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The most important battery supplier worldwide, CATL, has developed a superfast charging LFP battery named Shenxing. The new product is capable of delivering 400 km of driving range with a 10-minute charge as well as a range of over 700 km on a single full charge, according to the manufactu...

Ebusco announced that shareholders approved the appointment of Jurjen Jongma as a member of the Management Board during today’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGM) in Deurne. Jurjen Jongma succeeds Björn Krook, who temporarily fulfilled the position of CFO over the past months. Krook...

Scania officially opened its battery assembly facility located in Södertälje, at the manufacturer’s Swedish headquarters. The battery assembly facility, opened yesterday 5 September, will employ 550 people and is highly automated, from incoming goods throughout production to delivery. Furthermore, b...

Fairtiq has been chosen as one of four software providers for the digitalization of Denmark’s public transport payment system. This move aims to make public transportation payments more user-friendly and fully digital. As a consequence, Fairtiq will participate in tenders for software solution...

Delhi, India, continues to increase the number of electric buses in the city, adding another 400 to the city’s fleet, which is already 7,400 vehicles strong: by 2025, 80 percent of the capital’s vehicles will be fully electric. Delhi recently judged the 35th best city globally for public...

Not just electric city buses: also “an electric bus for intercity traffic” is included (although “later”) in Volvo Buses – MCV agreement, announced in late April 2023 when a letter of intent was signed. Now the agreement is done. Production is expected to start in 2024 ...

Eberspaecher is ready to unveil at Busworld Europe 2023 the new AC138 EVO a rooftop system designed specifically for hybrid and battery-electric buses. The AC138 EVO achieves low energy consumption during heating and cooling thanks to Eberspaecher’s patented heat pump technology. It works by r...

A quarter of Slovakian battery company Inobat passes into Chinese hands, those of Gotion High Tech. InoBat is a startup specializing in high-performance NMC batteries. Mr. Li Zhen, founding Chairman and CEO of Gotion High-Tech said: «It is my earnest desire that Gotion High-tech, alongside InoBat, e...

Vanner announced the beginning of serial production of its latest 17.1 kW, 600VDC to 24VDC liquid-cooled converter with Silicon Carbide Solid-State Switching (SiC) for ZEV and hybrid vehicles. This technology builds on Vanner’s 300 ampere 600VDC to 24VDC air-cooled converter. Named the Hybrid ...

RVK has announced its third order for Solaris hydrogen buses. With an already impressive fleet of 35 hydrogen Solaris buses, RVK will further enhance its green initiative by adding 18 e-buses in an articulated version. The selected model, Urbino 18 hydrogen, will feature cutting-edge driver assistan...