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The new generation of the Volkswagen Multivan T7 will be available also with plug-in hybrid drive system, a real premiere in the historical range of the vehicle. This is one of the most interesting features of the new generation launched on June 10 by the Wolfsburg-based manufacturer.  As a plu...

Easier to recycle, with possibility of integrating it into exiting e-models. Engineering company IAV has developed a battery concept that is easier to recycle than existing battery systems and, then, with an improved CO2 balance. The concept can be easily integrated into existing e-models too, the c...

1,000,000 km achieved by battery-powered trolleybus fleet in Montreux (Switzerland). The vehicles are equipped with Kiepe Electric IMC500 technology for off-wire operations. 16 Van Hool Exqui.City IMC trolleybuses have so far totaled 1,000,000 kilometers. The e-bus fleet at Lake Geneva is equipped w...

The first Kamaz electric buses produced in Moscow are already on the routes of the capital, state-owned public transport company Mosgortrans announces. They were produced at SVARZ (Moscow plant), a branch of the same Mosgortrans. By the end of this year, 350 new e-buses are expected to go on the cit...

Research, mobility, industry: The areas of application and many possibilities for hydrogen are growing from year to year. From June 20 to 24, 2021, the international hydrogen and fuel cell industry will meet for the 9thbiannual World Hydrogen Technologies Convention (WHTC) to exchange views about sc...

Swiss operator Bernmobil has awarded Irizar e-mobility a contract to supply 14 battery-powered articulated buses. These vehicles are to be used on routes 19 and 21 from the beginning of 2023 and will reduce CO2 emissions by a further 1,200 tonnes per year, Bernmobil states in a press note. At the sa...

Proterra is to debut on Nasdaq today, after completing business combination with ArcLight Clean Transition Corp. More than $640 million have been raised to fund growth initiatives, including next-generation battery program, the Californian company points out. Proterra now listed on Nasdaq This follo...

Solaris Bus & Coach welcomes Olivier Michard as the new CEO of the subsidiary Solaris France, starting on 1st June 2021. Solaris made its corporate debut on the French market in 2003. Since then, it has supplied over five hundred buses to French operators. These were both conventionally and alte...

The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) commits up to $400 million in the City of Ottawa’s 450 zero-emission bus expansion. Such pledge stands out for being the largest-ever single increase in zero-emission buses for public transit in Canada. The CIB and the City of Ottawa, Canada capital city, are pro...

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Nuria Fernandez has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 15th Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Fernandez is also the first Senate-confirmed woman of color to lead FTA, and the first confirmed Administrator in over a decade...