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Electric buses are catching on in North Europe and VDL changes its management. The goal is to be ready to respond to current and future developments in a region (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) that has seen VDL delivering more than 100 electric buses in 2019. At the end of this year, the total...

From 56 to 467. In one year. Such is expected to be the increase in the number of zero emission buses deployed in the North European countries in 2019. Sweden leads the group of countries with 245 ebuses in operation, followed by Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland. Nobina is the operator with the hig...

Webasto announced it has started the production of batteries for electric vehicles in Germany. A supply agreement with a «European bus maker» (not specified) is already underway. Cells for Webasto batteries come from Samsung SDI, as announced in 2018. The same provider that has been recently involve...

All bus types and chargers technologies integrated in the same fleet monitoring system. It’s the novelty provided by “Mixed fleet” platform launched by Dutch telematics company ViriCiti. The system has been jointly developed with public transport company Qbuzz Netherlands, accordin...

BYD supplies its electric bus chassis for Volgren in Australia. The largest bus bodymaker in the country (part of Marco Polo group) will showcase its very first electric bus on 1st October at 2019 at Bus Expo and Maintenance Conference in Victoria. It’ll be built on the top sold 12.2 metre-lon...

Akasol keeps Samsung SDI as lithium-ion battery celles and modules supplier. The South Korean company has been nominated by Akasol for two serial projects with leading global commercial vehicle manufacturers (not specified). The agreement was signed at International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt. Th...

BYD unveiled last week a new generation transit bus and coach for the North American market. The two electric vehicles are named BYD K7M-ER and BYD C9M respectively and will be built in BYD plant in Lancaster (California), where 750 workers are employed. This year BYD opened a bew electric bus plant...

Serial production has just started, the first deliveries will take place in France (starting with Strasbourg, then La Rochelle) are planned by the end of the year. Alstom Aptis is a real newcomer in the electric bus market, but relies on the strong experience of a giant transport-focused group. Six ...

Keolis has been awarded a new concession in the Netherlands, defeating Connexxion, EBS and Arriva (a group that is going to be taken over soon). Public transport in the provinces of Veluwe, Central Overijssel and Lelystad will be managed by the French company in the period 2021 – 2030. 300 ele...

Solaris is ‘lending’ a trolleybus for a Swedish programme on electric roads in the city of Lund. The ‘EVolution Road’ project concerns creating an electric road which automatically detects and charges electric vehicles, both while driving as well as at a standstill, for instance when par...