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by Stefano Alfano Zurich’s trolleybus network looks forward to the future with new technologies and new trolleybus lines. Following the delivery of three 24-metre maxi trolleybuses in 2019, the operator VBZ Zurich is continuing to renew its rolling stock, and Hess is once again the chosen indu...

A new contract is being executed by charging infrastructures supplier Ekoenergetyka-Polka in the domestic market. The city of Radom in the east-central part of the country, is receiving two fast charging stations Core Charger F of 300 kW each. That will be joined by eight depot charging stations. Th...

Connexxion will put into service hydrogen buses in the Netherlands, which prides itself to be the most dynamic country in Europe with regards to energy transition in public transport sector. An agreement with Solaris has been secured for the delivery of 20 Urbino 12 hydrogen. They’ll be in ope...

Dancer Bus. Composite materials (also coming from recycled PET bottles), small batteries combined with fast-charging, very unusual design. It’s the ID card of Dancer electric bus, which is to begin the first duties in the domestic market. The vehicle stands out to be the first Lithuanian-made ...

What about an electric bus whose battery can be removed, replaced with a fully-charged one and then charged separately from the bus? An innovative project is being developed in Poland, under a cooperation between the bus maker Autosan, the National Centre for Research and Development and Łukasiewicz...

2.3 million euros of fundings have been awarded from the North Rhine-Westphalia State Ministry of Transport to WSW Mobil and AWG to step up on hydrogen bus deployment. The project that involves the public transport company of Wuppertal (WSW) and the waste management society (AWG) is called H2W.  1.2...

Nanjing is planning to switch the battery-electric bus fleet (that amounts to no less than 7,000 vehicles) to hydrogen. And a leading bus manufacturer (not specified so far) has placed a order for up US$15 million over a three-year period with Loop Energy, a Canada-based provider of fuel cell soluti...

Scania stopped production globally due to Coronavirus pandemic, but workshops remain open to ensure delivery of necessary goods, foods and medical supplies. The Swedish truck, bus and engine producer based in Sodertalje had announced on 18 March that it planned to stop operations at most of its Euro...

107 Solaris e-buses are preparing to join BVG Berlin’s fleet. The first vehicles has recently started operation, the operator states. To be specific, 90 12-meter and 17 18-meter vehicles are set to roll out. All the buses are to be delivered by the end of this year, according to schedule. Also...

by Jean-Philippe Pastre, Mobilités Magazine Last Friday, April 3rd, has been published on the JORF (Journal Officiel de la République Française) the decree signed on March 12th 2020 defining the conditions for the conversion of ICE vehicles to electric powered ones. The possibility of retrofit inclu...