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EU-project BIOMOTIVE is seeking to develop bio-based products for automotive industry in order to replace non-biodegradable interior parts on vehicles with its biobased equivalent. The first results are promising and after industrial-scale tests planned in 2020, a bio-based thermoplastic polyurethan...

Proterra has unveiled the H Series battery packs, a newest series which stands out for the customizable energy storage system. The new, narrower H Series battery packs were designed to package into standard truck frame rails and increase packaging flexibility for Proterra Powered customers, i.e. the...

The German operator In-der-City-Bus GmbH (ICB) has ordered the Caetano e.City Gold for Frankfurt public transport system. The carrier, subsidiary of Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main group, signed a contract for two vehicles whose delivery is scheduled for late 2020. They’ll be the first Caetano e....

RET (Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram), one of the largest local operators in the Netherlands, is now monitoring 198 buses and 45 chargers using ViriCiti’s telematics system. The public transport operator chose ViriCiti as the preferred monitoring solution for the reliability of its data, its data integ...

The Schaffhausen electric bus project, Switzerland, is ready to begin: the Federal Office of Transport has approved the two vehicles (ordered in March 2019), which means they will soon be allowed on the road. Anyhow, the testing sessions are not over yet. 15 Irizar e-buses (seven Irizar ie bus 12 me...

Solaris delivered its first electric bus in Poland in 2015. Today over 150 of these zero-emission vehicles cruise the streets of 20 Polish cities. Another batch of over 300 vehicles are currently in production or shortly before delivering. In the coming months the Solaris electric buses fleet in Pol...

10 double decker electric buses have been delivered by the JV between Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD Europe to National Express for operation in Coventry, as part of a wider investment in 29 zero emission BYD ADL Enviro400EV. The first 19 were delivered in Birmingham in July. The batteries o...

BVG Berlin ‘christens’ the E-MetroBus project with the debut on the road of the first full electric articulated bus. The novelty occurred on 27th August 2020. A total of 17 Solaris Urbino 18 electric vehicles are now gradually taking over operation on Line 200, BVG points out. Elect...

Everfuel will establish a hydrogen refuelling station at the Connexxion bus depot in Heinenoord. It will be operational by the end of 2021. The Danish company has won the European tender issued by the province of South Holland for a facility that will stand out to be one of the largest in Europe. Si...

Finnish electric bus manufacturer Linkker announces the launch of LinkDrive retrofit kit, which enables the conversion of diesel buses to electric in order to allow faster transition to emission-free public transport. First application will be realized in Singapore, where Linkker has recently delive...