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From diesel to electric in one week. With Ziehl-Abegg ZAwheel

From diesel to electric in one week. Ziehl-Abegg is suppling its electric drivetrain for the retrofit operations held by the German consortium “I see electric busses”, whose target is to convert city buses into all-electric vehicles and which is attending Busworld in Brussels. In October, a co...

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The bus industry’s smartphone moment

On 18 March 1895, at 6:25 in the morning, the world’s first motor bus line opened between Siegen, Netphen and Deuz. The vehicle was a Benz Landauer. It had eight seats, a one-cylinder engine of five horsepower, and fifteen kilometres of bad road ahead of it. On the steepest hill, the passengers had ...

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From diesel to electric in one week. With Ziehl-Abegg ZAwheel

From diesel to electric in one week. Ziehl-Abegg is suppling its electric drivetrain for the retrofit operations held by the German consortium “I see electric busses”, whose target is to convert city buses into all-electric vehicles and which is attending Busworld in Brussels. In October, a co...