article thumbnail

ABB and Volvo Buses partnering on fast-charging system for hybrid and electric buses

Green Car Congress

The first joint project will be the implementation of Volvo Electric Hybrids and ABB’s automatic e-bus chargers in the Luxembourg public transport system, where as many as 12 Volvo Electric Hybrid buses operated by Sales-Lentz will be running on existing lines by 2015. The system is based on internationally certified standards.

Volvo 281
article thumbnail

How Russia Sent Ukraine Racing Into the “Energy Eurozone”

Cars That Think

ius says the situation also has helped the Baltic states on Russia’s far western flank: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. He is one of several experts who say Russia’s war on Ukraine and Ukraine’s accelerated synchronization with Europe improves prospects for the Baltics' eventual disconnection from the Russian grid.

Ukraine 102