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16 new battery-electric buses are headed to Munich. Eight Ebusco 2.2 and eight eCitaro G (the first ordered so far), are going to hit the streets Bavarian capital city, where they’ll joint six Ebusco vehicles already in operation. The electric bus fleet operated by the public transport company...

Converting the whole truck fleet in the US to electricity would reduce the total demand for energy by 71 percent, because electric vehicles are significantly more efficient than diesel and gasoline vehicles, says a recent analysis released by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The new report, ...

Solaris is working on a system that allow the bus driver to know precisely where to dock the pantograph under a charging station. The Polish manufacturer is cooperating with Poznań University of Technology in order to develop an advanced system of assistance for drivers of city buses, mostly electri...

Eberspaecher‘s novelty in the field of zero emission buses is called AC 136 HP CO2 and will be available from 2021 on. Behind the commercial name lies an electric thermal management system addressed at electric and hybrid bus market thanks to a specific use of natural refrigerant carbon dioxid...

Printed in 3D technology, electric and driverless. Three features that sum up the innovative potential of Olli, the autonomous shuttle that will soon be in service in Turin (Italy) for four months within the ITC-ILO campus. The vehicle was presented yesterday in the presence of Mayor Chiara Appendin...

A new electric bus rolls out in the United Arab Emirates. First of all a six-month trial, then the introduction in the bus fleet followed by further units. It’s the roadmap outlined by the Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority (SRTA) with regards to the introduction of the very first electric ...

2020 is expected to be a crucial year for the switch of commuter shuttles in the Silicon Valley to battery-electric technology. In this framework, the biotechnology corporation Genentech represents today a bright rare case: the company is going to convert half of its commuter shuttles fleet to zero ...

11 battery-electric buses from Heuliez Bus have been delivered in Norway, where the operator Tide Buss has chosen the French manufacturer for the supply of zero emission vehicles in Trondheim, known as a pioneer city in sustainable transportation with the largest electric bus fleet in Norway. It&#82...

ABB has been appointed to provide more than 100 chargers for the Qbuzz fleet in the Netherlands. 62 charging stations have been installed within the Groningen/Drenthe concession (where also Heliox is involved), while 38 further chargers have been put in place within the DMG Dordrecht concession, in ...

Safra hydrogen buses will be provided to Greater Auxerre Municipality. The contract includes both the supply and full maintenance of the new bus fleet. Each bus will be in charge of some 200,000 km per year. Safra is going to ramp up the production of the hydrogen bus range, as 22 units are today on...