Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 03:09:17 +0000
Repowering existing school buses with a new electric drivetrain shows promise to provide school bus operators with a lower cost and more sustainable vehicle compared to buying a brand-new electric school bus. An electric repower — sometimes referred to as an electric conversion or retrofit — involves the removal of a vehicle’s internal combustion engine […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2023 16:40:14 +0000
I love living in Maryland. We’re living in a historical moment, and I can’t help but do a lil’ happy dance around the possibilities of the new administration and the groundwork laid by the Climate Solutions Now Act which set some of the most ambitious climate targets in the country. Amid all this I’m grateful […]
Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 16:35:44 +0000
Starting with a ride-and-drive of made-in-America all-electric trucks to a delivery of a EV truck to a beer brewer and acknowledgement of the gain of CARB’s scoping plant, BYD (Build Your Dreams) was busy through the winter and into the new year. At the Harbor Trucking Association’s Zero-Emission Ride and Drive event in Long Beach, […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:04:54 +0000
How many buzzwords can you fit into one story or title? Wireless charging for autonomous electric buses is about as good as it gets. (Perhaps we could squeeze “AI” in there somewhere.) Well, it certainly caught my attention. The news comes from WiTricity, which calls itself “the leader in wireless EV charging.” Unsurprisingly, the setting […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:01:04 +0000
Super Metro Sacco, one of Nairobi’s leading public transport operators, has just introduced its first electric bus as part of its fleet. Supplied by Kenyan electric mobility start-up BasiGo, the 25-seater K6 electric bus started operating yesterday and will ply the CBD to Kikuyu and CBD to Kitengela routes. The bus is the first of […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:35:21 +0000
Just ahead of new draft emissions rules from the EU Commission for heavy trucks, an ICCT report says battery-electric is best by a wide margin.
Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 04:50:13 +0000
More than 20 million students in the United States ride school buses every year. This equals approximately 7 billion trips per year, making school buses one of the most widely used forms of public transport in the United States. But those trips aren’t always safe ones. Most students — especially those from low-income and communities […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 16:30:29 +0000
The transition to electric mobility is happening faster than previously thought. Electric buses provide a key pathway to increasing access to more sustainable transport for the majority, especially in developing countries. Electric buses coupled with the right business models can usher a new era in Africa’s mass transit sector and also catalyze the manufacturing sector, […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:15:03 +0000
Zenobē, an EV fleet and battery storage specialist, and Marcopolo, the world’s third largest bus manufacturer, will investigate shared opportunities to support the decarbonization of passenger transport. As many customers start with significant grid constraints on their journey to electrify their fleets, Zenobē works with them to understand their requirements. Zenobē work includes incorporating their […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:40:05 +0000
With the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program investing five billion in five years in clean school buses, almost all of them electric so far, it’s easy to focus just on the electric school buses (ESBs) themselves. They’re big, photogenic, quiet, and emit no bad smells. They command the floor space of the shows we go […]