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Pune Announces Tender For 150 Electric Buses Under FAME-II Program

Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has issued a tender inviting bids for 150 electric buses. The buses should be 12-meter-long, air-conditioned, and compliant with Bus Rapid Transit. The last day for the online submission of technical and price bids…

GreenCell Mobility Bags Order For 48 Electric Buses From Rajasthan Transport Company

GreenCell Mobility Private Limited (GreenCell Mobility) was awarded a contract for operating 48 air-conditioned electric buses by the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC). GreenCell is an ‘electric Mobility as Service’ (eMaaS) platform, promoted by Eversource Capital. GreenCell will establish…

Electric Buses Stored In London Garage To Become ‘Virtual Power Station’

United Kingdom-based SSE Enterprise is working on a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project at London’s Northumberland Park bus garage, where electricity would be generated from buses when it’s not ferrying passengers. The ‘Bus2Grid’ garage will function as a ‘virtual power station’ using…

Volvo Buses Inks New Electric Bus Orders In Norway

Norway is one of the most active nations when it comes to cutting carbon emissions. That means putting significant incentives in place for electric vehicles, be they passenger vehicles, trucks, ferries, or buses. One of its policy initiatives calls for…

Assam Tender To Procure 50 Electric Buses

The Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) issued a request for proposal to supply 50 electric buses in the state. Interested bidders are expected to make an earnest money deposit (EMD) of ₹10 million (~$133,827). The last date for the submission…

Chinese Electric Buses Roll Out Across Latin America

If 2019 was a watershed year for Chinese electric buses in Latin America, in 2020 they became mainstream. Latin American countries are moving towards cleaner public transport in their most populated cities. In the process, they have overcome existing entry…

Mercedes’ eCitaro G Electric Bus Set To Storm The World Of Clean Public Transit

Mercedes-Benz’s eCitaro G, the latest all-electric bus slated to join the product portfolio of Daimler Buses, is making news around the world once again – two years after being presented for the first time. In these two years, the eCitaro…

Ashok Leyland To Focus On Exports, Electric Buses

Ashok Leyland Ltd. (ALL), the Hinduja Group’s flagship company, will give more thrust to exports and electric buses, expanding its light commercial vehicle (LCV) portfolio and introducing its next generation light truck platform Phoenix in September, a top official said….

Ideanomics MEG Announces Order Of Approximately $575 Million USD From Beijing Silk Road Rainbow Car Rental

Ideanomics has announced a new vehicle order through its MEG subsidiary from rental and leasing services company Beijing Silk Road Rainbow Car Rental Group Co., Ltd., the leading bus operator in Northern China for several major metro markets, including Beijing. The order is…