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CaetanoBus is going to launch the articulated 18m zero emission bus in 2023, said CEO Patrícia Vasconcelos at the European Zero Emission Bus Conference which is taking place today and tomorrow in Paris. CaetanoBus vehicle will be offered both in fuel cell and electric version. And in 2022 the Portug...

Turkey-California axis is born. Isuzu and Proterra, in fact, have announced a collaboration for Isuzu’s Citi Volt electric buses, which will be equipped with Proterra’s battery systems. This collaboration marks the entry of the American company in the European public transport market. No...

Switch Mobility is going to supply 300 units of 12-metre electric buses for BMTC (Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation). Not only the company will provide the vehicles, but the manufactured will be also providing mainentance for the large e-bus fleet. Formal launch of Switch Mobility, subsid...

After the Green-eBus project, an ADEME-labeled project for the transformation of a diesel city bus to a battery-powered electric motor propulsion, Greenmot goes on with its research and design work for an intercity bus retrofit kit in which the engine will be converted from diesel to electric genera...

Pepper Motion GmbH strengthens its customer support appointing Thomas Conseil as Head of After Sales & Service. Conseil is responsible for the establishment, expansion and ongoing upkeep of the international Pepper service network designed to provide a wide range of customer-friendly services wo...

Ballard Power Systems has taken over Arcola Energy, a UK-based systems engineering company specializing in hydrogen fuel cell powertrain and vehicle systems integration. Ballard acquired 100% of Arcola for total upfront and earn-out cash and share consideration of up to US$40 million, based on the a...

New chapter in the cooperation between the ZE telematics company Sycada and the Technology University of Eindhoven, focusing on the goal of forecasting energy usage of ZE buses. More precisely, the target is the development of «a real-time energy prediction model that is able to accurately (within 1...

Daimler Truck announces date for debut on the stock market. On November 11, Daimler Truck hosted its Capital Market Day and announced listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange for December 10. Subsequently, Daimler Truck expects to qualify for the DAX – the group of Germany’s most valuable listed comp...

The UK is one of the European countries, albeit now outside the EU, that is doing the most to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In this groove is, Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has unveiled the first of 80 battery electric double decker buses due to be in passenger service in spring 2022, in...

A coalition of international investors has signed a commitment with the Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator (ZEBRA) to invest more than a billion U.S. dollars in zero-emission public bus fleets in Latin America. The ZEBRA partnership announced today at the UN Climate Change...