Charging batteries, food for minds [The Battery Cycle #4]
An examination of charging strategies for lithium-ion batteries, from depot to opportunity charging, highlighting CCCV behavior, power scaling limits, and chemistry-dependent effects
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Alpitronic expands charging offer to bus and truck depots with new Depot Dispenser
Alpitronic has introduced a new Depot Dispenser for electric bus and truck fleets, providing up to 400 kW per charging point as part of its distributed HYC1000 charging system. The Bolzano-based charging infrastructure manufacturer announced the new product on 10 September 2026 and will be showcased...
50 VinBus electric buses enter free school transport service in northeastern Vietnam
Quảng Ninh province in northeastern Vietnam has launched a free electric school bus programme with 50 VinFast vehicles operating across six main routes. The service covers Hạ Long, Hồng Gai and Hà Tu, in the Hạ Long urban area of Quảng Ninh, and is being introduced for the 2026-2027 school year, acc...
Bolloré plans Bluebus production shutdown and Blue Solutions Gen4 battery refocus
Bolloré is considering permanently discontinuing Bluebus electric bus production, while Blue Solutions is preparing a refocus of its fourth-generation solid-state battery strategy. Bolloré SE informed employees of the two projects on 8 September 2026, according to a press release issued by the Frenc...
IAA Transportation 2026: AUMOVIO to unveil VDO charging solutions (also) for e-bus depots
AUMOVIO is expanding into charging infrastructure with a new VDO-branded portfolio combining AC and DC chargers with vehicle technology and digital fleet management, including applications for electric bus depots. The new solutions will make their debut at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hanover and are ...
Yutong opens Norway Service Center for electric bus repair, testing, parts and training
Yutong has opened its first comprehensive service center in Europe in Stokke, Norway, while also presenting the new Yutong U18 BRT battery-electric articulated bus for the Norwegian and European markets. The Yutong Norway Service Center, located at Borgeskogen in Stokke, covers 38,941 square metres ...
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APTA opens registration for 2026 TRANSform & EXPO in Chicago
APTA TRANSform & EXPO will take place in Chicago from 4 to 7 October 2026, bringing together public transportation agencies, manufacturers, suppliers and industry stakeholders for the American Public Transportation Association’s flagship conference and exhibition. Registration is now open ...
TSA takes its HD motor platform global with HD.T3+, to be presented at InnoTrans 2026
Traktionssysteme Austria (TSA) has extended its HD permanent-magnet motor platform with the HD.T3+, a 465 kW continuous-output unit developed for intercity coaches and heavy-duty transit bus applications.
The new motor builds on the architecture of TSA's existing HD.T3, which is used for electric c...
FIAA to host next Sustainable Bus Tour debate on partnership, investments and zero-emission buses
The growing role of industrial partnerships and integrated mobility strategies in the zero-emission bus sector, and associated impacts in investments strategies and relationships with operators, will be explored during the next Sustainable Bus Tour 2026 conference, scheduled at FIAA in Madrid on 23 ...
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Switch Mobility launches EiV 12 e-bus platform for Indian market
After having unveiled, at European Mobility Expo 2022 in Paris, its e1 electric bus model for the European market, Switch Mobility today launched its electric bus platform SWITCH EiV 12 for the Indian market (the two models have the EV architecture in common). This next-generation E-Bus, backed by o...
Twaice battery analytics insights to be integrated in Sycada fleet management platform
Twaice announced a new partnership with Sycada, the Netherlands-based zero emission telematics and fleet management company. Twaice will add detailed insights on battery health to the solutions offered by Sycada, whose online platform for operational excellence in transport supplies planners, traffi...
NTA goes with Wrightbus: up to 800 electric DD buses awarded
NTA has ordered 120 buses from Wrightbus. The acronym identifies Irish National Transport Authority. The order includes consists of double-deck battery-electric buses (100 headed to Dublin Bus, 20 to Bus Éireann) from Bamford Bus Company (trading as Wrightbus, as reported in the manufacturer press n...
Martin Brailey appointed President UK and Ireland (and Business Development Director) of Switch Mobility
Switch Mobility has appointed Martin Brailey as President UK & Ireland and Business Development Director. Martin will lead Switch’s UK and European sales teams. He has held senior positions at Evobus UK and more recently Alexander Dennis. The company just launched its 12-meter electric bus Switc...
InnoTrans 2022. 95 per cent of the area booked, at least 12 buses on the Bus Display track (Solaris, Van Hool and Ebusco attending)
InnoTrans exhibition area is currently occupied at 95 per cent, organizers say. Trade visitors can witness more than 100 vehicles on the Outdoor Display as well as 12 buses on the Bus Display, including many new products and world innovations. Federal Minister of Transport Dr. Volker Wissing and Eur...
A test track in Italy for wireless charging from the road pavement. ABB and Iveco among partners
Brebemi’s Arena of the Future project kicks off. A circuit of about 1 km where electric vehicles can charge their batteries while on the move, thanks to a wireless dynamic induction charging system integrated into the roadbed (1MW of installed power strong). Brebemi inaugurated this morning at...
Iveco Bus raises the curtain on the Urbanway hybrid (CNG-capable). Crealis and Crossway will follow
Iveco Bus launches a new-generation mild hybrid bus range, available in Natural Gas and XTL renewable fuel versions. The biomethane-compatible Urbanway, the first model in the brand’s offer to benefit from this technology, is on preview at EuMo 2022 in Paris, one of the main public transport e...
Riding the MaaS ‘wave’: policy objectives, sustainability, data governance, models. An interview with Sylvain Haon, UITP
There’s no Mobility as a Service without public transport. And no competition between transit and sharing mobility services. What is sure, the trend towards MaaS implementation is gaining momentum. Anyhow, there’s not a single model, but many. At IT-TRANS 2022 we had the chance to discus...
MAN to offer the electric bus chassis on the global market starting in 2024
MAN “will in future be offering an electric bus chassis for the global market“, the group announces. It’ll be based on technologies from the Lion’s City E, for which a total of over 1,000 orders have been received to date (the vehicle will be in roadshow outside the old conti...
New generation Astra trams for Bucharest. 100 vehicles awaited on one of the world largest tram network
On June 2, 2022, the first example of the new generation Astra Imperio Metropolitan trams was presented in Bucharest. STB (Societatea de Transport Bucaresti) has commissioned 100 vehicles. Vehicle deliveries, 4 per month, will start from August 2022 and be completed by 2024. The presentation event w...
