Latest Science & Technology News
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Ricardo to Explore the Use of Flexible Clean Air Zones
Ricardo will to enhance transport location data for hybrid electric vehicles to intelligently modify how they operate within clean air zones…
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Leclanché Introduces New Modular, High Energy Battery System
Leclanché has developed a modular, all-in-one, high performance battery system optimized for powering hybrid and fully electric buses.
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BYD Gears-up for Bus2Grid ‘Switch-on’
BYD has revealed that plans are well advanced ahead of the switching-on of the world’s first high power discharge Bus2Grid project.
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New Flyer Unveils North America’s First Automated Transit Bus
The Xcelsior AV™ unveiling follows New Flyer’s launch of its Automated Technology Program first announced in May 2019.
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Sideguard Assist Fitted in More Than 250 Daimler Buses
More than 250 Mercedes-Benz and Setra buses have been successfully retrofitted with Sideguard Assist in Germany alone.
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EasyMile and Sono Motors: Autonomous Solar-Powered Shuttle
EasyMile and Sono Motors are equipping an EZ10 autonomous shuttle prototype with Sono Motors’ patented solar-powered technology.
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Malta Public Transport Invests in Sustainability
Malta Public Transport has invested in advanced technology that helps improve driver performance to increase efficiency and safety.
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Keolis Trialling a New Autonomous Mobility Solution in Gothenburg
Keolis have begun testing autonomous electric vehicles in the city of Gothenburg on behalf of local public transport authority Västtrafik.
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Stagecoach Rolls Out New Bridge Alert Technology
Stagecoach has announced that it will be the first bus operator in the UK to invest in a national roll-out of new bridge alert technology.
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CDC Hybrid Buses Zone-in on Zero Emissions on Melbourne Streets
The technology innovation allows CDC's existing hybrid fleet (the largest in Australia) to achieve zero emissions in designated zones.
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Ballard Wins Van Hool Follow-on Order For 10 Fuel Cell Modules
Ballard has won a contract with Van Hool to supply 10 fuel cell modules to power Van Hool A330 buses under the JIVE 2 funding programme.
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Scania’s New Powertrain Saving Fuel in City Buses
Scania’s new bus generation saves fuel in several ways, as the weight of both chassis and body are significantly lower than before.
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RABus Rolls Out Self-Driving Buses
The RABus self-driving buses collaboration project will be tested in Mannheim and Friedrichshafen, in regular urban road traffic.
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AC Transit Offering Real-Time Onboard Crowding Information
The Rider Capacity Feature from AC Transit offers live and real-time onboard crowding information 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
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MTA Pilots App to Help Blind and Low-Vision Bus Riders
The NaviLens app provides the location and distance to the nearest stop, time the next bus arrives, how busy it is and aids with boarding.
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Volvo Presents a New Alternative for Charging Electric Buses
On October 21 Volvo Buses demonstrated its range of various solutions for high-efficiency charging at an event in Gothenburg.
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MAN Presents Zero-Emission Roadmap
MAN is bringing CO2-free mobility to the road with it's electric and hydrogen roadmap & entering into several partnerships for this purpose.