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«It’s not the bus, which is a mean to an end. The issue is how to power the bus, how to organize the infrastructures around the depots. This is the big planning exercise». Take Jo Bamford words for it. He is chairman and owner of Wrightbus, the North Irish bus manufacturer on the verge of bankruptcy...

UITP has joined forces with EBRD (the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and GIZ (Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) for the launch of a new policy paper ‘Going electric: A pathway to zero-emission buses’. Goal: to advance and facilitate p...

Lothian Buses’ first four BYD ADL Enviro400EV electric double deckers are funded as a flagship project of SP Energy Networks’ £20m Green Economy Fund. SP Energy Networks is part of the ScottishPower group, a Principal Partner for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) to be held in Gla...

Karsan Jest Electric is the European market leader in the segment of 3.5-6 ton electric minibus, by achieving a 43 percent market share. First introduced to the European market and achieving a 24 percent market share in its own segment in 2019, now Jest Electric’s market share has reached 43 percent...

Michael Preusker covers the position of Innovation Manager at PSI Transcom, a depot management systems supplier that has been chosen as supplier of depot and charging management system for Hamburger Hochbahn and BVG Berlin which are today companies with the largest number of e-buses in Germany. PSI ...

Arrival and STMicroelectronics have announced the beginning of a cooperation aimed at enhancing Arrival’s next-gen electric vehicle portfolio with STMicroelectronics’ components and technologies. The future collaboration will indeed include products dedicated to processing, power and battery managem...

BATT4EU is the name of a newly-announced partnership programme. It is the result of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the European Commission and BEPA, the Batteries European Partnership Association. By mobilising 925 million euros, the partnership will boost research and innovati...

Planning services, change management, training programmes jointly offered by an infrastructure provider together with a public transport company with large expertise in the deployment of zero emission buses. Hitachi Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, and the Chinese Shenzhen Bus Group (SZ...

Eberspaecher is ready to launch in Mexico the AC136 AE (All-Electric) product family. Since 2021, the air-conditioning system is produced in the Eberspaecher production plant in Monterrey, Mexico, to supply customers from Central and North America. Eberspaecher Mexico is the first manufacturer in Ce...

With 17 MAN Lion’s City E in operation as of today, VHH Hamburg has taken the next step and has ordered a further batch of 20 battery-electric buses. The latest order will see the delivery of ten MAN Lion’s City 12 E and ten MAN Lion’s City 18 E buses. The solo and articulated buse...