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A new ultra-high energy battery system for long distance applications. Akasol presents the third generation of battery systems, namely the new AKASystem 9 AKM 150 CYC, with the highest energy density available on the market. This makes the system particularly suitable for all-electric long-distance ...

The shift to e-mobility is not just a matter of changing a powertrain with another, but gives room to new possibilities in terms of layout, balancing, structure of the vehicles. Based in Montichiari, close to Brescia (Italy), BRIST is a supplier of axles, suspensions and gearboxes with lot of activi...

BYD announces it has been successful in winning the majority share of Israel’s largest ever electric bus tender. The substantial order for 100 new generation BYD 12-metre eBuses has been placed by Egged, Israel’s largest city and intercity public transport operator. The order comes as part of Egged’...

UK Government has announced that it will support five local transport authorities with funding worth nearly £71m under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Area scheme. The investment will support the introduction of up to 335 zero emission buses. The winning authorities were: Cambridgeshire and Peterboro...

Karsan had previously delivered electric vehicles to many cities in Romania and signed high-volume contracts, such as the 56 units headed to Timişoara and Braşov. The Turkish manufacturer recently won the electric vehicle bid for the Deva City: 22 units of e-JEST and 4 units of e-ATAK are planned to...

Solaris has won a tender for the supply of 161 Urbino 12 hybrid buses, together with an 8-year maintenance service. The tender was issued by Opérateur de Transport de Wallonie (OTW), a public transport operator from the French-speaking part of Belgium. The vehicles will make their way to Wallonia in...

BYD has been awarded its first order from TMB Barcelona for 25 new generation 12-metre BYD eBuses. Vehicles from the Chinese company will be operating in the City of Barcelona for the first time ever. The first of BYD’s eBuses on order from TMB are scheduled for delivery in 2022. Still in France, Ma...

Fourth MetroBus line goes electric in Osnabrück, north west of Germany (one year ago it was three e-lines). The PTO Stadtwerke Osnabrück has just announced that line M5 will be completely converted to electric operations by February 2022: the conversion of the final turnaround at Waldfriedhof Dodesh...

Queensland’s first all-electric bus depot will soon be a reality with Keolis Downer selecting Siemens to deliver eBus charging solutions to the new North Lakes depot in Brisbane. Operational from September 2022 and in service from February 2023, the depot will power 16 zero-emission buses (the contr...

Bordeaux Metropole has just selected VDL Bus & Coach for the supply of 36 articulated electric buses Citea new generation on the city’s first Express Bus line between Bordeaux Saint-Jean station and Saint-Aubin de Médoc. «The fast charging technology at the terminals, supplemented by slow ...