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BYD‘s presence at IAA in Hanover resulted in the showcase of two new products: the world premiere of the 12m modular ebus and the mass produced 18m articulated ebus equipped with a pantograph. Both feature BYD’s stylish new frontal appearance which is now standard on all of its ebuses. LFP bat...

Proterra and Daimler look at the electrification of North American school bus market. Together. Today Proterra announced that it has closed a $155 million investment round co-led by Daimler, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles. Tao Capital Partners co-led the round, joined by G2V...

The IAA 2018 looks like it is going to draw the line between traditional and alternative drives. Tomorrow, the curtain will open on the future: MAN with the electric bus Lion’s City E, Scania with the LNG coach, Mercedes with the eCitaro, Heuliez with the ebus… IAA 2018, MAN unveils Lion...

by Jean-Philippe Pastre The SYTRAL (Lyon Metropolitan transport authoriry) released on friday 14th september 2018 his strategy to be compliant with the French environmental law which comes into force in 2020. The electro-mobility, with two different technologies get the widest share. Trolleybuses IM...

VDL Bus & Coach is to supply four Citeas SLFA-181 Electric to Keolis Sverige AB in Karlstad, Sweden. These 4 buses will be deployed on the new BRT-inspired line in Karlstad. The units of electric bus will go into operation on 9 December 2018. With 63,000 employees in 16 countries on 4 continents...

VDL Bus & Coach electric bus portfolio gets bigger. The company has extended its Citea Electric product range with two new Low Entry variants, with a length of 12 and 12.9 metres. The Citea SLE Electric benefits from the new generation of battery packs and can be fitted with a variety of chargin...

It’ll be the first LNG powered coach in the world. Scania will unveil at IAA, in a few days, a LNG coach expected to cover about 1,000 km. It can also be powered by liquefied biogas, that can reduce carbon emission by up to 90 percent. LNG to make coach operations more sustainable Scania LNG [...

Tribus will present its full electric minibus e-Civitas Electron at IAA Hannover. The vehicle is based on a Fiat Ducato chassis with driveline developed by the French company Gruau Electric. The minibus is equipped with 90 kW electric engine and a 38 kWh battery. The range, according to Tribus, is 1...

IndyGo, the largest public transportation provider in the American state of Indiana, and BYD announced the delivery of the first K11 60-foot (18 meters) battery electric bus to serve Indianapolis. The bus is the first of 13 ordered for the Red Line by IndyGo (also 18 electric buses have been reporte...

Since 3 September the Solaris Urbino 12 electric has been the object of test runs in the Estonian city of Tartu, the second-biggest city of the country. The tests of the vehicle will last for a whole year. It is the first project taking that long and concerning electromobility in Estonia, a country ...