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Ballard Power Systems has taken over Arcola Energy, a UK-based systems engineering company specializing in hydrogen fuel cell powertrain and vehicle systems integration. Ballard acquired 100% of Arcola for total upfront and earn-out cash and share consideration of up to US$40 million, based on the a...

New chapter in the cooperation between the ZE telematics company Sycada and the Technology University of Eindhoven, focusing on the goal of forecasting energy usage of ZE buses. More precisely, the target is the development of «a real-time energy prediction model that is able to accurately (within 1...

Daimler Truck announces date for debut on the stock market. On November 11, Daimler Truck hosted its Capital Market Day and announced listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange for December 10. Subsequently, Daimler Truck expects to qualify for the DAX – the group of Germany’s most valuable listed comp...

The UK is one of the European countries, albeit now outside the EU, that is doing the most to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In this groove is, Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon has unveiled the first of 80 battery electric double decker buses due to be in passenger service in spring 2022, in...

A coalition of international investors has signed a commitment with the Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator (ZEBRA) to invest more than a billion U.S. dollars in zero-emission public bus fleets in Latin America. The ZEBRA partnership announced today at the UN Climate Change...

London will witness the debut in operation of the Beulas Jewel E double decker electric bus in early 2022. The bus is equipped with Equipmake’s Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED), following a partnership announced in September. The first bus will be in in-service trial. Beulas Jewel E electric bus for L...

Proterra and Lightning eMotors expand partnership to power Class 4 and Class 5 electric commercial vehicles using Proterra battery technology. A few days ago Lightning eMotors and ABC Companies have been commissioned a double decker electric motor coach by All Aboard America! Holdings. Under a new m...

What is Sudden Depletion Event? Why balancing between cells is crucial? How to preserve SOC in the best possible way? Why it is instrumental to highlight the aspect of proper balancing already during tendering? Welcome to a new article of the Battery Cycle – a series of articles dedicated to demysti...

Flixbus hydrogen-powered coaches are set to be in operation in Europe by 2024. It’s FlixMobility itself to announce the future milestone. «Diesel buses in the FlixBus fleet can be replaced with fuel cell buses in the future», the German group underlines. The minimum range request is 450 km on ...

152 battery-electric buses are to be launched on Auckland’s roads, in New Zealand, in what is claimed to be Australasia’s biggest electric bus order so far. CRRC has been chosen as preferred supplier with the buses imported as complete units, Australasian Bus & Coach observes (previous NZ ...