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BATT4EU is the name of a newly-announced partnership programme. It is the result of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the European Commission and BEPA, the Batteries European Partnership Association. By mobilising 925 million euros, the partnership will boost research and innovati...

Planning services, change management, training programmes jointly offered by an infrastructure provider together with a public transport company with large expertise in the deployment of zero emission buses. Hitachi Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, and the Chinese Shenzhen Bus Group (SZ...

Eberspaecher is ready to launch in Mexico the AC136 AE (All-Electric) product family. Since 2021, the air-conditioning system is produced in the Eberspaecher production plant in Monterrey, Mexico, to supply customers from Central and North America. Eberspaecher Mexico is the first manufacturer in Ce...

With 17 MAN Lion’s City E in operation as of today, VHH Hamburg has taken the next step and has ordered a further batch of 20 battery-electric buses. The latest order will see the delivery of ten MAN Lion’s City 12 E and ten MAN Lion’s City 18 E buses. The solo and articulated buse...

England’s first ever double decker fuel cell bus fleet has been launched yesterday in London by mayor Sadiq Khan. The hydrogen buses join a fleet of over 500 electric buses – one of the largest fleets in Western Europe. The aim is to make all London buses zero emission by 2030. Just a few days...

DB Regio Bus has awarded a contract for new production system to IVU Traffic Technologies. Goal: a single system for all planning and dispatching requirements across all operating regions. To achieve this aim, DB Regio Bus will soon be relying on the integrated IVU.suite standard system from Berlin-...

BYD UK and Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) will deliver the UK’s largest ever electric bus order so far, consisting of 195 single and double deck vehicles. The order has been placed by RATP Dev London, one of Transport for London (TfL)’s principal bus operators. With this order, RATP Dev London confi...

Below, a contribution fromClaudius Jehle, CEO of volytica diagnostics GmbH*.It’s the fourth of a series of knowledge articles (a cycle, indeed) on a series of topics around Li-Ion Batteries,written by  Claudius and other field-related experts.Feedbacks, questions and contributions are welcome (at in...

How is the PTO’s role evolving together with the current, profoundly evolving, scenario dominated by global megatrends such as energy transition (nonetheless, just impacted by the Covid crisis)? That is the question underlying the conversation Sustainable Bus had with Keolis’ CEO Marie-A...

The bus and coach manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited has chosen Hispacold HVAC for the Enviro500EV Charge, its first double-decker bus with three axles and zero emissions developed for North America. UPDATE 19 NOVEMBER 2021: Hispacold points out that the company «was selected as the supplier of H...