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Proterra is partnering with Michelin to develop a tire optimized for battery electric bus operations in urban areas. The tire is called Michelin X InCity Energy Z and is being developed in order to reduce rolling resistance, increase load-carry capacity and leverage superior traction, resulting in i...

Polish city of Radom will have ten Solaris Urbino 12 electric in operation within one year from now. The Municipal Road and Transport Authority in Radom ordered the vehicles together with infrastructure for charging them. The contract worth PLN 26m (some 6 million euros) and will be completed by mid...

Nobina announced it won the service contract for public transport in Piteå municipality (north of Sweden). The operator will accompany the municipality towards a zero emission bus fleet: at the beginning of the contract in July 2020, all city buses (twelve) will be electrically powered. Nobina, 12 e...

Amiens Métropole and Keolis just launched what they claims to be “the first electric BRT in France”. The service is operated by electric buses on four new rapid transit routes. The buses involved in this project are 43 model of Irizar ie tram that are now part of a fleet of 136 buses dep...

Below, a contribution from Interact Analysis, a market research firm focused on intelligent automation, with a specific department for truck, bus and off-highway electrification. Interact Analysis recently wrote about the following topic: “New Chinese Subsidy Policy Results in 130,000 Fewer El...

Stop calling them ‘manufacturers’! As electric buses increasingly roll out, manufacturers are forced to become service providers, able to assist the operator in building the system that surrounds the vehicle. This is why Proterra is launching Proterra Energy fleet solutions, a suite of o...

SPIE becomes formally Heliox partner for installation, service and maintenance of charging infrastructure, after two years working together. The two companies entered in a service contract signed a few weeks ago in Heliox headquarters in the Netherlands. The service contract was signed by Mark Smidt...

650 electric buses delivered to a total of 44 European cities in 12 countries. This is the ‘business card’ of BYD Europe, the first overseas subsidiary of the Chinese giant BYD. Established in Rotterdam in 1998, the company is today the European market leader in electric bus sales (as we...

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is awarding nearly $14 million (some 12,4 million euros) in grants for alternative fuel buses to serve communities around the state. The money has been awarded to six transit agencies, CDOT announces. Funding became available through the Volkswagen Se...

Allison Transmission launches in North American market an electric axle powertrain system developed for electric buses. The company unveiled the new e-axle range, under the denomination ABE series, at the Advanced Clean Technology Expo in Long Beach, California. In late April Allison announced the p...