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The French government has selected Greenmot’s Green-eBus project as one of the future projects to invest in. The funding will enable the development of a retrofit kit to transform a diesel urban bus model into a battery-powered electric bus and the creation of a dedicated industrial vehicle en...

Hamburg operator VHH has acquired eight zero-emission buses of the Irizar ie bus model. This order from Germany joins two other supplies secured by ICB Frankfurt and Rheinbahn Düsseldorf. The vehicles will be delivered during the first quarter of 2022. This is the first contract that Irizar e-mobili...

Following the order signed in March 2020, the first Solaris fuel cell bus has been delivered to RVK out of a 15 units order. The vehicle is now ready for a testing phase. After this first bus, the other 14 buses will be delivered successively between July and December 2021, RVK points out in a press...

StasHH consortium has been launched: it involves  25 leading organisations in the hydrogen sector which are joining forces to define, develop and test the first European standard for fuel cell modules for heavy duty applications. Among the players we could mention the fuel cell modules provider Ball...

Daimler Truck (in charge of truck and bus business) is set to become an independent company listed at Frankfurt stock exchange. Daimler group is indeed planning separation into two pure-play companies, with Mercedes-Benz focused on car business. The operation will include majority listing of Daimler...

Ekoenergetyka-Polska has been commissioned in Aachen (Germany) 17 charging stations along with power infrastructure. Each has a power of 75 kW. Another 10 stations are scheduled to be launched mid-2021. To date, the Polish supplier has implemented several electric bus charging projects in Europe. Th...

On the way to emission-free local public transport, Wiesbaden and its public transport operator ESWE Verkehr have reached the following milestone: 21 new battery buses Mercedes eCitaro and 56 stationary charging stations have been put into operation at the bus yard in Gartenfeldstraße. Despite diffi...

The partnership between Temsa and Skoda will make its debut on Prague‘s roads. The companies will deliver a fleet consisting of 14 e-buses by the end of this year. The agreement with the value of approximately 10 million dollars will be Temsa’s first electric bus delivery with its sister compa...

2,800 zero emission buses delivered or on order in USA as of December 2020: it means a +24% on 2019. 1,015 full sized transit buses are currently deployed in the country. 1,775 are on industry players’ order books. Including also 250 vehicles in Canada, it makes 3,000 zero emission buses in No...

King County Metro has awarded New Flyer 20 additional sixty-foot (articulated) battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE buses. The manufacturer announced the commercial achievement today. Just a few days ago New Flyer unveiled its automated bus Xcelsior AV. King County Metro is one of the ten largest transi...