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Fleets are being a key driver for electrification in Europe. ChargePoint turns (more heavily) to the European market and to the e-bus segment: in 2021 the American group has acquired has.to.be and the Dutch telematics company ViriCiti. We discussed with Rich Mohr, Global VP of Fleet at ChargePoint, ...

Pepper motion GmbH is now taking a decisive step towards the sustained further development of high-performance technologies and products: The start of in-house battery development is intended to bundle expertise and experience in the costliest component of an electric drive system with the highest d...

The board of directors of De Lijn has approved the order for 60 electric buses from Van Hool and VDL for 36 and 24 units respectively. This order is a next step in De Lijn’s programme to make its entire fleet and accompanying infrastructure emission-free by 2035. The board of directors also ap...

Ropeway vagon becomes an autonomous electric shuttle. Leitner has launched the ConnX prototype, a unique “hybrid solution” developed on the basis of a ropeway, in which the cabin is transferred to an autonomous vehicle in the station, which then continues traveling on its own route. Advantages of su...

UNVI has recently presented in Vigo (Spain) its double-decker open top electric bus e.DDOT. The bus is equipped with a 400 kW motor. According to previous news, the vehicle is powered by motors integrated in the wheels manufactured by Ziehl-Abegg (ZAwheel) and BMZ batteries. The vehicles has been pr...

Alexander Vlaskamp will become the new CEO of MAN Truck & Bus SE. He succeeds Andreas Tostmann, who is leaving the company. It is also planned that Vlaskamp will take over responsibility for procurement from Holger Mandel on the Executive Board. Stefan Gramse will take over the operational ...

Cummins battery technology will be powering electric buses by Canadian manufacturer Letenda. The OEM has just announced that Cummins has been selected as battery supplier for the Electrip transit bus. The Electrip is a 30-foot (9-meter), zero-emissions transit bus that is expected be unveiled in ear...

Ebusco 3.0 has obtained EU Vehicle Type Approval. This certificate means that «the vehicle meets all EU safety, environmental and production requirements, that the bus gets road release and can be registered in all member states of the EU», the Dutch company stresses. To date, Ebusco has supplied 34...

Gaussin has acquired a worldwide license (outside France) for the 6-meter e-bus by Bluebus, a Bolloré Group subsidiary. The bus will be renamed Cit-e and «manufactured through Gaussin’s current and future network of licensees», the French-based technology company says. Gaussin is active in the devel...

More Polish communes have opted to purchase electric Solaris school buses. Pałecznica, Działoszyce, Krasnopol, Przedecz and Troszyn have received subsidies from the NFOŚiGW (the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management) as part of the 2nd edition of the “Kangaroo: A Safe and E...