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The capital city of Slovakia is testing the Trollino 24, the longest vehicle made by Solaris. The trolleybus will run on the routes of operator Dopravný Podnik Bratislava until the end of November 2020. The operator is planning to increase its capacities regarding the number of passengers it transpo...

Remember the 55-units electric bus order secured by VDL from RET Rotterdam, with vehicles then delivered during 2019? Well, now the Dutch bus manufacturer announces that operator has placed a follow-up order for 35 to 50 new VDL Citeas SLF-120 Electric, equipped with the new 350 kWh battery. VDL has...

Arrival announces it has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with CIIG Merger Corp. The newly combined company will be listed on the NASDAQ under the new ticker symbol “ARVL”. The transaction values the combined company at an enterprise value of US $5.4 billion and is expected t...

Testing has begun on the infrastructure of the Metromare, the BRT line that links Rimini to Riccione, on the Adriatic sea in Italy. The new ruote, launched one year ago, will be operated by nine trolleybuses Van Hool Exqui.City 18. Three of them have landed in Italy so far, as the supply has been po...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a green plan focused on investments in renewable sources and clean mobility. A so called ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ which aims to create 250,000 jobs. The decalogue, in ten points, contains a specific issue on mobility: «Investing in zero-...

How much energy is regenerated? How much is used by accessories? Which is the average energy efficiency of an e-bus? ViriCiti launches a new report on the energy distribution of electric buses. The report analyzed data from 375 electric buses from 4 different OEMs, which are in service across 14 dif...

Electrification, through retrofit, of existing buses and trucks. It’s the mission shared by Voith Group and the e-truck manufacturer Orten Electric-Trucks: the two companies are partnering in order to provide easy and cost-efficient retrofit solutions for commercial vehicles. The opportunity w...

Kreisel Electric and Shell announce they have developed a unique battery solution combining Kreisel’s lithium-ion battery module technology with Shell’s thermal management fluid. The Kreisel and Shell battery system stands out for being based on immersive cooling technology (cells are fully immersed...

Arrival announced the hiring of Tom Elvidge as the CEO of Arrival Mobility in the UK, overseeing the growth of Arrival’s mobility service offerings. Arrival Mobility mission «is focused on building a radically different mobility ecosystem, with services that accelerate the transition from owning veh...

Scania has planned an investment of over 100 million euros in a battery assembly plant (plus battery laboratory) in its headquarters of Södertälje, Sweden. The move will get along with the expansion of Scania’s electrified range of trucks, buses and engines. The initial step is a 18,000-square metre...