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European ASSURED project has started testing in Barcelona. Over the next few weeks, two electric buses will verify the interoperability of different fast charger models under real operating conditions. The ASSURED project promotes electrification of urban commercial vehicles through innovative fast ...

Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD UK jointly announced today that their electric vehicle partnership, today the UK’s leading electric bus producer, has taken an order from First Bus for five BYD ADL Enviro400EV electric double deck buses, which will be used on Park & Ride services in West Y...

Solaris Bus & Coach has started to execute a contract signed in May last year for the supply of 50 Urbino 18 electric buses for Cracow. The manufacturer has already delivered the first articulated e-buses units and they will operate on bus line no. 179, Solaris points out. Also, at the beginning...

Lion Electric just announced the construction of a battery manufacturing plant and innovation center in Quebec. The factory is planned to begin operations in early 2023 and will produce battery packs and modules made from Lithium-ion cells. Construction is projected to break ground over the next few...

The first fast charging stations have been installed in Milan. They’ll power ATM electric bus fleet, which is set to reach the number of 170 e-buses deployed by the end of the year (now there are 85 e-buses in operation, and Solaris is continuing the deliveries). The chargers have an instantan...

New Flyer unveiled today the Xcelsior CHARGE NG: a new EV bus range for mass mobility urban markets. The vehicles incorporates three distinct technology advancements to deliver a high-performance bus, including next generation high energy batteries that extend range up to 13%, advanced protective ba...

Nova Bus has been selected to supply 15 LFSe+ buses, its electric bus model, by the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS), the largest transit agency in Wisconsin and primary transit provider for Milwaukee County. This is Nova Bus’ first order of electric buses in the United States. They’ll b...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled today, 15th March 2021, a new bus strategy with £3 billion investments. The target will be to have lower, simpler flat fares in towns and cities, turn-up-and-go services on main routes, and new flexible services to reconnect communities. «4,000 new British-bu...

Clean Vehicle Directive in Germany: the VDV welcomes the federal states’ call for a national procurement quota concerning zero emission buses instead of a quota that would be mandatory for each bus procurement. The Bundesrat (the Upper House of the German Parliament which represents the sixtee...

From 2025 on, in the Netherlands, newly bought buses can only be emission free. In 2030 the entire fleet (around 5,000 buses) has to be clean. Today there are over 1,100 e-buses in the country. In 2020 the Netherlands accounted for over 21% of the battery-electric bus registrations in Western Europe...