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by Jean-Philippe Pastre, Mobilités Magazine Last Friday, April 3rd, has been published on the JORF (Journal Officiel de la République Française) the decree signed on March 12th 2020 defining the conditions for the conversion of ICE vehicles to electric powered ones. The possibility of retrofit inclu...

The first batch of 10 electric buses has reached Singapore’s streets. And 50 more vehicles will be introduced over the rest of this year. The country will only buy electric or hybrid buses from now on. The goal? A full electrified bus fleet by 2040. Singapore is also the place where Volvo Buse...

For the first time Scania delivered hybrid buses in Germany. The transport operator which received this premiere was Regionalverkehr Erzgebirge (RVE), in Annaberg-Buchholz, very close to the border with Czech Republic. RVE put the five Scania Citywide Hybrid Low Entry buses into service as early as ...

«Shift all new bus procurements in leading Latin American cities to Zero Emission technologies». It’s the ultimate goal of ZEBRA project, carried out by ICCT and C40 with focus on the South American cities of Medellin, Mexico City, São Paulo, Santiago de Chile. Looking at the next decade, ZEBR...

«Hyzon Motors Inc. announces that 1,000 units 40FT/12M fuel cell bus MOU (Memorandum of Understaing) was signed with a client under confidentiality. Target to deliver the first 50 units in about 12 months after formal contract». This statement was released by Hyzon Motors’ CEO George Gu on Lin...

On March 25, 2020, 100 Yutong full electric buses were officially delivered to Shunde Automobile Transport Group, in the Chinese province of Guangdong. Just a few days ago, Yutong Bus released its 2019 annual report (58,688 buses produced in one year). 1,022 new energy buses in operation for Shunde ...

A good first take occurred yesterday in Amsterdam city center, where the first battery-electric bus in GVB fleet begin service. And more are to come in the next weeks: the deal signed in December 2018 between the carrier and VDL Bus & Coach consists of no less than 31 electric buses, 9 12-meter ...

58,688 buses sold and a market share of 37.1 % on the Chinese market, that saw a decrease of 11 % in 2019. On  March 30, Yutong Bus disclosed its 2019 annual report. The results have been reported by the Chinese bus air conditioning supplier Cling, whose products are mounted on Yutong electric buses...

BYD Toyota EV Technology is the new joint venture company established by the two brands in order to conduct, together, research and development of battery electric vehicles. The efforts of the new JV, at this stage, are stated to be focused on the Chinese market. BYD and Toyota announced today, Apri...

The 13 e-buses of Stadtwerke Osnabrück are celebrating the first year of operation reaching the threshold of 730,000 km. And the electric ‘share’ of the fleet is set to grow: in February VDL started the production of the next 22 Osnabrück e-articulated buses, that will be followed by ano...