Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Volvo has received an order for 11 electric hybrid buses and 2 ABB automated electric bus fast-chargers to the city of Namur in Belgium with public transport authority and operator TEC. Every year the TEC Group transports more than 250 million passengers. This is the largest order to date for the company’s electric bus system.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Ballard Power Systems announced a purchase order from Van Hool, a leading bus OEM and Ballard partner headquartered in Belgium, for 10 fuel cell modules to power Van Hool A330 buses to be deployed in Emmen, the Netherlands, under the JIVE2 funding program. Van Hool A330 Fuel Cell Buses powered by Ballard.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 5, 2019
Ballard Power Systems announced a purchase order from Van Hool, a leading bus OEM and Ballard partner headquartered in Belgium, for 20 FCveloCity-HD 85kW fuel cell modules to power buses in Groningen, the Netherlands, under the JIVE2 funding program. Ballard plans to deliver the 20 FCveloCity-HD 85kW modules in 2020.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2018
—Scott Phillippi, UPS senior director of maintenance and engineering, international operations. UPS partnered with the Seattle Department of Transportation to develop plans for the new pilot program. It’s exciting to return to our roots—UPS started in Seattle in 1907 as a bicycle messenger company.
Green Car Congress
MAY 14, 2020
As such, transport operators benefit when it comes to maintenance work and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). In December 2019, MAN Truck & Bus delivered the first two 12-meter electric buses to the transport operators Hamburger Hochbahn AG and Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH for everyday use in the Hanseatic port city.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 24, 2018
Cities increasingly find themselves faced with the challenge of reconciling a healthy climate and their inhabitants’ quality-of-life demands with the transport of goods and deliveries in central urban areas. With this in mind, the vehicle’s theoretical range of up to 160 kilometers covers about three-quarters of all urban-core transport.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 3, 2018
Electric buses offer an environmentally friendly transport alternative, especially in cities. Between 2010 and 2017, the highest numbers of electric buses in Europe were registered in the United Kingdom (~200), the Netherlands (~175), Belgium (~140), Germany (~90) and Austria (~75). Place for improvement in the electric bus sector.
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