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Hitachi Energy and battery manufacturer Yinlong Energy will be partnering with Emirates Global Motor Electric (EGME), part of Al Fahim Group and the regional distributor of Yinlong energy for the Middle East and Africa, to support electric mobility initiatives in Abu Dhabi.  The aim of the part...

Arrival is establishing a high voltage battery module assembly plant in Charlotte, adding 150 jobs and investing around 11.5 million dollars. This will be Arrival’s third facility in Charlotte, including its North American headquarters in South End and its van microfactory also on the west side. As ...

The Boards of Directors of the two main companies of the TMB Group (i.e. Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, SA, and Transports de Barcelona, SA), have approved the TMB 2025 Strategic Plan, which aims to make the organisation “a reference in public transport and sustainable mobility and to a...

The public transport operator Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji, in the town of Zduńska Wola, has signed a contract for the delivery of four e-buses, along with charging infrastructure. Solaris has been awarded this order after winning a tender launched by the carrier. The zero-emission Urbino 1...

Scania recently introduced a new generation high-floor Scania K-chassis, with the big novelty of a new 13-litre gas engine that will allow touristic travels with low environmental impact, not least given its ability to be powered by liquified biogas. “Our 13-litre gas engine and new tank options fac...

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, ...