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Some of the electric buses in London will produce an artificial sound as early as next year in order to warn people for their arrival and thus reducing the risk of possible accidents. The sound (called Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System) has been developed by Zelig Sound, a long-time collaborator of T...

Heliox announces a change to the management team: as of 2nd of January 2020, Michael Colijn takes the position of CEO. Looking at 2020, Heliox new venture in the short term will be the implementation of the charging infrastructure project for ESWE Verkehr Wiesbaden, where 56 Mercedes eCitaro will be...

VHH and MAN are working together to test how used batteries behave after initial use in vehicles and as a stationary energy storage system, under real-world operating conditions. To this end, in the Bergedorf quarter of Hamburg, a container with a total capacity of 500 kWh has been connected to the ...

The first two MAN Lion’s City E has been handovered today to the two Hamburg‘s public transport operator: Hochbahn and VHH (the latter has just signed the first tender-based order for the bus). A MAN’s demo fleet of 15 electric buses will be on the road in customer operations in five Eur...

Which is the effect of cold weather on the electric bus range? Is battery-electric or fuel cell the best option when it comes to performance during winter? A new study, realized in the US and funded under a National Fuel Cell Bus Program grant, provides a clear answer: the switch to cold temperature...

It’s time to hit the road for batch of electric bus at Birmingham airport. Six Volvo 7900e, whose purchase was announced in March 2019, are fitting the airport’s plan to reach a target of net zero carbon emission by 2033. The new service is part of a framework agreement initiative from t...

The world’s first hydrogen-powered BRT system is called Fébus and is operational in the south of France. The city of Pau has seen yesterday the roll-out of the eight Van Hool Exqui.City FC 18-meter hydrogen buses. They serve 14 stations along a six kilometre long dedicated BRT lane with priori...

The debut of electric articulated buses in New York. On Sunday, the first 18-meter zero emission bus (from New Flyer) was deployed by MTA on one of the city’s busiest crosstown routes – the 14th Street busway – as part of the agency’s plan to enhance and modernize the bus fleet. 15 articulated elect...

Eight US states, driven by California, are developing an action plan to put hundreds of thousands more zero-emission trucks and buses on the roads. The initiative has been announced yesterday by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) agency. To date, a Statement of Intent (entitled ‘Multi-S...

San Francisco opts for BAE Systems electric motor for 68 transit buses bound to operate in the city’s Green Bus Zones. These buses will be able, thanks to Series-ER system, to switch off the combustion engine and run on electric power in planned green zones through the city. BAE Systems announ...