Pirelli has signed an agreement with the Faria da Silva family to acquire 60% of the company equity of Campneus, a Brazil-based tyre distribution network, for BRL54m ($29m), and subject to adjustment on the basis of the asset situation on ...
Tags: Pirelli, cars, light-trucks, trucks, buses, agricultural machinery
The production of hybrid and electric medium-heavy truck and buses is expected to reach 45,000 in Europe,Middle East and Africa(EMEA)region by 2020,according to a new report. Frost&Sullivan's new report"Strategic Analysis of the Medium ...
Tags: EMEA, hybrid and electric, OEM
The UK Department of Trasnport(DfT)has awarded£5m funding to the Transport for London(TfL)to add an additional 70 hybrid buses to its fleet. Currently TfL operates about 260 hybrid buses in London,and by the end of March next ...
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UQM Technologies(UQM),a developer of alternative energy technologies,will unveil its new PowerPhase HD 220 electric propulsion system at the electric vehicle symposium(EVS26)conference in Los Angeles,US. The HD 220,which will deliver ...
SORL Auto Parts,a manufacturer and distributor of commercial vehicle air brake systems,has launched new electric air brake compressors to be used in electric buses featuring air brake system. Unlike the traditional vehicles which use ...
Tags: SORL, Air Brake, Electric Buses
Future electric vehicles which are using traction motors will face a tough time ahead with the burgeoning cost of rare earth magnets, according to IDTechEx report. The report Electric Vehicles 2012-2022 revealed that about 128 million ...
Tags: electric vehicles, traction motors, non magnetic motors, reluctance motor
WABCO has been awarded a multi-year contract by IVECO to supply anti-lock braking technology for its light- and medium-duty trucks to be manufactured in Brazil beginning from 2013. The contract award follows the Brazilian government's ...
Vossloh Kiepe and Hess have delivered battery trolleybuses to the Zurich Public Transport (VBZ) in Switzerland. VBZ had ordered 12 double-articulated trolleybuses from the Vossloh Kiepe and Hess in October 2012. The 24 meter long buses ...
Temple fairs have been a part of daily life in Beijing for hundreds of years becoming especially popular during the Qing dynasty. Scattered all over the city so residents could easily make their way to the nearest, some fairs were held as ...
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Indra has received a $1.7m contract from Chatham Area Transit (CAT), the transport agency of Savannah, Georgia in the US, for the installation of vehicle tracking management system (VTMS) on its buses and adapted vehicle fleet. Under ...
Tags: Vehicle Tracking Management System, vehicle fleet, buses
Indra has won a EUR1.7m contract from Wroclaw Public Transportation Municipal Company in Poland to install an Operations Assistance System (OAS) and including one year execution period. As per the deal, Indra Sistemas in Spain will ...
Commercial vehicle demand dropped 9.4%during October 2012 across EU to 147,211 units compared to the corresponding month in 2011. During the month demand for commercial vehicle shrank by 3.8%in Germany,8.6%in the UK,9.8%in France,16.4%in ...
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Volvo Bus Latin America has sold 688 bus chassis to the capitol of Colombia, Bogotá, which is touted to be the company's largest deal ever in Colombia. The deal includes chassis for 48 articulated and 97 bi-articulated vehicles ...
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Optare, the manufacturer and seller of single deck and double deck buses and mini coaches, has received four incremental 120kW drive systems from Enova Systems, which will be incorporated into their Solo Electric Bus. The company has ...
Tags: Enova's Drive Systems, Electric Bus, Optare
Worldwide electric drive buses sales is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 26% from 2012 to 2018, according to a report by Pike Research. According to the report, 'Electric Drive Buses', by 2018 more than 75,000 electric ...
Tags: Global Electric Bus Market, electric drive buses sales