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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...

Daily, the VDL Citeas Electric are driving 150,000 operational kilometres. Within Europe there are driving more than 750 VDL Citeas Electric. These electric Citeas, delivered between 2015 and the first half of 2020 in many European cities and regions, cover more than 150,000 electric driven kilometr...

CNH Industrial is the leader in the Machinery and Electrical Equipment Industry Group in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), World and Europe, for the tenth consecutive year. The group, which includes the bus brands Iveco Bus and Heuliez Bus, made this public today. With a winning score of ...

GVB Amsterdam is launching a market consultation procedure in order to set the ground for the purchase of a number between 91 and 142 e-buses by 2025. Once the deal will be signed, a first batch of 39 vehicles will be ordered. All the vehicles for the municipal public transport operator will be equi...

ElringKlinger AG and VDL Bus & Coach have agreed on a strategic partnership within the area of fuel cell technology. The cooperation agreement, that will last until 2021, provides for the development and industrialization of fuel cell stacks and systems for mobile and stationary applications. In...