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New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions Completes New York’s 1st Interoperable, On-Route Charger Solution For Transit Buses

April 18, 20195 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

New Flyer of America Inc. (“New Flyer”), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. (“NFI”), the largest bus manufacturer in North America, today announced that New Flyer Infrastructure SolutionsTM has successfully deployed two rapid, on-route chargers along New York City Transit Authority’s (“NYCT”) M42 route. This marks the completion of the first on-route charging solution in the United States that uses a globally recognized system to allow vehicle and charging equipment interoperability to common interfaces.

Göteborg Energi Orders Two 450 kW ABB Electric Bus Fast-Chargers

November 26, 20176 years ago James Ayre 0 Comments

ABB, an electric vehicle charging solutions giant (amongst a great many other things), has received an order for two 450 kW OppCharge fast-charging stations from Göteborg Energi and its partners Volvo Buses and Västtrafik, according to recent reports.

ABB Fast “Opportunity Chargers” Enable Nonstop Electric Bus Service In Harrogate (UK)

April 25, 20177 years ago Kyle Field 0 Comments

ABB has won the contract to provide fast chargers that will support the 8 fully electric Volvo buses being brought to the city of Harrogate in northern England.

2 Belgian Cities Dive Into Electrified Transit, Order 90 Electric Hybrid Buses From Volvo

February 16, 20177 years ago Kyle Field 0 Comments

It seems that Volvo and ABB can’t stop, won’t stop, rolling out electrified transit solutions in Europe. The team over at Volvo reached out to us to share that the Belgian cities of Charleroi and Namur have put in orders totaling 90 Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrid buses paired with 12 fast charging stations from ABB.

Luxembourg City Electrifies Bus Routes With New ABB Fast Chargers

February 14, 20177 years ago Kyle Field 0 Comments

ABB announced on Tuesday that it has brought two new fast chargers to Luxembourg City’s central station as part of the rollout of a new plug-in hybrid bus system in the city.

Harrogate Bus Company (UK) Orders 8 All-Electric Volvo Buses

February 7, 20177 years ago James Ayre 0 Comments

Harrogate (roughly 90 kilometers northeast of Manchester) will soon be home to a fleet of 8 all-electric Volvo buses, following an order put in with the Swedish bus manufacturer by the Harrogate Bus Company (owned by Transdev Blazefield).

ABB Flash-Charging Electric Bus Route To Open In Geneva, Switzerland

July 26, 20168 years ago James Ayre 0 Comments

Following an electric bus pilot project that’s been ongoing since May 2013, the city of Geneva, Switzerland, has now signed a contract with ABB and the Swiss bus manufacturer HESS that will see a new all-electric bus route opened by the spring of 2018, according to recent reports. The new … [continued]