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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) awarded a $135 million climate financing package to VinFast. Goal? “Manufacturing Vietnam’s first fully-electric public transport bus fleet and first national electric vehicle (EV) charging network”, VinFast says. The first electric buses with VinBus’ log...

World’s largest e-bus depot was inaugurated in Qatar in late October. The depot is located in Lusail, covers an area of more than 400,000 square meters and is composed of 24 multi-functional buildings. It has won the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest electric bus depot with the cap...

The battery is the last relevant remaining wearing part of an electric vehicle – and by far the most expensive. How to charge it properly? How to reduce TCO as much as possible? Safety concerns? Three experts discuss tips, tricks and outlooks concerning the heart of EVs

Below, a contribution by Clean Bus Europe Platform, available also on the project’s website https://cleanbusplatform.eu/The Clean Bus Europe Platform is an initiative under the European Commission’s Clean Bus Deployment Initiative that aims to support the deployment of clean bus technologies across ...

Translink has welcomed the Department for Infrastructure’s announcement of £88 million funding for 100 new Zero Emission buses and EV charging infrastructure and says that the new battery electric buses will be supplied by local manufacturer Wrightbus and will be a mix of single-deck and double-deck...

New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has awarded a contract for 5 electric buses to Nova Bus. The first delivery is expected by the fourth quarter of 2023. The buses will be assembled at the Nova Bus facility in Plattsburgh, New York State. Nova Bus electric buses for MTA in Ne...

De Lijn is placing a new order with SPIE for 252 additional charging stations for its depots. The charging stations are scheduled to go into operation in 2023-2024. This year board of directors of De Lijn has started a procurement for the purchase of up to 1,250 emission-free buses of different type...

Irizar e-mobility and Go Ahead London have signed a contract to supply 20 buses and related charging infrastructure to electrify route 358 in south London, the first ultra-fast opportunity charging route in the capital. Chargers are to be provided by Jema Energy (Irizar Group). One year ago Mayor of...

The Biden-Harris Administration announced the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, awarding nearly $1 billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 389 school districts spanning 50 states, ...

Transdev Group has signed an agreement to acquire First Transit, “creating an even stronger innovation-driven provider of sustainable mobility and public transportation services in the U.S. and Canada”, the France-based multinational company says. In 2021 FirstGroup agreed terms were to ...