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MAN Truck & Bus is ready to launch its fully electric Lion’s City E at this year’s International Motor Show (IAA) for Commercial Vehicles in Hannover, Germany. The vehicles will be equipped with central electric motor and depot charging. The mass production will start in the second half of 2020....

43 electric buses in operation in Eindhoven in the framework of the first big project of electric bus fleet with fast charging system. The first, but no more the only. Since May 2018, 100 electric buses are running around Schipol Airport, in Amsterdam. And many of them are in service 24/24 seven day...

Efficient Drivetrains is now part of Cummins’ family. The engine manufacturing company has acquired Silicon Valley-based Efficient Drivetrains, which designs and produces hybrid and fully- electric power solutions for commercial markets. Adding Efficient Drivetrains to the Cummins portfolio is...

Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) is working to build a decarbonized bus fleet, after having stopped in 2012 to buy diesel buses, replaced with Cng vehicles. This autumn a tender will be open for adding 10 electric buses to the present fleet. At the moment the authority is seeking funding. The d...

100 electric buses by BYD will go in operation in Chile’s capitol Santiago. The announce has been made today, 3rd July. They will debut on the road of the city by late November. The model? BYD K9FE. Two electric buses BYD already in operation in Santiago The electric buses will be incorporated...

Solaris Bus & Coach has been acquired by the Spanish company Caf, which in this way expands its area of interest to the world of electromobility, which sees Solaris as European leader in the electric bus market with a market share of 18 percent. A market with marginal numbers to date, but ready ...

Volvo hometown, Gotheburg, takes the lead in the transition to zero emission bus system in Sweden. Volvo Buses, indeed, has just received an order for 30 electric buses 7900 from Gs Buss, subsidiary of Göteborgs Spårvägar, and Public Transport Authority Västtrafik. It is the biggest order so far for...

Vdl Bus & Coach Sweden AB strengthens the organization with the appointment of Fredrik Dahlborg as new Managing Director. He will take on his new role from 16 August. In May, Umeå municipality in Sweden has announced that the Dutch company Bus & Coach is the winner of the tender for 25 elect...

ZF and e.GO Mobile are developing the electric shuttle (eventually driverless) e.GO Mover under the umbrella of the newly founded e.GO Moove GmbH joint venture (ZF owns 40 per cent). It’ll be used mainly for deliveries, but can be transformed into a minibus able to carry up to 15 people. The c...

Electric bus and TCO, quite an hot topic. Large-scale adoption of battery-electric buses in the cities will occur from 2023, the year where an electric bus will become effectively cost-competitive compared to a diesel bus. It’s the result of a study by the consulting company McKinsey, ‘W...