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Tires for electric buses need to support a usually higher overall vehicle weight compared to diesel buses. The reasons? Heavy battery packs and stand instant torque delivery. This is why Continental launched a tire specially dedicated to electric buses, under the name Conti Urban HA3, available in t...

RATP announced today a framework agreement for a potential amount of up to 800 electric buses to be delivered in the period 2019 – 2024. The buses (12-meter) will be supplied by Heuliez, Bollorè and Alstom, following a call for tender worth up to 400 million euros. According to this framework ...

Managing Director for the European and North American markets and responsible for the strategic development of Yutong for markets outside China. These are the positions that today Franco Miniero holds, after economic studies and a long experience in the field of automotive (Fiat, Iveco and Scania gr...

RATP presents the three first Heuliez electric buses for SQYBUS network. An investment in line with the sustainable mobility development goals set by Île-de-France Mobilités. These electric buses can carry up to 85 passenger each and are recharged at night in the Trappes depot, which has been specia...

Further eCitaro will be operating in Hamburg. With extra battery. Beyond the 20 vehicles contract signed in 2018 by Hamburger Hochbahn, today Mercedes announces that Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH) just ordered 16 “made in Mannheim” electric buses. The public transport company co...

Hamburger Hochbahn will have the first depot fully dedicated to electric buses in the whole Germany. The public transport company has appointed ABB to supply infrastructure for 44 high-power chargers. The installation is due to complete in Summer 2019. Hamburger Hochbahn’s goal is a full elect...

The first electric buses in Amsterdam city will be powered by Heliox 8MW fast charge network. 31 VDL electric buses will start operation in 2020, and the contract includes an option for additional 69 zero emission buses to be added int he coming years. The entire GVB fleet is planned to be converted...

Tribus will launch at Busworld 2019 the Movitas. Four wheel steering, modular battery packs (and modular body), solar panels on the roof are just a few of the electric bus’ features. The bus will be available in four lenghts between 8.2 and 10.45 meter. The destination will be the inner city c...

A 27 meter zero emission bus. And it’s not a joke. BYD today launched the K12A in Shenzhen. It’s the world’s longest electric bus. Passenger capacity? Up to 250 people. A real ‘millipede’ developed for BRT system, so far monopolized by diesel or CNG drives. BYD and the ...

Irizar has recently signed with the operator Rheinbahn in the city of Düsseldorf (Germany) the contract for the supply of 10 zero emission buses. The model? Irizar ie bus with length 12 meters. 12 units have been ordered by Voyages Simon in Luxemburg. Irizar zero emission bus portfolio is made up by...