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Polish battery supplier BMZ announced it is soon launching a new generation of EV battery (REESS) dedicated for commercial applications. Named Magnus+, is presented as a scalable solution that can reach nearly 700 kWh. BMZ is also the provider of the Solaris High Energy+ batteries, realized for the ...

A new order for 51 articulated e-buses in BRT design will bring to 113 the number of electric buses from VDL operating in the German city of Cologne for KVB. Seven more bus lines in Cologne will be converted to e-mobility starting in 2022. Cologne has also been the first city to receive the articula...

It’s the first bus line entirely operated by autonomous shuttles in the Île-de-France, close to Paris. Inaugurated on 31 March 2021, a new bus line serving the suburban train station of Saint-Quentin-en- Yvelines-Montigny-le-Bretonneux and several local business parks in the Île-de-France Mobi...

ZEBRA scheme has been launched in the UK, with up to £120 million (140 million euros) funding to help local transport authorities introduce zero-emission buses. The scheme under the name of Zero Emission Buses Regional Area is set to allow local transport authorities to: bid for funding to purchase ...

After the order secured yesterday with Stagecoach, ADL BYD has announced today an order from First Bus for a further 126 zero-emission buses for Glasgow, comprising 91 double deck and 35 single deck buses. All are part-funded by the Scottish Government. The order is the largest ever for electric bus...

Forsee Power announces the opening of an office in Japan. The new Forsee Power office is located in Tokyo and hosted by the Group’s Japanese shareholder Mitsui & Co., Ltd., one of the most diversified and comprehensive trading, investment, and service enterprises in the world, who joined Forsee ...

Stagecoach has ordered 46 BYD ADL electric buses for its fleets in Scotland. The 24 single deck and 22 double deck buses have been part-funded by the Scottish Government and will be deployed in the operator’s fleets in Aberdeen, Perth and Kilmarnock. ADL – BYD recently announced that additiona...

Electric buses increased to a share of 6.1% of the registrations in Europe, while diesel vehicles decreased almost 10 percentage points from 2019 to 72.9%. The figures released by ACEA take into consideration all the new medium and heavy buses (over 3.5 tonnes) registered in the European Union, then...

The Luxembourg passenger transport and tourism company Voyages Emile Weber (VEW) has awarded the PSI subsidiary Moveo Software GmbH (subsidiary of PSI) with the delivery of the personnel dispatching system Moveo Profahr as well as the integrated depot and charging management system PSIebus. VEW has ...

The population of Amman will benefit from the introduction of a new bus fleet in the Jordanian capital thanks to its participation in EBRD Green Cities, the Bank’s pioneering urban sustainability programme A €14.8 million loan will be provided for 15 electric and 136 Euro V diesel buses. EBRD financ...