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German battery analytics company Twaice has raised USD 26 million in Series B funding. Led by global alternative investment manager, Energize Ventures, the round received follow-on participation from all existing investors, bringing Twaice’s total financing to USD 45 million.  The funds, Twaic...

550 km on a single charge. It’s the result achieved by the Lion’s City E 12 on a test monitored by TÜV SÜD, as announced by the manufacturer in a press note. MAN Truck & Bus expects that by 2025 half of all new MAN city buses will run on alternative drive technologies. In order [&hel...

Below, a contribution fromClaudius Jehle, CEO of volytica diagnostics GmbH*.It’s the third 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...

Kempower announces it is part of the project dedicated at the realization of the largest bus depot above the polar circle for electric buses. The facility will be built by Omexom. Kempower is set to deliver 50 chargers for 32 e-buses. The new bus terminal for electric buses will be put into operatio...

Mercedes-Benz has received an order for 54 fully electric Mercedes eCitaro buses in Switzerland, from Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB). The decision was made following a tender and intensive testing of several vehicles. The Swiss transport company wants to fully electrify its bus routes in just two st...

Canada: First Student is ordering 260 all-electric LionC school buses. The announcement has been jointly made public by First Student, which is the largest student transportation provider in North America, and the Canadian manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles. First Student, as its sister co...

Gorzów Wielkopolski is the latest addition to the list of Polish cities investing in electrically propelled buses with the domestic manufacturer Solaris. The just ordered eight vehicles will be the first electric buses to be deployed in Gorzów Wielkopolski. The vehicles will carry passengers startin...

Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen. The Polish producer has added in 2020 the fuel cell bus to its zero-emission bus portfolio. At the heart of the vehicle is the eighth generation of the fuel cell module by Ballard, launched at Busworld 2019. Solaris officially presented their hydrogen Urbino at the UITP s...

Commercial vehicle’s charging systems provider Heliox, based in the Netherlands announced that it has expanded in the North American market, and has hired David Aspinwall as President for the North American operations. Aspinwall joins Heliox from Bekaert, where he was Vice President of Strateg...

Iveco France and Heuliez Bus, both belonging to CNH Industrial, officially announced on 11 May 2021 «the rationalization of their structures». The news is reported on the French specialized media Mobilités Magazin. In a few words, according to the media, Heuliez Bus has transferred part of the asset...