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2020 will see an overall 7% contraction in global battery electric commercial vehicle markets. 2021 is expected to show a significant recovery, with 47% growth in the battery electric sector. And hybrids are going to play a major role, leveraging on the new Chinese policy direction, which is imminen...

«Buses and trains are not corona virus hotspots». It’s the strong position of the association of German transport companies VDV, that is taking the occasion of a political debate to underline how national and international studies haven’t so far demonstrated high risk of infection on pub...

ADL today announced that it has delivered six electric buses to Fullers360 for Auckland Transport services on Waiheke Island and that it is renewing its partnership with New Zealand manufacturer Kiwi Bus Builders: from now on, leveraging on this deal, electric buses will be assembled in the country....

PSI Transcom has been commissioned by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) with the delivery of the PSIebus depot and charging management system. In the future, the system will dispatch, monitor and control the vehicles, the company highlights. BVG is continuing to push ahead with the electrification...

With 242 e-buses registered between January and September 2020 (over 23% of market share), Solaris Bus & Coach is at the moment leading the chart of battery-electric bus producers in Western European countries plus Poland. In the latter, Solaris domestic market, the Bolechowo-based manufacturer&...

The first Irizar full electric buses have arrived in Genoa (Italy) in these days and by the end of November the planned supply of 14 vehicles will be completed. The municipality of Genoa gives notice of this with a note published on the institutional website. The supply follows the order signed in F...

A maximum of 600 kW of charging power and a fully automatic process. EC Engineering, based in Poland, has sold its Ride & Charge system in four countries so far, including the domestic market. In collaboration with Ekoenergetyka, it has realized what the company claims to be «the fastest bus cha...

Heuliez Bus has delivered two articulated e-buses to Voyages Vandivinit. The transport operator, based in Luxembourg, has already taken delivery this summer of a first batch of battery-electric buses (they were Volvo 7900 Electric). The largest order so far achieved by Heuliez Bus for the articulate...

Twaice and ViriCiti join forces and give light to a comprehensive battery analytics for electric bus fleets. Following this new partnership, fleet operators and OEMs can now seamlessly access TWAICE’s comprehensive battery reports as an integrated part of ViriCiti’s fleet management dashboard (which...

The Clean Bus Europe Platform and the media Sustainable-Bus.com are joining forces to bring the sector the latest news on clean bus technologies. By beginning a brand new collaboration with Sustainable-Bus.com, the Clean Bus Europe Platform (CBEP), where UITP is a lead partner, will bring toget...