Infrastructure

Santa Monica, in California, has launched a $56 million investment program to expand zero-emission bus infrastructure and fleet capacity. The Santa Monica Department of Transportation held a ceremonial groundbreaking on April 9, 2026, marking the start of construction for Big Blue Bus’s zero-emissio...

Megawatt charging systems are moving from pilot phase to structured deployment, with interoperability testing now underway alongside major European OEMs. In an interview conducted during Kempower’s Live Winter Days in Sweden, Antti Vuola, VP Products at the Finnish manufacturer, detailed the company...

The Schaffhausen regional bus network will be electrified by 2027 as Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen (VBSH) expands charging infrastructure at the Regional Bus Centre (RBZ) following a Mercedes eCitaro supply contract signed in December 2024. A fleet of Irizar e-buses was deployed in the previous year...

Daimler Buses announces it will install four public charging stations for electric buses at Munich Central Bus Station (ZOB) by the end of 2026. The manufacturer has signed an agreement with Wealthcap, asset and investment manager representing the owner of the Munich ZOB, to deploy the infrastructur...

Italy is the fourth country worldwide where Hitachi Energy’s Grid-eMotion Flash ultra-fast charging system for electric buses will be deployed, with operations starting from 2026. After deployments in Geneva in Switlerland (the well known pioneeristic TOSA project), Nantes and Brisbane, the system w...

Phoenix Contact has developed a CCS vehicle charging inlet that integrates the charging controller directly into the inlet assembly for commercial electric vehicles. It’s named CHARX connect advanced, and it aims at consolidating charging communication and control functions within the vehicle-...