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.
Rhein‑Neckar‑Verkehr GmbH willl be the first customer for the fully-electric city bus from Mercedes-Benz. Representatives of the Daimler subsidiary EvoBus GmbH and Rhein‑Neckar‑Verkehr GmbH have signed a corresponding memorandum of understanding. The first vehicles will be delivered at the end of 2018, and then go into practical operation in the Rhein-Neckar metropolitan region as part of customer trials.
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD has to face its revenues going down as the country’s government reduces EV subsidies and more and more players are entering the EV market.
A London-based company has partnered with Shell to turn the leftovers from cups of coffee into biofuel to help run the English capital's expansive bus network.
Bio-bean has been recycling coffee for a few years now, heating homes and buildings with what it calls Coffee Logs – burnable briquettes made of old grounds rather than wood.
The transport company Latrobe Valley Bus Lines (LVBL), based east of Melbourne, has ordered eight B5LH hybrid buses for its Latrobe Valley fleet. The order follows a successful 12 month trial of a Volvo hybrid. The hybrids, to be bodied locally in Melbourne by Volgren, will be delivered over the next three years, with the first three going into service in 2018.