Padua, a city in the Veneto region in North East Italy, will soon have its first electric buses running on its streets. BYD has won a tender for the delivery of six BYD 12 metre ebuses to bus operator Busitalia Veneto in Padua. Busitalia Veneto is owne…
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Momentum Dynamics installs 200 kW wireless charging system for buses
Momentum Dynamics has installed a 200-kilowatt wireless charging system to support electric transit buses in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The new charging system, which became operational in June, is inside the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) Shuttle Park and automatically charges electric buses as they load and unload passengers. The system is Momentum Dynamics’ second in… Read more »
Spanish train maker CAF to acquire Polish bus builder Solaris
Spanish rail equipment manufacturer CAF plans to acquire Polish bus builder Solaris, a move intended to “broaden the company’s range of products in electric mobility and multimodal door-to-door solutions.” Solaris is a global supplier of legacy and electric buses with a presence in 32 countries and a workforce of more than 2,300. Its main markets… Read more »
BYD booming in the Nordics – big electric bus order for BYD in Sweden
After the recent Norwegian order for 42 articulated BYD electric buses for Oslo, now follows another large order from Sweden for a total of 24 electric buses. The province of Södermanland, on the south eastern coast of Sweden, will soon have 24 BYD 12 …
GreenPower’s electric double-decker buses to serve Canadian cruise terminal
GreenPower Motor Company has delivered two EV550 electric double-decker buses to CVS Cruise Victoria, which will use them to transport tourists from the busy cruise ship terminal at Ogden Point in Victoria, British Columbia. GreenPower’s double-decker e-buses are part of a lineup that includes high-floor and low-floor transit buses, school buses and shuttles. GreenPower uses… Read more »
BYD Wins First Electric Bus Order with Canada’s Largest Transit Operator
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has signed a deal to deliver ten 40-foot, pure electric zero-emission buses, with an option for an additional 30 buses to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Canada’s largest transit operator and the third lar…
North America’s first electric double-decker bus coming to California, with Proterra battery packs
US e-bus builder Proterra and British bus and coach manufacturer Alexander Dennis (ADI) are collaborating to produce North America’s first electric double-decker bus for California’s Foothill Transit. The new electric bus will enter service in 2019. Foothill Transit already has several Proterra buses in service, and plans to completely electrify its fleet by 2030. Alexander… Read more »
Alexander Dennis Selects Proterra To Power North America’s First Electric Double Decker
Proterra, the leading innovator in heavy-duty electric transportation, Alexander Dennis Inc (ADI) and Foothill Transit announced North America’s first electric double deck bus order for a public transit agency. ADI chose Proterra’s highly efficient E2 …
BYD Wins Largest Electric Bus Order in the Americas
Chinese electric bus maker BYD has signed a deal to deliver 100 pure electric K9FE buses to Chile’s capital Santiago. The collaboration with Chilean energy distributor ENEL will see the delivery of the e-buses and commencement of their operation …
Toronto Transit Commission orders 10 electric buses from New Flyer
New Flyer Industries Canada has won an order from the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) for ten forty-foot electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit buses, with an option to purchase up to 30 additional buses over the next two years. TTC is the third-largest transit system in North America, operating more than 140 bus routes, as well as… Read more »
