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17 bus manufacturers and investors signed a pledge to accelerate e-bus deployment in Latin America with the Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator (ZEBRA) alliance. Zero emission bus fleets are set to be expanded in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. ZEBRA is seeking to secure USD1 billion...

New North American headquarter for Arrival. The UK-based company makes public it is establishing the facility in the city of Charlotte (North Carolina), adding around 150 new employees and investing approximately $3 million towards the company’s new offices on South Tryon Street in South End. Arriva...

Proterra today announced the opening of a new battery production line co-located in its EV bus manufacturing facility in Los Angeles County. The new battery production line will manufacture Proterra’s battery packs featuring new, next generation cells and will create dozens of new jobs. The facility...

German battery system producer Akasol announces it has concluded a long-term framework agreement in the mid-double-digit million euro range with «the largest Turkish commercial vehicle manufacturer» (not specified). From 2021 to 2025, Akasol will supply the second and third generation of its high-en...

A new electric motor branded Equipmake has been launched, with the market of electric buses and heavy duty commercial vehicles in mind. The UK-based group, which provides EV technology to automotive OEMs, announces the launch of the HTM 3500, which stands out for high torque and direct drive concept...

Voltabox has presented a new technical concept (named Flow-Shape-Design) for the production and design of lithium-ion batteries. Main feature: a flexible design which allow the battery to fit assembly spaces and be potentially integrated in segments of the body. The new technology will be available ...

BYD is planning to expand its Hungarian plant, located in Komárom, according to the local specialized media Magyarbusz. The production volume would be set to increase from the current ca. 200 bus/year on on shift to as many of 1,000 bus/year. This will happen retaining the already-existing capacity ...

ABB launches a new global R&D center focused on e-mobility innovation. ABB’s E-mobility Innovation Lab will house 120 specialists working on next generation solutions Designed to spur further innovations in e-mobility, the $10 million, 3,600 m2 facility is based on the Delft University of Techno...

Solaris announces it is one of the two candidate manufacturers in the tender for up to 430 hybrid buses issued by Opérateur de Transport de Wallonie. The carrier, from the French-speaking part of Belgium, may exercise the option to order buses over the next four years. The Solaris Urbino 12 hybrid b...

It looks like this year 2020, despite the pandemic, will bring a new record in e-bus registrations in Europe. The size of the electric bus market at end year could reach nearly 2,000 units (compared to 1,600 last year), as there are up to 800 e-buses in delivery in Q4. The ‘axe’ of the C...