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Euro Mobility Expo 2020 will be held in a full digital mode. Initially scheduled for 24-26 June, then postponed to 15-17 December, on 28th October the organizers communicated that the face-to-face event has to be cancelled due to the pandemic.

Yesterday, 13 December 2020, Keolis began operating 246 fully electric buses in the Netherland’s eastern provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel (IJssel-Vecht region). This deployment is set to cut around 16,000 tonnes of CO2 from Keolis’ environmental footprint per year, the operator poi...

American company QuantumScape, backed by Volkswagen and Bill Gates, announced it has discovered an electrolyte which would be set to allow extraordinary battery performance. QuantumScape says its solid-state battery (with lithium-metal anodes) can reach 800 cycles without loss of performance and is ...

Heliox is implementing RFID technology to ensure safe charging operations in Haarlem-IJmond (Netherlands). The supplier is partnering with Transdev-Connexxion, which is operating full electric bus fleets also in Amstelland-Meerlanden. For the Haarlem-IJmond concession, Heliox’s solution for secure c...

Tata Motors delivers e-buses in Mumbai. 26 units of the Tata Motors Ultra Urban AC have been delivered as part of larger order of 340 electric buses issued by Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST). The bus is equipped with ‘Lift Mechanism’ for ease of access for specially abled passeng...

Hydrogen Europe calls the European Commission to more ambitious target on the decarbonization of good transportation. Following, the feedback of the organization, which represents the European industry, national associations and research centers active in the hydrogen and fuel cell sector, on the re...

By 2050, nearly all cars, vans, buses as well as new heavy-duty vehicles will be zero-emission. It is written on the ‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy’ presented yesterday by the European Commission together with an Action Plan of 82 initiatives that will guide EU work for the nex...

TMB (that has plans to introduce up to 60 fuel cell buses) is promoting with Iberdrola the realization of the first hydrogen filling station for public use in the whole Spain. It’ll be operational from 2021. The operator has selected Iberdrola, that will build and operate the facility on the Z...

17 bus manufacturers and investors signed a pledge to accelerate e-bus deployment in Latin America with the Zero Emission Bus Rapid-deployment Accelerator (ZEBRA) alliance. Zero emission bus fleets are set to be expanded in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. ZEBRA is seeking to secure USD1 billion...

New North American headquarter for Arrival. The UK-based company makes public it is establishing the facility in the city of Charlotte (North Carolina), adding around 150 new employees and investing approximately $3 million towards the company’s new offices on South Tryon Street in South End. Arriva...