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To what extent weather and heating have consequences on electric bus range? It’s the subject of a research by Saga Tenix and the research institute NORCE, based on 30,000 bus departures operated by Norgesbuss, in Norway. Bergen-based company Saga Tenix AS, provider of electric bus telematics s...

Lion Electric announced that the company’s upcoming battery manufacturing plant and innovation center will be located at the YMX International Aerocity of Mirabel, Quebec. The announcement comes amidst increased expansion of the company’s operations, having recently announced the construction o...

Battery-electric buses in the urban category, gas-powered vehicles (except one) in the intercity segment and clean diesel products for the coach category. The Sustainable Bus Award is back in order – after the cancellation of 2021 edition – to deliver, in Q3 2021, the fourth edition of t...

Akasol takeover has been completed: BorgWarner is now owner of 89% of the battery systems producer’ shares. The Darmstadt-based company announced today that «Shareholders of Akasol have accepted the voluntary public takeover offer by ABBA BidCo AG, a subsidiary of BorgWarner, after the extende...

New electric bus tender secured by Temsa: the Turkish company is expanding its electromobility activities in Eastern Europe. The company announces it has just won a tender held in Arad with its dealership Anadolu Automobil Rom. Having signed an agreement for a total of 10 electric buses, being five ...

Something is happening in the largest bus market in Europe. It looks like the German electric bus market switched gear last year. We discussed with Werner Overkamp, Vice President of the VDV (the Association of German Transport Companies) and Chairman of the Board of Management of the Division Bus,...

First Bus has chosen Glasgow to transform a bus depot into UK’s largest EV charging hub. There will be space to charge up to 300 EV buses on site. The project, partially funded by Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus (SULEB), will see over 150 EV charging units installed at depot. Phase One of the ...

ADL BYD e-buses in New Zealand have clocked up over 1 million kilometres of zero-emission operation, avoiding more than 1,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions in the process. The calculation comes from the manufacturer itself, that belongs to the North America-based NFI Group. The manufacturer has suppl...

350 e-buses up for grabs in Belgium, where public transport company De Lijn is about to issue a tender with value up to 230 million euros (vehicles + charging infrastructures). 60 vehicles are expected to be operation within 2021, according to report on The Brussels Times. Flemish carrier has been h...

UK bus manufacturer Mellor is launching two new full-electric vehicles, named New Orion E23 and Maxima E23. They both deliver 23-passenger capacities thus falling within scope of the £120 million Zero-Emission Buses Regional Area (ZEBRA) funding for the provision of up to 500 new British-built zero-...