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Cardiff Bus has confirmed it has placed an order for 36 Yutong E12 e-buses. The vehicles will be on the roads in the city from the end of 2021, says the UK dealer of Yutong Pelican Bus & Coach.   Cardiff Council to take 36 e-buses from Yutong The investment is a collaboration between the bus [&h...

Alexander Dennis Limited will build two electric buses for Howick & Eastern by Transdev’s operation in New Zealand. They will be used on Auckland Transport services. The three-axle single deckers will be assembled locally in New Zealand by ADL’s partner Kiwi Bus Builders. ADL strengthens it has ...

ROCSYS, Grivix and VDL ETS announce a cooperation addressed at the development of robotic fast charging for Heavy Duty Vehicles, being them e-buses or e-trucks. ROCSYS, supplier of plug-in robots; Grivix, supplier of automated high-power vehicle inlets and VDL ETS, charging test and validation partn...

Mercedes has updated the NMC batteries on the eCitaro. As previously planned within the Mannheim-made electric bus roadmap, now the Mercedes eCitaro is available with an even more powerful generation of lithium-ion batteries (still from the German supplier Akasol).

Newport Transport is ready to add 16 new e-buses from Yutong. The order has been recently made official. The vehicles will be handed over through the UK dealer Pelican. Expected delivery in December 2021. This supply will bring to 32 the number of Yutong e-buses operating in Newport. The deployment ...

The city of Oviedo will test a Caetano H2.CityGold for the next three months From 15th of April. The bus will run through the different TUA lines. In December 2020 a strategic alliance was announced between Toyota Europe, CaetanoBus and Finlog in an effort dedicated to the development and production...

The first electric buses with VinBus’ logo has been launched in Vietnam (Vinhomes Ocean Park, Gia Lam). The vehicle is manufactured and assembled at the Automobile Manufacture Complex in Hai Phong, as outlined in an article by Insideevs. VinBus is a subsidiary of Vingroup and was established i...

Konvekta is launching the EmCO2s (pronounced “Emcos”), which is presented as a new, emission-free heating and air conditioning system for the electric bus market. With heat pump function and the alternative refrigerant CO2, the system requires significantly less energy compared to a syst...

The Sustainability Award held by the German magazine Busplaner has been handed over yesterday at the digital edition 2021 of BUS2BUS exhibition. 13 companies were crowned in 13 categories. Among the winners, the Solaris Urbino 15 LE electric, the natural gas bus Iveco Bus Crossway Natural Power, the...

Lithium-ion batteries have entered every segment of our lives. From mobile phones and power tools to e-bikes and cars. The race for more energy and more power is on. The main driver behind that race is the progress of technology used in li-ion cells and batteries. The key parameter for any electric ...