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First Bus has chosen Glasgow to transform a bus depot into UK’s largest EV charging hub. There will be space to charge up to 300 EV buses on site. The project, partially funded by Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus (SULEB), will see over 150 EV charging units installed at depot. Phase One of the ...

ADL BYD e-buses in New Zealand have clocked up over 1 million kilometres of zero-emission operation, avoiding more than 1,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions in the process. The calculation comes from the manufacturer itself, that belongs to the North America-based NFI Group. The manufacturer has suppl...

350 e-buses up for grabs in Belgium, where public transport company De Lijn is about to issue a tender with value up to 230 million euros (vehicles + charging infrastructures). 60 vehicles are expected to be operation within 2021, according to report on The Brussels Times. Flemish carrier has been h...

UK bus manufacturer Mellor is launching two new full-electric vehicles, named New Orion E23 and Maxima E23. They both deliver 23-passenger capacities thus falling within scope of the £120 million Zero-Emission Buses Regional Area (ZEBRA) funding for the provision of up to 500 new British-built zero-...

ChargeUp Europe just added Ekoenergetyka as its 15th member. The EV charging infrastructure industry association is then further spreading its geographic coverage across the EU, and highlighting the upward trend of the emobility momentum in Central and Eastern Europe. Launched in 2020, ChargeUp Euro...

Lublin: following the award in a public tender, Solaris Bus & Coach and the municipal transport authority Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego have signed a contract for the supply of seven articulated electric buses Urbino 18, including the charging infrastructure. The completion of the delivery is sch...

Around a quarter of all opportunity charging sessions start when the battery is already over 80% charged, according to the latest industry report released by ViriCiti. According to a previously released study, ViriCiti found that accessories consume 28% of e-bus energy. The Dutch telematics company ...

BYD is introducing a battery-electric Type D school bus. With length options of 35, 38, and 40 feet, BYD’s Type D battery-electric school bus can seat up to 84 passengers, and can be equipped with an ADA liftgate. The bus has a range of up to 155 miles on a single charge, BYD says. Given the strong ...

First electric buses produced in Moscow are ready to go on routes. A first batch of 25 electric buses of the Moscow assembly plant are being run-in. The first 10 units will go on routes in early June. The plant has been opened by Russian vehicle manufacturer Kamaz. The production site is located on ...

Alternative drives are on a rise, e-bus market in Europe saw a growth of over 20% in 2020, with zero emission vehicles making up 15% of the city bus registration. And Solaris Bus & Coach is at the forefront of this transition, with a market share of 20%. We discussed with Mateusz Figaszewski, E-...