During the recent Busworld Europe 2017 trade fair in Kortrijk, Belgium, Webasto received the “Innovation Label Award” for its high-voltage heater HVH 100. An international jury of safety, emission and transport experts conferred the award to the innovative Webasto heater.
JBM Auto will launch its EcoLife 9- and 12-meter electric buses in February. JBM Auto Limited, the bus division of JBM Group, partnered with Solaris on the development of the buses.
The Municipal Bus Company in Warsaw has just leased an 18-metre-long electric bus – the new Solaris Urbino 18 electric. It is the first vehicle of that kind in the capital and one of the first electric articulated buses in Europe.
Researchers from Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have devised a new battery prototype: known as "all-solid-state", this battery has the potential to store more energy while maintaining high safety and reliability levels. Furthermore, the battery is based on sodium, a cheap alternative to lithium. Read about the research in more detail in the journal Energy and Environmental Science.
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The German BMZ Group has signed a 150 million euro agreement with Eurabus GmbH to deliver battery systems for their E-buses.
The framework agreement governs a long-term collaboration to create system solutions for E-buses, and covers over 1’000 battery systems for buses scheduled to be delivered over the next 2-3 years.