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Bergen-based technology company Saga Tenix has been awarded a 1 million euros grant from the Research Council of Norway «to continue its work with world leading data-driven optimization service for battery-electric means of transport», the company says. Saga Tenix is a provider of electric bus telem...

Transdev John Holland has been awarded Sydney (Australia) Region 9 bus contract from April 2022. Key highlights of the contract will be the introduction of 136 new zero emission battery-electric buses in Region 9, replacing phased-out diesel buses, on top of 10 electric buses which will be introduce...

The International Association of Public Transport (UITP), and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen their on-going cooperation in various fields. Directly after EIB Vice-President, Kris Peeters, and UITP Secretary General, Mohamed Mezghani, signe...

Nobina has appointed Henrik Dagnäs as COO and Deputy CEO of Nobina AB with operational responsibility for the Group’s Bus and Care business areas. Concurrently, Martin Pagrotsky has been appointed new Managing Director of Nobina Sverige AB. Petra Axelsson, Director Sustainability, Strategy and New b...

Fleets are being a key driver for electrification in Europe. ChargePoint turns (more heavily) to the European market and to the e-bus segment: in 2021 the American group has acquired has.to.be and the Dutch telematics company ViriCiti. We discussed with Rich Mohr, Global VP of Fleet at ChargePoint, ...

Pepper motion GmbH is now taking a decisive step towards the sustained further development of high-performance technologies and products: The start of in-house battery development is intended to bundle expertise and experience in the costliest component of an electric drive system with the highest d...

The board of directors of De Lijn has approved the order for 60 electric buses from Van Hool and VDL for 36 and 24 units respectively. This order is a next step in De Lijn’s programme to make its entire fleet and accompanying infrastructure emission-free by 2035. The board of directors also ap...

Ropeway vagon becomes an autonomous electric shuttle. Leitner has launched the ConnX prototype, a unique “hybrid solution” developed on the basis of a ropeway, in which the cabin is transferred to an autonomous vehicle in the station, which then continues traveling on its own route. Advantages of su...

UNVI has recently presented in Vigo (Spain) its double-decker open top electric bus e.DDOT. The bus is equipped with a 400 kW motor. According to previous news, the vehicle is powered by motors integrated in the wheels manufactured by Ziehl-Abegg (ZAwheel) and BMZ batteries. The vehicles has been pr...

Alexander Vlaskamp will become the new CEO of MAN Truck & Bus SE. He succeeds Andreas Tostmann, who is leaving the company. It is also planned that Vlaskamp will take over responsibility for procurement from Holger Mandel on the Executive Board. Stefan Gramse will take over the operational ...