Why can’t we engineer a low-cost electric bus platform using Lead Acid batteries, along with charging and mechanized swapping infrastructure tailor-made for specific local needs? Electric buses are the serious talk of the ‘auto’ town these days, so it may appear as if the era…
Aptis, an unique urban e-mobility product, has received “Innovation Label” at Busworld Awards this year. At the 2017 Busworld exhibition in Kortrijk, Belgium, French rail and passenger transport firm Alstom displayed its unique electro-mobility solution for city applications. Inspired from the design…
New Sprinter City 45 can seat up to 13 passengers, with additional standing room for 9 commuters. Whenever Europeans think of “Minibus”, their imagination is more likely to go straight to Mercedes-Benz Sprinter City mid-size vans! They are in production since 1995, and…
The hybrid system offers up to 8.5 percent lower fuel consumption than the conventional diesel-powered Citaro. Daimler Buses had world debuted its Citaro Hybrid range of urban buses under the Mercedes-Benz marque at the 2017 Busworld Europe, Kortrijk in Belgium. The company has…
BYD´s all-new low-floor midibus targeted at European markets. At the international Busworld exhibition this year at Kortrijk, Belgium, Chinese electric bus maker BYD has unveiled its all-new 8.7-metre battery-powered `Midibus´. This new European-spec e-bus augments the brand´s wide range of electric bus portfolio that already covers…
The all-electric city bus is scheduled to go on sale by next year. Commercial bus maker Scania´s product range on display at the 2017 Busworld Kortrijk show also includes the battery-run low-floor city bus Scania Citywide. The Citywide LF Electric, which was on…
`OppCharge´ system allows batteries to be charged in 3 to 6 minutes. Swedish bus maker Volvo is marching ahead with its parallel hybrid systems in the urban bus segment, with improved energy efficiency and reduced carbon footprint. The company´s 7900 Electric Hybrid is witnessing…
The e-bus is under aggressive trial-run regime with different State Transport Undertakings (STUs) across the country. This is perhaps the most successful electric bus globally in terms of sales, with more than 10,000 units on road since its inception in 2012. Of course,…
How are fully-automatic transmission technology getting along in Indian city bus segment? We catch-up some insights from DTC’s experiences on low-floor city buses equipped with fully-automatic gearboxes. Automated shifting is popular in cars, you like them? Well, I sure don’t. They are generally dull…
Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, and Mahindra are working on their own pure-electric bus platforms, without any major foreign partner for technological support. Nowadays, it is smart and classy for the Indian OEMs to develop their own all-electric bus platform for mass transportation, thanks…
