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Proterra and Lightning eMotors expand partnership to power Class 4 and Class 5 electric commercial vehicles using Proterra battery technology. A few days ago Lightning eMotors and ABC Companies have been commissioned a double decker electric motor coach by All Aboard America! Holdings. Under a new m...

One hundred Toyota hydrogen buses are running around Olympic Tokyo. But costs are an issue. As the Financial Times points out, «A fuel cell bus from Toyota costs ¥100m ($900,000) for a six-year lease. A diesel bus costs ¥24m ($220,000) and has a useful life of 15 years». Fuel cell buses during the O...

Lion Electric announced that the company’s upcoming battery manufacturing plant and innovation center will be located at the YMX International Aerocity of Mirabel, Quebec. The announcement comes amidst increased expansion of the company’s operations, having recently announced the construction o...

The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) is pleased to open registration for the 2021 International Zero Emission Bus Conference (ZEB Conference) taking place Sept. 15–17 in Denver, Colorado. Sustainable Bus is featuring the conference as media partner. The 2021 ZEB Conference will en...

Lion Electric has announces that it has selected Joliet, in Illinois, for the construction of its U.S. manufacturing facility. The new facility, according to the Canadian company that has recently made public it is building a battery plant in its home country, will represent the largest dedicated pr...

Lion Electric just announced the construction of a battery manufacturing plant and innovation center in Quebec. The factory is planned to begin operations in early 2023 and will produce battery packs and modules made from Lithium-ion cells. Construction is projected to break ground over the next few...

Using sustainably sourced energy to power the buses of today and into the future is compelling and logical, but in order to bring the conversation of sustainability on a more wholistic level, as much of the vehicle as possible should have as small an ecological footprint as possible from materials t...

2,800 zero emission buses delivered or on order in USA as of December 2020: it means a +24% on 2019. 1,015 full sized transit buses are currently deployed in the country. 1,775 are on industry players’ order books. Including also 250 vehicles in Canada, it makes 3,000 zero emission buses in No...

E-bus manufacturer Proterra unveiled a new high-powered charging solution designed to enable the electrification of large-scale vehicle fleets. Developed in partnership with Power Electronics, the new Proterra charging systems aim to offer transit agencies and fleet operators a customizable vehicle ...

The electric commercial vehicles market in North America is poised to grow heavily in the next three years. Anyhow, the transit electric bus market will apparently not be the most affected by the trend, that will see interesting developments particularly in the heavy-duty truck field. The number of ...