24 Apr 2015

Energy harvesting at the heavy end
At the event, "Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe 2015", uniquely, the whole scope of energy harvesting will be reviewed.
13 Mar 2015

Hybrid vehicle range extenders: goodbye pistons
Hybrid vehicles are already big business from hybrid cars, buses and trucks to outdoor forklifts, even hybrid tugboats.
Full profile interview
13 Feb 2015

Ebusco B.V.
Ebusco is a Dutch company located in Helmond. Ebusco focuses on the production, development, marketing and sales of full electric buses for the European market.
5 Feb 2015

Very large pure electric vehicles succeed
Pure electric vehicles are inevitably small and feeble or premium-priced, niche products like the Teslas? Not true.
2 Feb 2015

Electric Vehicle Motors Rise to Two per Vehicle - Creates $144 Billion
The motor market is doubling in value even over the underlying fast growth of the electric vehicle business, whether hybrid or pure electric.
2 Feb 2015

World's first battery electric coach bus
BYD Motors Inc has officially unveiled the world's first long range, 100% Battery Electric Over the Road Coach Bus.
29 Jan 2015

Electric buses: Here comes China
In the new report, "Electric Buses 2015-2025" analysts IDTechEx examine how Chinese hybrid buses are in some respects more advanced as the Government only supports plug-in versions with long pure electric range.
5 Nov 2014

BYD will test three buses in Mexican cities
BYD is testing its 12 meter long electric bus with some transport companies in Mexico, soon will integrate its 8 meter long model and by mid-2015 incorporate its articulated unit.
Full profile interview: SWOT
27 Oct 2014

Aleees
24 Oct 2014

World's largest battery electric vehicle
BYD Motors has unveiled The Lancaster eBus, a break-through, 60-foot, articulated battery-electric bus that can drive 170+ miles with a passenger load of up to 120 passengers, and was in development for almost two years.
18 Sep 2014

Electric Vehicle News from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich Day One 17 Sept.
The event Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Forum consisted a conference with about 70 delegates and a small display area for a few organisations. It was very pan European with delegates from the UK to the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Russia and Romania but also further afield such as Japan, South Korea and the USA - professors, industrialists and developers. Here we give some details of the presentations that particularly caught our attention.
18 Sep 2014

Highlights from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich 2014
The event Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Forum consisted a conference with about 70 delegates and a small display area for a few organisations. Here we give some details of the presentations that particularly caught our attention.
1 Sep 2014

AVTA'S electric bus goes the distance
The Antelope Valley Transit Authority's new electric BYD bus is performing better than advertised.
26 Aug 2014

On-board chargers and DC-DC converters
On-board chargers and DC-DC converters use similar components to the inverters that are the main focus of this article and they face the same issues in the main, such as improving space, weight, cost and efficiency.
11 Jun 2014

BYD electric forklifts have unique 'Battery-for-Life'
The biggest headache with traditional electric forklift trucks is the time, trouble and cost involved in constantly having to recharge them as well as the risk of damage to the battery due to improper maintenance, which leads to expensive battery replacement. But now a new concept in battery technology is completely redefining the performance users will come to expect from their electric materials handling equipment.
Full profile interview: SWOT
22 Apr 2014

MAN Truck & Bus AG
31 Mar 2014

First pure-electric bus pilots in Turkish market
Mayor Mileh Gökçek of the Turkish capitol - Ankara addressed the media and citizens of his city during a ceremony celebrating the launch of an electrified transportation pilot program.
19 Feb 2014

BDNT and ABB to roll out world's largest EV fast charger network
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced a strategic collaboration today with Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co., Ltd. (BDNT) to supply direct current fast chargers over the next six years for DENZA.
13 Feb 2014

I2R and BYD team up to develop smart electric cars
A*STAR's Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) and BYD Company Limited, one of China's largest companies specialising in battery technologies, have signed a joint laboratory agreement to develop electric vehicles with autonomous vehicle sensors.
30 Dec 2013

AVTA awards contract for electric buses
The Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA) announced the purchase of two 40-foot, battery-electric buses as part of its clean bus initiative. The buses have been funded through a generous grant arranged by Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich to support an electric bus demonstration project in the Antelope Valley.