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Second life batteries once mounted on Volvo buses are now used for energy storage and as an energy source in Gothenburg’s Fyrklövern residential complex. It’s the second project in this regards developed by Volvo Buses in its hometown: the manufacturer is in fact among the partners involved in...

After one year trial in Gothenburg, the Volvo 7900 Electric Articulated is ready for serial production with new driveline (in-wheel electric motor developed in house) and more battery capacity, that can reach up to 396 kWh. The zero emission bus was unveiled to the large public in Brussels during Bu...

From 56 to 467. In one year. Such is expected to be the increase in the number of zero emission buses deployed in the North European countries in 2019. Sweden leads the group of countries with 245 ebuses in operation, followed by Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland. Nobina is the operator with the hig...

GS assigned ABB the supply of high-power electric chargers for 30 fully electric buses in the City of Gothenburg. The chargers from ABB will be delivered during the summer of 2019, with operations due to start in October. Financial details of the order are kept confidential. Still in Summer 2019 ABB...

Birmingham Airport has awarded Volvo Bus UK the contract to supply the airport with six Volvo 7900 Electric. The buses are scheduled to start operation in November 2019. They’ll be employed for free passenger transport service via all airport car park routes. Volvo 7900 Electric, 80 % less ene...

Among many pilots, underway and announced, Volvo Buses has unveiled the very first full size autonomous electric bus. The “full size” makes the difference: short driverless shuttle buses are not new (we could mention, for instance, Navya and Easy Mile), but the 12 meter is a real premier...

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Public transport authorities and operators all over the world are moving towards a growing deployment of full electric buses. Providing vehicles and full service, charging infrastructures, smart city services: these are the pillars of Enel X offers in the field of e-buses, as the utility company has...

The Yutong Xiaoyu 2.0 has been awarded the design prize 2021 Red Dot Award. Developed by the Chinese group – the largest bus builder in the world for production volumes -, the 5.5-meter shuttle bus stands out for being the world’s first autonomous bus recognized by world-class industrial desig...

Siemens ELFA drivetrains have already left 2 billion kilometers on five continents behind. The modular electric drivetrain and software solution for hybrid, battery, and fuel cell buses and trucks has resulted as an hallmark for the Siemens business unit Commercial Vehicles (CV). How the ELFA techno...

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Kungsbacka is the fourth Swedish city to order zero emission buses from Volvo. KE’s Bussar, the municipality’s public transport company, has ordered three electric buses and three plug-in hybrid buses from the Gothenburg-based company. These are the first electric buses to operate in tha...

Volvo Buses has officially started a test regarding the second life of electric bus batteries. Sustainable Bus already reported about the preparations HERE. Today, 5th December, the company announced the official inauguration of what is probably Europe’s first ever energy warehouse using electric bu...

13 Volvo electric buses 7900 will start operating on route 7 in Malmö from mid-December. The vehicles are part of one of the biggest investments ever in all-electric bus traffic in Sweden. The buses, deployed by Nobina, are equipped with fast charging systems and are charged at the end stations of t...

Volvo Buses has received an order for four Volvo 7900 Electric buses from transport providers Bivab and Uddevalla Omnibus for the city of Uddevalla in western Sweden. A city where hybrid buses by Volvo have been operating since 2014. Volvo 7900 Electric with pantograph Following, the integral text o...