Infrastructure

Oslo has launched a grant scheme to support the installation of charging stations for electric buses (and trucks) in the Norwegian capital. The first round of funding through the “Climate and Energy Fund” saw Oslo bear up to 80 percent of the installation costs. So far, 28 new fast charg...

Hitachi Energy has won an order to supply its Grid-eMotion Flash ultrafast charging system (formerly know as TOSA and launched in 2013 in Geneva) for the two busiest bus routes in the city of Clermont-Ferrand, central France. The city’s public transportation operator, SMTC-AC, will benefit from...

Shell Deutschland has signed an agreement with Schaltbau Holding AG to buy 100% stake in SBRS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Schaltbau Holding AG (a provider of charging infrastructure solutions for commercial electric vehicles, including e-buses, e-trucks and e-vans). The transaction is expected to ...

Vattenfall has delivered 32 fast chargers to Tide Bus in Denmark’s fifth largest city, Vejle. The delivery is Vattenfall’s first Power-as-a-Service project for passenger transport in Denmark. “It’ll be followed by more”, company says. Vattenfall manages chargers and sup...

World’s largest e-bus depot was inaugurated in Qatar in late October. The depot is located in Lusail, covers an area of more than 400,000 square meters and is composed of 24 multi-functional buildings. It has won the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest electric bus depot with the cap...

De Lijn is placing a new order with SPIE for 252 additional charging stations for its depots. The charging stations are scheduled to go into operation in 2023-2024. This year board of directors of De Lijn has started a procurement for the purchase of up to 1,250 emission-free buses of different type...