Busworld is the world’s largest b2b exhibition for the bus and coach industry, exhibiting buses, coaches and minibuses, as well as parts, components and services. The first Busworld was 48 years ago in 1971 at Kortrijk in Belgium. Busworld Turkey 2022 will be the ninth of its type. Previous exhibitions have been held in Europe,…
To stay abreast of the zero emission bus sector during the Covid pandemic, visit the European zero emission bus (ZEB) conference webpage. You will find free presentations from autumn 2020 and registration details for the ZEB2021 Paris Conference in March. The Paris ZEB conference will look at solutions and challenges to decarbonising the bus industry.…
In a pilot project, the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo, ElectReon, and the Dan Bus Company, are installing wireless electric road charging for public transport. In an Israeli first, the route stretches the two kilometres between Tel Aviv University Railway Station and the Klatzkin Terminal in Ramat Aviv and includes 600 metres of electric road. The…
Adoption of electric buses into public transport urban fleets is growing worldwide. The transition began in China and is now spreading. European electric bus sales marked a definitive jump in 2019. Some 4000 electric buses are now running in the Old Continent. This includes battery electric buses, plugin hybrids, trolleybus in motion charging, and fuel…
China electric bus buyers prefer LFP batteries as cheaper to make compared with similarly performing ternary compound lithium-ion (NMC/NCA) ones. Another reason is that buses in densely populated megapolises like Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing operate shorter cycles, making battery density less of an issue than in the sparsely-populated USA. Also, LFP batteries are mainly made…