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Akasol, battery supplier for the Mercedes eCitaro, announces the expansion of a framework agreement with a «Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer». Behind the expression adopted in the press information released by Akasol should stand Volvo Buses, as Electrive points out. By the end of 2023, the G...

A record order. For France, at least. It’s the one signed by DPVA (Dracénie Provence Verdon agglomeration), which purchased a group of 37 Iveco Crossway Natural Power, coach version. They will be operated by Beltrame Group. Six further Crossway Low Entry Natural Power will be delivered in Apri...

In the electric bus there is… a library. A library on wheels! Gothenburg City Library ordered two Volvo 7900 Electric buses to be delivered in July 2020. They will replace the two mobile libraries currently operating in and around the city, visiting about 70 mobile library stops and 110 presch...

ATM Milano is targeting a 2030 full electric. A goal to be pursued not only through the conversion of the entire bus fleet (1,200 vehicles) to zero emission buses. The challenge between Solaris and Mercedes for 250 electric buses is underway, the awarding of the contract is expected for March. ATM&#...

The EBUS Award 2019 for electric bus manufacturers goes to… VDL Bus & Coach. The prize has been delivered yesterday at ElekBu exhibition in Berlin. Alzo ZF and Heliox were awarded for electric drive and charging infrastructure respectively, while KVB Cologne received two EBUS Award. A Germ...

122 gas buses will hit the road of Egypt capital city. The Cairo Transportation Authority (CTA) has awarded MAN with an order for 122 CNG-fuelled buses. The first two vehicles were already delivered at the end of last year. The delivery of an additional 60 vehicles is planned for July 2019, and the ...

Following, our 3nd report about Ebus test 2018, held in Bonn in October 2018. The event is organized by the German magazine Omnibusspiegel. In this third article we focus on the Solaris Urbino 18 Electric, one of the three contenders. You can click HERE for the introduction and HERE for the overview...

Chinese electric city bus market is close to saturation, thus Chinese manufacturers will look with increasing determination to European and overseas markets. In the meanwhile, global electric bus market is expected to reach over 160,000 units delivered yearly by 2025 (today we have around 2,200 elec...

BYD double-decker bus. 200 times. It’s the number of electric double decker bus units that BYD will deliver to the Chinese city of Xi’an. The Shenzhen based manufacturer launched on January 29th the world’s largest pure electric double decker bus fleet. BYD K8S was unveiled in late...

The VDL Citea Light Low Entry Electric length variant of 11.5 metres is now available. For over 2 years now, the Citea LLE-99 Electric with a length of 9.9 metres has been operating in various operations. With the introduction of the 11.5 metre length variant, VDL aims to offer operators the opportu...