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VDL Bus & Coach announces it has secured a 102 units ‘electric’ order from Norway, where the capital city Oslo will therefore enjoy the entry in operation, since January 2022, of VDL largest bus fleets in Europe (a similar number of vehicles was commissioned in the Netherlands and cu...

Design and assembly of BYD – ADL electric bus chassis is set to be made in the UK starting from second half 2021. Until now, chassis are assembled in BYD Hungarian plant in Komarom, opened in April 2017 (and bound to be expanded), and then sent to the UK. Today Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) a...

Second life of batteries in the spotlight. A consortium comprised of Solaris Bus & Coach, Impact Clean Power Technology and TAURON Polska Energia will implement a project titled “Second Life ESS” with the aim to create a prototype system to store electric energy based on retired bus batteries. T...

New Flyer and Li-Cycle team up to complete heavy-duty lithium-ion battery recycling pilot. The North American bus builder announced the successful completion of a battery recycling pilot with Li-Cycle Corporation. The pilot is Li-Cycle’s first program in the heavy duty vehicle space. New Flyer and L...

Keolis obtains the renewal of the public transport contract in Alès, France, and will test a 100% hydrogen bus. On 3 December 2020, the Syndicat Mixte des Transports du Bassin d’Alès (SMBTA), in France’s Gard department, renewed its trust in Keolis for the operation and maintenance of it...

Bluebus announces it has received two new orders for 44 and 65 electric buses with 12-meter length in Paris. The two orders are related to the large tender issued by RATP and financed by Île-de-France Mobilités for up to 800 e-buses (three manufacturers were selected). Bluebus is part of the Bollorè...

Coventry and Oxford are set to be UK’s first all-electric bus cities. The two towns are developing proposals to become the first parts of the UK to run full electric bus services, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on 6 January 2021. The cities are developing business cases in an England-wid...

Today the largest battery manufacturer in the world, Chinese group CATL has plans to expand its battery capacity to 230 GWh within this year. And a capacity of as many as 1,200 GWh should be reached by 2025, according to a recent analysis by German publication Handelsblatt, focused on business issue...

VDL Bus & Coach Citea is the outcome of a new concept entirely developed on an electric driveline. And, for the first time, it will house batteries in the floor. The launch was announced in December 2020. The first vehicles are going to be deployed in Lahti, Finland. VDL states an impressive ran...

PSI Transcom depot and charging management system for BVG Berlin has been successfully put into operation. It took seven week for the German company to install the PSIebus system at the Indira Gandhi Street depot. This enables the optimal disposition of the electric buses in connection with the char...