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Gaussin has acquired a worldwide license (outside France) for the 6-meter e-bus by Bluebus, a Bolloré Group subsidiary. The bus will be renamed Cit-e and «manufactured through Gaussin’s current and future network of licensees», the French-based technology company says. Gaussin is active in the devel...

More Polish communes have opted to purchase electric Solaris school buses. Pałecznica, Działoszyce, Krasnopol, Przedecz and Troszyn have received subsidies from the NFOŚiGW (the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management) as part of the 2nd edition of the “Kangaroo: A Safe and E...

Charging processes of a e-bus fleet are activities that should be addressed seriously. As battery-electric bus deployment grows, intelligent charging devices becomes crucial.  Based in Karlsruhe, CarMedialab is active in this segment since 2008. With the MOBILEcharge platform, the German c...

The real-time predictive fleet maintenance platform Stratio today announced a $12M Series A funding round to further accelerate its growth. The investment, led by Forestay Capital, the Deep Tech and SaaS Venture Capital arm of Waypoint Capital, with participation from existing investor Crane Venture...

Rampini is widening the scope of its deliveries – strictly electric – and is set to unveil a heavyweight ‘combo’ made up of the revamped E80 in electric and hydrogen versions. The public unveiling is scheduled for spring 2022. This is what General Manager Fabio Magnoni announ...

A new ultra-high energy battery system for long distance applications. Akasol presents the third generation of battery systems, namely the new AKASystem 9 AKM 150 CYC, with the highest energy density available on the market. This makes the system particularly suitable for all-electric long-distance ...

The shift to e-mobility is not just a matter of changing a powertrain with another, but gives room to new possibilities in terms of layout, balancing, structure of the vehicles. Based in Montichiari, close to Brescia (Italy), BRIST is a supplier of axles, suspensions and gearboxes with lot of activi...

BYD announces it has been successful in winning the majority share of Israel’s largest ever electric bus tender. The substantial order for 100 new generation BYD 12-metre eBuses has been placed by Egged, Israel’s largest city and intercity public transport operator. The order comes as part of Egged’...

UK Government has announced that it will support five local transport authorities with funding worth nearly £71m under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Area scheme. The investment will support the introduction of up to 335 zero emission buses. The winning authorities were: Cambridgeshire and Peterboro...

Karsan had previously delivered electric vehicles to many cities in Romania and signed high-volume contracts, such as the 56 units headed to Timişoara and Braşov. The Turkish manufacturer recently won the electric vehicle bid for the Deva City: 22 units of e-JEST and 4 units of e-ATAK are planned to...