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ABB will enable the transition to sustainable e-bus operations in the city of Basel by 2027 as part of a large order awarded by Industrielle Werke Basel (IWB). The contract is part of Basel Public Transport’s (BVB) efforts to convert its entire bus fleet to battery-electric operations. In one ...

New battery supply agreement for Akasol in the bus world. The German company announces a new deal signed with a «major bus and commercial vehicle manufacturer from Belgium» with a total volume in the mid-double-digit million euro range. Although not directly mentioned, the manufacturer should be Van...

Akasol takeover has been completed: BorgWarner is now owner of 89% of the battery systems producer’ shares. The Darmstadt-based company announced today that «Shareholders of Akasol have accepted the voluntary public takeover offer by ABBA BidCo AG, a subsidiary of BorgWarner, after the extende...

More than 100 Bluebus e-buses are in operation powered with Siemens Commercial Vehicles drivelines. The two companies indeed foster a long-term partnership, built across collaboration throughout several projects. The main outcome of such cooperations is the number of 100 12-metre zero-emission Blueb...

Navya and Bluebus initiate discussions with the aim of developing an autonomous 6-meter bus. The autonomous bus producer Navya has announced it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to collaborate in the development of an autonomous bus with the electric bus producer from Bollorè Group. Navya ha...

On Friday 15 January, the 6-metre Bluebus shuttle has been officially launched by the Agglo du Pays de Dreux (some 90 km west of Paris), in partnership with Keolis Drouais. The minibus is now part of the Linéad network. The electric shuttle, called the Citadine, is free and connects the different di...

The city of Triel-sur-Seine, in France, just launched the trial phase of its new 100% electric shuttle service. Ordered from the Bluebus company, a 6-metre-long electric bus will be delivered this summer. In order to test the route, the municipality rented a similar model, with the company Bluestati...

Bluebus announces it has received two new orders for 44 and 65 electric buses with 12-meter length in Paris. The two orders are related to the large tender issued by RATP and financed by Île-de-France Mobilités for up to 800 e-buses (three manufacturers were selected). Bluebus is part of the Bollorè...

American company QuantumScape, backed by Volkswagen and Bill Gates, announced it has discovered an electrolyte which would be set to allow extraordinary battery performance. QuantumScape says its solid-state battery (with lithium-metal anodes) can reach 800 cycles without loss of performance and is ...

In a few days, the first diesel bus converted to electric drive by e-troFit will be in regular service for Stadtwerke Landshut. The vehicle will be used there on different lines for about one year, starting from 25 September. The range, according to e-troFit, will be up to 250 km. The UITP Summit 20...