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Metrotrans East Africa Limited Adds 5 Electric Buses To Its Fleet In Kenya

May 16, 2023 admin africa, basigo, byd, clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, Kenya, mass transit / public transit, nairobi

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 17:25:38 +0000

Metrotrans Ltd, one of Nairobi’s leading public transport operators, has announced the introduction of 5 electric buses as part of its fleet. Metrotrans is a Nairobi-based Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (Sacco), whose fleet plies Nairobi routes with an aim to promote efficient and sustainable public transportation systems. In Kenya, a lot of Sacco members […]

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Hong Kong’s KMB Gets Next-Generation Enviro 500 EV Zero-Emission Double-Decker Buses

May 15, 2023 admin clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, Hong Kong, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 22:55:34 +0000

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited turned 90 years old in April, and managed to get a special treat as part of the 90th year anniversary celebrations. Alexander Dennis, a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc., one of the world’s leading independent global bus manufacturers, delivered the first next-generation Enviro 500 EV zero-emission double-decker buses […]

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Quebec & Montreal Order 1229 Electric Buses

May 13, 2023 admin Canada, clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, geely, mass transit / public transit, Montreal, Quebec, volvo group, washington d c

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 14:56:39 +0000

Montreal and the province of Quebec have signed off on a proposal to buy 1,229 electric buses for municipal transit systems.

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Deploying Electric Buses At Airports Is Easy With This Tool

May 11, 2023 admin airport shuttles, airports, Aviation, clean transport, Dallas, electric buses, Electric vehicles, fort worth, mass transit / public transit, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), policy & politics, texas, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 09 May 2023 01:43:51 +0000

As the U.S. aviation industry generates 2% of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions and consumes 10% of transportation energy, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is leading the way to find pathways to sustainability, including through sustainable aviation fuels, electrification, and new transportation options for moving small groups in dense city centers. NREL researchers recently […]

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Public EV Transportation In South America

May 3, 2023 admin cars, chile, clean transport, Colombia, Costa Rica, electric buses, electric cars, Electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: Otto Gunderson| Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2023 07:17:36 +0000

The common conception appears to be that a successful transition to electric vehicles is determined by the number of passenger vehicles sold. China, Europe, and the United States lead the way in this category and are thus considered to be at the forefront of EV adoption. However, another metric should be used when analyzing countries […]

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$400 Million Grant Program to Fund Clean School Buses to Protect Children’s Health

April 28, 2023 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean transport, electric buses, electric school buses, Electric vehicles, Joe Biden, kamala harris, mass transit / public transit, michael regan, Mitch Landrieu, Schools, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:40:44 +0000

The latest funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda follows nearly $1 billion for thousands of electric and low-emission school buses across the USA.

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Vehicle to Grid: The Least You Need to Know

April 26, 2023 admin clean transport, electric buses, electric school buses, Electric vehicles, grid, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 05:48:37 +0000

We’ve all seen new technologies get hyped up that later turned out to be duds. Irrelevant. If we’d ignored those things all along, we then felt smart: we didn’t waste our time on that nonsense. On the other hand, cell phones turned out to be a Superthing. They’ve gone from being nothing to us, to […]

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183 Electric Solaris Urbino Buses Are Now On The Streets Of Oslo!

April 25, 2023 admin clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit, Norway, Oslo, solaris

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:55:01 +0000

The bus fleet of Oslo, Norway has just received 183 articulated Solaris Urbino 18.75 electric buses. As a result, Solaris has finished the largest electric bus order it has ever received. The contract, which was signed in January 2022, is worth €100 million. Unibuss AS is the company that runs the routes on which the new Urbino […]

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The World’s Largest Electric Bus Has Been Sitting In A Parking Lot For 3 Years

April 16, 2023 admin BOGOTA, cities, clean transport, Colombia, electric buses, Electric vehicles, hydrogen electric buses, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 01:33:28 +0000

… and hydrogen buses get another chance in the meantime.

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Upgraded School Buses Linked to Increased Student Attendance

April 14, 2023 admin Air pollution, clean transport, electric buses, electric school buses, Electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit, pollution, research, SCIENCE, university of michigan

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 21:15:15 +0000

Replacing all of the oldest school buses in the nation could lead to 1.3 million fewer daily absences annually, according to a University of Michigan study. The suspected cause of these preventable absences is exposure to high levels of diesel exhaust fumes, which can leak into school bus cabins or enter buses through open windows. […]