JBM Auto today unveiled a fully electric bus 'Ecolife', which has been developed in partnership with European bus maker Solaris Bus & Coach. Ecolife is a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) powered by lithium batteries and runs 150-200 km in 10-15 hrs of city bus operation. The vehicle can also run on plug-in charging.
Turkey's first electric buses have hit the roads in Konya which, with its nearly flat geography, is perfect for the buses. "E-buses" as the municipality calls them, have been in the test-driving phase for quite some time and the municipality officials said positive feedback from commuters encouraged them to introduce the buses.
Continental’s tire-pressure-monitoring system ContiPressureCheck has been approved for operational use by the Polish bus manufacturer Solaris. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of city, regional and trolley buses and will provide ContiPressureCheck as original equipment on the vehicles it produces.
For its medium- and heavy-duty engines, used neat or blended, with immediate effect, The company is granting approval for the use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) renewable diesel for the in-line six-cylinder engine variants of the Mercedes-Benz OM 470, OM 471 (first generation) and OM 936 as well as the in-line four-cylinder variants of the OM 934 meeting the Euro VI emissions standard. The engines are designed as standard to make use of the new HVO fuel. The approval applies to all engine variants whatever their output category.
Indian Ashok Leyland owned British bus manufacturer Optare is working on a project that will increase the range of its MetroCity and Solo electric vehicles to 200 miles, the company informed recently in a statement. Optare further said that the range extension will be done with no net gain and no intrusion into passenger space.