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HEAG mobilo, a transport operator in Darmstadt (Germany), is planning to replace almost its entire bus fleet with vehicles that are 100 percent electrically driven in the next four years. On 27 August 2021, 24 fully-electric Mercedes eCitaro city buses officially began operations. This marks the fir...

A total of 21 VDL electric buses on three routes will be brought into service by Leipzig’s public transport operator, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB), before the end of the year. To ensure they are charged efficiently and cost-effectively, LVB relies on the charge management system from INIT’...

Solaris will present its new Urbino 9 LE electric bus during a web event on September 30, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. CEST. As anticipated by Mateusz Figaszewski, Director of E-mobility Development, in an interview with Sustainable Bus published in May, the Solaris family of electrically-powered Urbino model...

27 days, 12 cities: 2,100 km travelling by Pepper Motion GmbH‘s etrofit bus on an electrifying roadshow trip through Poland. Together with its sales partner Green Transport sp. z o.o., Pepper Motion (formerly known as eTro-Fit) is presenting its award-winning retrofitting solutions for the ele...

Lion Electric has received an order for 35 LionC school buses from Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.), in Canada. The vehicles will join the 12 LionC buses already operating in the province, which have been servicing routes in the Charlottetown area since early 2021. Lion will also provide 35 Level 2 cha...

Park City, Utah – host to the Sundance Film Festival and several 2002 Winter Olympics events, and home of the U.S. Ski Team – has become the 500th city to boost the performance and efficiency of its public transportation network using Optibus, the technology company has made public in August 2021. O...

Autonomous charging solutions supplier Rocsys announces opening office in the United States. The facility is located in Portland, Oregon. In the coming years, Rocsys Inc will set up local production for the North American market, complying to the Buy American Act. In 2021, Rocsys underlines it has s...

Hydrogen Europe has appointed Jorgo Chatzimarkakis as Chief Executive Officer. Hydrogen Europe is the hydrogen leading organisation representing European based companies and stakeholders that are committed to moving towards a (circular) carbon neutral economy. Hydrogen Europe is the organizer, toget...

The Grid-eMotion Fleet charging infrastructure system by Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been chosen to provide energy to the electric bus fleet in Swedish Västerås, where a batch of 10 to 17 e-buses from Volvo is set to be delivered during 2021. Hitachi ABB Power Grids (which is set to become Hitachi E...

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its first electric bus chassis developed for the Brazilian market. Named eO500U, the chassis will be launched in 2022, meeting the demands of Brazil and Latin American market (but it will also be commercialized in Europe and Oceania, the group says). Mercedes-Benz do Brasi...