Geely Introduces New Electric Bus And Its First Hydrogen Bus Geely's Yuan Cheng brand in addition to its all-electric buses, introduced its first hydrogen fuel cell model with 500 km (311 miles) of range By Mark Kane Jun 3 2019 -
Proterra Launches Customizable And Comprehensive Offer For Fleets Proterra to assist its customers to lower upfront cost, reduce risk, and simplify the transition to electric vehicles By Mark Kane May 18 2019 -
BYD To Deliver 40 EV Buses To Anaheim Transportation Network Recurring BYD customer orders 40 electric buses of all sizes from 30-foot to 60-foot long. By Mark Kane May 16 2019 -
BYD Already Sold Over 700 Electric Buses In Europe BYD remains one of the biggest electric bus suppliers in Europe By Mark Kane May 13 2019 -
San José International Airport Now Has 10 All-Electric Buses It's the largest EV bus fleet at any airport in the country By Mark Kane May 10 2019 -
Continental Introduces First Tire Optimized For Electric Buses The bus should go further on a single charge and further overall on a single tire set. By Mark Kane Apr 28 2019 -
San Francisco Airport Purchases 6 Proterra Electric Buses After replacing diesel, CNG will be next. By Mark Kane Apr 26 2019 -
New Flyer Launches U.S.' First OppCharge Charging Stations New Flyer deployed its first on-route OppCharge fast-charging stations in the U.S.: two in New York and one in Portland, Oregon. By Mark Kane Apr 19 2019 -
Proterra Launches $200 Million Credit Facility For Battery Lease Program Separate battery leasing probably will be more successful in the case of fleet customers than for private electric cars, because fleets are mostly concerned with ownership costs. By Mark Kane Apr 19 2019 -
Mercedes Scores Record Order For eCitaro: Some With Solid-State Batteries Mercedes-Benz finally is ramping-up its electric bus business in Europe. The German manufacturer recently received a record order for 56 eCitaro buses. By Mark Kane Apr 13 2019 -
University of Georgia Orders 20 Proterra Electric Buses University of Georgia will have one of the largest fleets of electric buses in the U.S. - 20 40-foot Proterra Catalyst E2 with DuoPower drivetrain were ordered using a $10 million grant. By Mark Kane Apr 6 2019 -
CCW Rebuilds Over 50 Diesel Buses To Electric, Offers 466 kWh Packs Complete Coach Works expands its offer to long-range 466 kWh battery versions of electric bus conversions called Zero Emission Propulsion System (ZEPS). By Mark Kane Apr 6 2019 -
EBUSCO Celebrates Order For 60 Electric Buses EBUSCO, a Dutch bus manufacturer, received a huge order for 60 12 meter long-range electric buses placed by Qbuzz in the Netherlands. By Mark Kane Apr 6 2019 -
BYD Produced Its 300th Electric Bus In Lancaster, California Chinese BYD (Build Your Dreams) produced its 300th electric bus at its manufacturing plant in Lancaster, California, launched in 2013. By Mark Kane Apr 5 2019 -
Mercedes-Benz Sells First eCitaro With New Big Battery Pack Of 292 kWh Mercedes-Benz just received an order for 16 all-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses with new maximum capacity battery packs of 292 kWh. By Mark Kane Apr 5 2019 -
Heuliez Receives Order For 49 GX437 Articulated Electric Buses Heuliez Bus will deliver a first batch of 49 units for the start of this concession. There is an option to replace another 51 units in order to make the Q-Link fleet completely electric. By Mark Kane Apr 4 2019 -
New York City Ordered 15 New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE Electric Buses The New York City Transit will expand its electric bus fleet by 15 low floor 60-foot Xcelsior CHARGE from New Flyer and 150 kW fast chargers. By Mark Kane Mar 30 2019 -
Scania And Nobina Announce Autonomous EV Bus Trials In Sweden Scania and Nobina announced trials of autonomous Scania Citywide LF electric buses on regular routes in the Stockholm area in Sweden from 2020 on. By Mark Kane Mar 28 2019 -
First Mercedes-Benz eCitaro Starts Service In Berlin Berlin Transport Authority (BVG) has received the first out of 15 ordered all-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses. By Mark Kane Mar 28 2019 -
Proterra Catalyst E2 35-Foot 440 kWh Version Completes Altoona Testing The latest model tested at the Altoona Bus Research and Testing Center was the Proterra Catalyst E2 35-foot (10.7 m) with the biggest battery pack (440 kWh) ever tested by Altoona in a 35-foot size. By Mark Kane Mar 28 2019 -
Brussels Airport Switches To Electric Buses With BYD Brussels Airport Company (BAC), operator of Zaventem Airport, in Brussels, Belgium is introducing the first BYD electric buses in its fleet. By Mark Kane Mar 13 2019 -
Volvo Unveils World’s First Full-Size Autonomous Electric Bus Volvo Buses presents the world's first full-size, autonomous electric bus, jointly developed with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. It charges itself too. By Mark Kane Mar 6 2019 -
CharIN Starts Development Of Fast Charging Beyond 1 MW It seems that the 350 kW at 800 V is not even close to what the heavy duty charges will provide. 1 MW is equal to 1,000 kW or a few hundred households. By Mark Kane Feb 27 2019 -
Florida State University Transitions To 100% Electric Bus Fleet Proterra announced that StarMetro, the city of Tallahassee’s public transit system, placed its third order for electric buses for Florida State University. By Mark Kane Feb 17 2019 -