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InnoTrans is the world’s leading trade fair for transport technology and takes place every two years in Berlin. At the last event 2,955 exhibitors from 60 countries presented the global rail industry’s innovations to 137,391 trade visitors who came from 119 countries. The five segments at InnoTrans ...

Red Bus will introduce the first fully electric bus service in New Zealand. This follows the signing of a deal to purchase three electric buses as part of the commitment of the operator to gradually introducing new innovative technology across Christchurch public transport services. The buses are En...

Belkommunmash will deliver 60 electric buses to the Belorussian capital city Minsk. In particular, the supply includes 28 extra large capacity electric buses of the model Vitovt Max Electro or E433 (in new design) and 32 large capacity electric buses of the model E321 (a model that will be manufactu...

Hector Olabe, managing director of Irizar e-mobility, outlines the development of Irizar commitment in the field of electric buses, last step in the evolution of a company founded in the end of XIX century as bodybuilder and recently became one of the main actor in the production of electric buses. ...

Volvo Buses has been the first manufacturer to stop the production of diesel city buses in order to shift all the efforts and energies on electric bus technology. With a total of more than 4.000 electrified buses sold world over, the company is one of the world leaders in the fast-expanding market o...

Nova Bus in Quebec (Canada), major hybrid bus order secured. Volvo Buses, through its North American subsidiary Nova Bus, has just received the single largest order for hybrid buses ever signed by the group (and the biggest order in Nova Bus history to date). It consists in 497 vehicles that will be...

The electromobility production network of Zf is going to expand thanks to a new facility in the Serbian city of Pančevo. The new plant will produce electric and hybrid drives. Zf is investing more than €100 million in the project. Zf ready for e-mobility challenges Zf is getting ready for an importa...

Daimler Trucks is establishing a global organization for e-mobility. “We are the undisputed global leader of the trucking industry and we intend to remain in that position with electric trucks and buses – stated Martin Daum, member of the Daimler Board of Management for Trucks and Buses ...

Byd is taking into consideration to build a battery cell factory in Europe. With a market ready to grow steadily for the next ten years, Asian batteries manufacturers are starting to plan an expansion in western countries. Byd told Reuters that they were “considering cell production outside of China...

Saubermacher opens new high-tech recycling plant for lithium-ion batteries. The plant has been installed at Saubermacher Group company Redux Recycling in Bremerhaven (Germany). Saubermacher and Redux have jointly been researching and developing processes and technologies for many years. The plant is...