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Akasol will attend Busworld 2019 in Brussels showcasing the new high energy solution AKASystem AKM CYC, whose series production is expected to start in 2021. Brussels exhibition will also be the place where the fuel cell solution AKASystem OEM PRC will be launched: 50 demo vehicles will be in operat...

Electromobility, digitalization, autonomous driving. These three issues are being addressed by TRATON group (formerly Volkswagen Truck & Bus) through an ambitious investment plan. 1 billion will be invested in emobility R&D, 1 other billion will be spent on digitalization. 1 billion euros in...

Detroit is the 100th customer of Proterra electric buses. The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) and Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) have infact decided to buy, totally, six 40-foot (12 meter) Proterra Catalyst E2 buses, as well as six Proterra 125 kW plug-in...

Electric bus deployment in North European countries is hugely increasing: during 2019 the number of ebuses in operation is expected to rise from 56 to 467. Danish public transport authority Movia is foreseen to have 77 ebuses deployed. Sustainable Bus discussed with Jeppe Gaard, CRO for Contracts in...

Spanish operator ALSA is going to receive two Solaris Urbino 12 Electric and two stationary chargers. The vehicles, to be delivered later this year, will operate on the public transport network of Bilbao, the biggest city of the Basque country, ‘homeland’ of Solaris owner CAF group (as w...

CaetanoBus will showcase the hydrogen bus (developed with Toyota technology) at Busworld 2019 in Brussels. Named H2.City Gold, the fuel cell bus is an addition to the clean bus portfolio of the Portuguese manufacturer, that already includes the battery electric bus e.City Gold and the chassis e.CC.1...

European Investment Bank funds the purchase of over 200 electric and hybrid buses for Rotterdam region (105 ebuses and 103 hybrids, to be precise). The 115 million euros loan has been announced today and is dedicated to support RET‘s investment programme for the coming years. Besides buying el...

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...