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StasHH consortium has been launched: it involves  25 leading organisations in the hydrogen sector which are joining forces to define, develop and test the first European standard for fuel cell modules for heavy duty applications. Among the players we could mention the fuel cell modules provider Ball...

Daimler Truck (in charge of truck and bus business) is set to become an independent company listed at Frankfurt stock exchange. Daimler group is indeed planning separation into two pure-play companies, with Mercedes-Benz focused on car business. The operation will include majority listing of Daimler...

Ekoenergetyka-Polska has been commissioned in Aachen (Germany) 17 charging stations along with power infrastructure. Each has a power of 75 kW. Another 10 stations are scheduled to be launched mid-2021. To date, the Polish supplier has implemented several electric bus charging projects in Europe. Th...

On the way to emission-free local public transport, Wiesbaden and its public transport operator ESWE Verkehr have reached the following milestone: 21 new battery buses Mercedes eCitaro and 56 stationary charging stations have been put into operation at the bus yard in Gartenfeldstraße. Despite diffi...

The partnership between Temsa and Skoda will make its debut on Prague‘s roads. The companies will deliver a fleet consisting of 14 e-buses by the end of this year. The agreement with the value of approximately 10 million dollars will be Temsa’s first electric bus delivery with its sister compa...

2,800 zero emission buses delivered or on order in USA as of December 2020: it means a +24% on 2019. 1,015 full sized transit buses are currently deployed in the country. 1,775 are on industry players’ order books. Including also 250 vehicles in Canada, it makes 3,000 zero emission buses in No...

King County Metro has awarded New Flyer 20 additional sixty-foot (articulated) battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE buses. The manufacturer announced the commercial achievement today. Just a few days ago New Flyer unveiled its automated bus Xcelsior AV. King County Metro is one of the ten largest transi...

Leclanché has developed a modular battery system optimized for powering new and retrofit hybrid and fully electric commercial vehicles. The system is called INT-39 Energy and is said to be powered with high density and high life cycle 60 Ah G/NMC lithium-ion cells and features the company’s propriet...

Hamburger Hochbahn AG has commissioned PSI Transcom GmbH with the delivery of the depot management system PSItraffic/DMS for the metro area. The aim is to further digitize the processes involved in supplying vehicles to the workshops. HOCHBAHN has been using PSItraffic/DMS since 2014 to automate the...

Revenues from electrified powertrains in the truck and bus field will increase 24-fold from under $1bn in 2020, to $6.8bn in 2025 and then on to $22.7bn in 2030. It’s the forecast outlined by market research company Interact Analysis in the recent report Electrified Truck and Bus Powertrain Pr...