Latest Electrification News
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Hitachi Rail & Hitachi Energy Combine for Ultrafast Bus Charging in Italy
Hitachi Rail & Hitachi Energy have announced they will be combining to provide a new, ultra-fast charging system for electric buses in Italy…
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IVECO BUS and ZF Partner to Deliver e-Mobility Solutions
IVECO BUS and ZF are collaborating to deliver e-mobility solutions to support the decarbonisation of passenger transport.
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UK: Equipmake Partners with Golden Tours
Equipmake has announced it has secured a contract with Golden Tours to electrify ten Volvo B5 London Tour Buses.
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UK: Solar Panel Installation to Power Tootbus Electric Fleet
Tootbus, has secured approval to install roof-mounted VEV solar panels on its Wandsworth depot to power its electric fleet.
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First & WYCA Announce £11.2 Million Investment for Bramley Depot
First Bus and West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) have announced a 11.2 million GBP investment into the operator's Bramley depot.
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Daimler Buses and ESWE Complete Electrification of Wiesbaden Depot
Daimler Buses and ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft have completed the electrification of the electric bus depot in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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US: Pace Unveils New GILLIG Battery-Electric Bus
Pace Suburban Bus has unveiled its brand-new battery-electric Gillig bus.
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Düsseldorf Orders 12 Solaris Hydrogen Buses
German transportation operator, Rheinbahn Düsseldorf, has placed an order for 10 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses.
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Germany: Ebusco to Deliver 23 Electric Buses to Stadtwerke Potsdam
Ebusco has signed a contract to deliver 23 new electric buses to public transport operator, Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (ViP).
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Spain: Alsa Introduces Six New 100% Electric Fleet Lines
Spanish mobility operator Alsa has introduced six new electric vehicle fleet lines in Geneva.
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Hagener Straßenbahn Relies on PSI Intelligent Charging
Hagener Straßenbahn AG (HST) has commissioned PSI Transcom GmbH to deliver the load and charging management system for its electric buses.
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Hitachi and FirstGroup Accelerate the UK’s Push to Electric Mobility
Hitachi and FirstGroup will purchase up to 1,000 electric bus batteries through a new joint venture for FirstGroup’s First Bus division.
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Italy: Solaris to Supply 42 Electric Buses to AMTS Catania
Sicilian carrier, AMTS Catania, has ordered 42 Urbino electric buses from Solaris as part of a 2022 Consip tender.
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Canada: Metrolinx Awards Joint Procurement Contract for Electric Buses
Metrolinx is working with ten transit agencies to continue the company's commitment to electrify bus fleets across Ontario.
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One-Thousandth E-bus in London Enters Service
TfL celebrates the launch of its 1,000th zero-emission bus – a StreetDeck Electroliner equipped with the Voith Electrical Drive System.
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Ebusco Introduces Bi-Directional Energy Storage and Charging Solution
At Busworld Europe, Ebusco has introduced Ebusco Energy FLEX: a flexible bi-directional energy storage and charging solution.
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Electric Buses: Ensuring Customers Don’t Get Taken for a Ride
Bus operators face several key challenges when switching fleets to electric vehicles, resulting in a potential impact on passengers.
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Yutong Pockets Six Awards in EB-PAC
Yutong won 6 trophies at the 2023 Electric Bus - Performance Assessment Competition (EB-PAC) for its 10.5m and 12m Yuguang electric buses.
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Amtrak Launches Its First Electric Bus on Cascades Thruway Route
The Washington Department of Transportation and Amtrak are replacing a diesel bus on the Amtrak Cascades route with an electric vehicle.
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Heramba to Acquire Kiepe Electric from Knorr-Bremse
Heramba has entered into an agreement with Knorr-Bremse to acquire Kiepe Electric, a company focused on electrifying road and rail transport…
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Germany: Sono Motors Equips HofBus Hybrid Bus with Solar Technology
Sono Motors has partnered with bus operator, Stadtwerke Hof to equip a Mercedes-Benz Citaro C2 hybrid bus with solar technology.
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UK: Work Underway on Electric Bus Charging Hub in Oxford
The Go-Ahead Group and Zenobē have commenced construction on an electric bus charging hub at Oxford Bus Company's Cowley House depot.
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How Do Electric Buses Work?
When it comes to choosing buses for a reduced emission fleet it is important to understand how electric buses work, Comeca explains.
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Yutong YEA in Four Minutes
The recently launched YEA from Yutong is the first electrification technology platform integrating software and hardware in the CV industry.