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Battery analytics company TWAICE has raised 26 million dollars in Series B funding. Led by global alternative investment manager, Energize Ventures, the heavily oversubscribed round received follow-on participation from all existing investors, bringing TWAICE’s total financing to USD 45 millio...

Below, a contribution from EMCEL, a German-based engineering company focusing on hydrogen, fuel cells and e-mobility.It’s the second of a series of articles on topics around hydrogen economy and applications.Feedbacks, questions and contributions are welcome (at info@sustainable-bus.c...

Just a few hours before the start of the third edition of Bus2Bus in Berlin, a preview of a novelty that will be launched during the two-day event: Kempower will be punching its ticket at Messe Berlin and presenting its fast charging technology. Specifically, the EV charging technology provider&#821...

Karsan will deliver 30 e-JEST minibuses to Sofia, under an agreement signed with the municipal operator Stolichen Avtotransport. Bulgaria thus follows in the footsteps of France, Romania, Portugal and Germany, where the largest number of e-JEST minibuses are sold. Okan Baş, CEO of Karsan, said: «We ...

ZF is launching its new Collision Mitigation System (CMS) specifically designed for city buses. Offering active braking to help avoid head-on crashes with other road users, including vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians, the system also helps counteract the negative impact of the moment of braking on ...

Indian carrier Chartered Speed chooses Optibus for electric bus management in India. The company, that operates intercity and intra-city bus services for the state of Gujarat, is onboarding Optibus’ cloud-native electric vehicle management, planning, and scheduling software for their EV fleet in Ind...

Alexander Dennis claims it has began “live testing of Europe’s most complex and ambitious public autonomous bus pilot in Scotland ahead of passenger services starting later this year”. A first glimpse of the bus involved in this project was revealed in November 2021. The project was init...

Forsee Power announced that it has designed and produced 1,200 battery systems for electric buses to date. And many others are to come: “A total of 2,400 buses will be equipped in 18 months”, the French company says. The manufacturing sites in Europe (France and Poland) and Asia (China a...

Two and half years after contract award, Brisbane Metro’s much-anticipated vehicle, the lighTram 25, built and designed by Swiss vehicle manufacturer HESS, has arrived in Brisbane.  The 24.5-metre bi-articulated, battery electric pilot bus will go through an extensive testing and acceptanc...

Public transport users in Nottingham can now pay a single daily capped fare across the majority of the city’s buses and trams using their chosen contactless payment method – thanks to the “Tap and Go” solution using INIT’s contactless ticketing technology. The ‘Tap and Go’ ticketing options ha...