Cummins goes electric, as we learned from the press conference on the first day of Busworld 2017. From now on, Cummins provides a fully electric drive unit range or one with a range extender, i.e. an electric drive with batteries that are fed on a regular basis through a diesel generator.
At Busworld Europe, Van Hool presented the first of thirty hybrid diesel-electric Exqui.City 18m buses that will be delivered to Belfast.
Of all transport means, the bus and coach industry contributes most to the environment, mobility and tourism but was and still is hardly heard by policy makers at all levels. That is what we learned from the International Coach Conference. Concrete, unambiguous and indisputable figures are urgently needed to convince politicians of the economic impact of coaches
Since cities like Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico have announced the ban on diesel vehicles from their city centres, the possibilities of alternative drive units for long-distance coaches are being more and more explored. Electricity seems not immediately an option. Biodiesel, hybrid and LNG offer more perspective at first sight, as appears from the results of a comparative study presented at the International Coach Conference of IRU and Busworld Academy.
Year after year, Irizar manages to surprise Busworld’s visitors with wonderfully designed stands. It always reminds of the headquarters in the Basque city with the almost unpronounceable name: Ormaiztegi. The implemented corporate identity featuring much white and sloping lines is also present in Irizar’s stands. A nice piece of branding. This Busworld edition is once again the time and place for Irizar to bring the necessary news. The ultimate scoop is the eighteen-meter articulated electric tram bus ie-tram.