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London will witness the debut in operation of the Beulas Jewel E double decker electric bus in early 2022. The bus is equipped with Equipmake’s Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED), following a partnership announced in September. The first bus will be in in-service trial. Beulas Jewel E electric bus for L...

Proterra and Lightning eMotors expand partnership to power Class 4 and Class 5 electric commercial vehicles using Proterra battery technology. A few days ago Lightning eMotors and ABC Companies have been commissioned a double decker electric motor coach by All Aboard America! Holdings. Under a new m...

What is Sudden Depletion Event? Why balancing between cells is crucial? How to preserve SOC in the best possible way? Why it is instrumental to highlight the aspect of proper balancing already during tendering? Welcome to a new article of the Battery Cycle – a series of articles dedicated to demysti...

Flixbus hydrogen-powered coaches are set to be in operation in Europe by 2024. It’s FlixMobility itself to announce the future milestone. «Diesel buses in the FlixBus fleet can be replaced with fuel cell buses in the future», the German group underlines. The minimum range request is 450 km on ...

152 battery-electric buses are to be launched on Auckland’s roads, in New Zealand, in what is claimed to be Australasia’s biggest electric bus order so far. CRRC has been chosen as preferred supplier with the buses imported as complete units, Australasian Bus & Coach observes (previous NZ ...

Ballard Power Systems has been commissioned 40 FCmove-HD (70kW) modules for planned deployment in hydrogen fuel cell electric buses across Europe in 2022. These FCEBs are being deployed in France, Germany, and the UK. Nearly 160 hydrogen FCEBs powered by Ballard are now in service across Europe, an ...

Gillig announced the availability of a next-generation energy storage system for its battery electric bus. The new storage system, manufacturer by Akasol, provides up to 686 kWh of available energy, the largest capacity in a North American transit bus, the company claims. In July this year Clark Cou...

The first ever 24-metre Solaris trolleybuses to come to market are set to Slovakia. A 16-units order has been commissioned by operator Dopravný Podnik Bratislava. The 24-meter trolleybuses will roll onto the streets of Bratislava within less than two years. The value of...

Arrival has announced the launch of a Global Service Network Program addressed to customers and aimed at making bus and van repair and maintenance activities simpler and more efficient. The program will be based on Arrival’s digital Service Platform to train and certify any technician to servic...

Los Angeles goes electric. The LA Department of Transportation (Ladot) announced that the agency has been awarded a $6 million grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest EV fleet charging systems in the United States that will be powered by a solar and storage microgrid....