RWTH Aachen University announces it has successfully completed the first prototype testing phase of the upBUS concept, a vehicle designed to operate both as an electric road bus and as an urban cable car cabin. The milestone was reached within the upBUS research project, which is developing a multimodal public transport system enabling a seamless … Continue reading “RWTH Aachen completes first prototype tests of upBUS hybrid bus – cable car system”
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Student transportation provider First Student is working with New York electric utility Con Edison to demonstrate a Smart Energy Hub that will support the electrification of school buses in Brooklyn. First Student has around 2,000 electric school buses under contract in school districts across the US, and more than 360 EVs deployed. The Brooklyn project … Continue reading “First Student and Con Edison demonstrate electric school bus V2X Smart Energy Hub in Brooklyn”
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Photo by NPS/Colton Johnston Zion National Park’s shuttle fleet has become one of the first bus fleets in the US to go all electric, and the first at a National Park. Zion National Park in Southern Utah is renowned for its colorful canyons and arches, and is one of the “mighty five” national parks in … Continue reading “Zion becomes first national park with an all-electric shuttle bus service”