordered twelve Alstom tram-style buses, the first of which will be delivered at the end of this year.
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Transdev has been selected by the transport authority Västtrafik as the bus operator for the Gothenburg area for the next ten years. Transdev will operate 370 buses of which 160 are new electric buses by December 2020.
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ViaVan, the joint venture of Mercedes-Benz Vans and the US startup Via, plans to convert all its locations to purely electric fleets by 2025. In Berlin, only fully electric vans are to be used from the end of 2020.
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After several years of promoting electric cars, India intends to focus on promoting the electrification of public and shared transport in the second phase of the FAME India 2 program. The programme is scheduled to run for three years.
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Together with their British partner ADL, BYD has introduced the first of 37 new all-electric Enviro400EV double-decker buses. The first five buses have gone into service in London on Line 43.
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At the second “Climate Mayors Summit” in Honolulu, representatives of more than 140 US cities and counties committed themselves to purchase a large electric fleet by the end of 2020. In addition, the Climate Mayors also want to buy electric school buses.
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BYD has opened its first Canadian electric bus assembly plant. The approximately 14,000 square metre plant in Newmarket near Toronto will initially assemble buses for the Toronto Transit Commission, which has ordered ten electric buses with an option for a further 30.
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Porterbrook and the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) announced that the UK’s first hydrogen train, aptly named HydroFLEX, is to undergo testing on the mainline railway following a successful proof-of-concept.
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The Israeli city of Kfar Saba near Tel Aviv is planning to build 500 charging stations for electric cars. Two companies have already won the corresponding tender.
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The state of Berlin and public transit operator BVG are pushing ahead with the ramp-up phase for the procurement of electric buses and are purchasing a further 90 EVs. Polish manufacturer Solaris secured the contract and will deliver from spring 2020.
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The Dutch province of Limburg plans to completely electrify its public transport system by 2026. For intercity transport, 55 VDL Citeas LLE-115 Electric will go into operation on 30 June.
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BYD has been commissioned to supply a further 183 electric buses to Santiago de Chile. The Chinese manufacturer had already delivered 100 electric buses to the Chilean capital last year, as had competitor Yutong.
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The 12-meter electric bus is BYD’s best-selling model. At the UITP in Stockholm, the Chinese manufacturer has now presented an updated version, which is to build on the sales success of its predecessor.
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VDL Bus & Coach expands the product range of its “Citea Electric” family. The Citea XLE-145 Electric uses the modular VDL concept and is intended to offer customers a higher passenger capacity than the other low-entry models.
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A fleet of 13 VDL electric buses will operate in the southern Swedish city of Helsingborg from 13 June. Operator Arriva Sweden calls the new BRT service the HelsingborgsExpressen, and it is a first for the city of Helsingborg.
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