The Charging Interface Initiative (CharIN e.V.), an international organization developing and establishing the Combined Charging System (CCS) as the standard for charging battery-powered electric vehicles of all kinds, announced that Proterra has become its first North American electric bus company member.
Grande West Transportation Group Inc., a Canadian bus manufacturer of heavy-duty mid-sized transit buses for sale in Canada and the U.S., announced new orders for nine Vicinity buses for a combined order total of approximately $4.5 million.
Solaris Bus & Coach has won two contracts to deliver electric buses to Germany. The first agreement was signed with VAG Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft, a public transport operator from Nurnberg. A nearly identical vehicle will be delivered to Infra Furth Verkehr GmbH, from a neighboring city of Furth.
These would be buses of the type NefAZ 52992, created on the basis of the chassis of the half-lowfloor bus. It is equipped with the asynchronous traction engine, lithium-ion traction accumulator with power-intensity of 313,6 kWh, the traction inverter with energy recuperation function, and telemetry system which gives the possibility of remote control of batteries and the main units condition.
In China, cities are ordering electric buses by the thousand. So why are US cities still piddling around with pilots of a few buses?