Michelin and Maxion Wheels recently jointly presented a flexibel wheel solution that features the tyre maker’s Acorus Technology. This solution has been adopted by French driverless vehicle specialist Navya for its autonomous electric shuttle bus, which is already on the roads in five cities around the world. The electric city shuttle is now making its debut in London.
Polish bus manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. has signed a contract to deliver 41 trolleybuses to the Vilnius bus operator UAB „Vilniaus viešasis transportas" (VVT). It is another big agreement signed with this Lithuanian transport provider in the recent time. Only few weeks ago Solaris has won an order for a delivery of 150 buses to the very same operator.
China is building roadways with solar panels underneath it, that could have the ability to charge vehicles wirelessly.
Target of the project is to develop large-scale production of Li-ion batteries by a consortium of 17 companies and research institutes in Germany which will begin in due course. The Fab4Lib project as it is called, aims to explore innovative solutions along the value chain of lithium-ion technology and to validate them in demonstrators.
Electric buses are in service in many North American and European cities plans to make its fleet emissionfree; twelve major cities have pledged to buy only all-electric buses starting in 2025.