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Following the experience gained in ATC Esercizio in La Spezia, a new Italian trial for the SmartBUS has started in Turin in cooperation with public transport operator GTT (that has recently placed an order for 100 battery-electric buses with BYD). The electric bus is on trial operation on line 19 in...

E-buses? 2021 will be the year of the Lion’s City E. And in four years time a new battery range will mean an significant upgrade in terms of capacity and range. Pantograph applications? Not excluded. The future of intercity services? Hydrogen is a good candidate. Covid? Huge repercussions on t...

55 Yutong e-buses have been delivered to Keolis for operations in Odense and the greater Copenhagen area, in Denmark. Keolis is now preparing the service launch of the e-buses in summer 2021, on behalf of Movia and FynBus, the local public transport authorities (PTAs). Keolis is to operate as many a...

Dutch company Heliox powers a total of 6,3 MW in the city of Wiesbaden. In a project granted by ESWE to Heliox in June 2019, the first batch of 56 chargers is now operational for new Daimler eCitaro buses (the very first with solid-state batteries), Heliox points out. At the Gartenfeldstraβe depot i...

The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) welcomed the new Permanent Transit Fund announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna. Funding could be used for everything from subway extensions and electrified transit fleets to walkways, cycl...

Forsee Power announces the completion of financing of 105 million euros to support its growth in the new electromobility markets and geographies. This financing notably includes a loan of 50 million euros granted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to the French producer of battery modules. «The s...

BorgWarner is to take over battery manufacturer Akasol. This morning Akasol and BorgWarner announced «the companies have signed a Business Combination Agreement to enter into a strategic partnership and BorgWarner will launch a voluntary public takeover offer». The US-based group is then set to acqu...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan personally examined and tested the Autonomous Atak Electric, developed co-jointly with ADASTEC and Karsan. The manufacturer made public that a ceremonial event was held at the Presidential Complex to mark the occasion. «Briefed extensively about Karsan Autonomo...

Allison Transmission will offer Allison’s eGen Flex electric hybrid propulsion system to Gillig, a US-based transit bus producer. The system enables full electric mode for up to 10 miles. In May 2020 Gillig announced that its first battery-electric bus model was under testing. The bus features a dri...

Only electric buses on the city streets by 2025. There are 297 buses to be converted. In the framework of the England-wide competition to switch an entire town or city’s bus fleet to electric vehicles, Coventry had been selected together with Oxford in early 2021. Now Coventry City Council announces...