SunLine Transit Agency, which serves more than 3.5 million passengers annually in the Coachella Valley, is expanding alternative fuel vehicles fleet with the addition of its first emissions-free, all-electric buses. BYD, the world’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicles, has provided the 40 ft. low floor transit buses with seats for 35 and room for more […]
The largest public multi-standard electric vehicle charging facility in California opened in Santa Clara recently. The parking structure, situated near the Santa Clara Convention Center, Levi’s Stadium and the California Great America theme park, features 48 Level 2 chargers and one DC Fast Charger. Santa Clara’s municipal electric utility Silicon Valley Power (SVP) collaborated with […]
Transport for London (TfL) is making an energizing choice with the introduction of the world’s first zero-emission, long-range, all-electric BYD Double-Decker buses into revenue service routes. Noted London’s Deputy Mayor of Environment and Energy, Matthew Pencharz,“The running costs are much lower and some of the maintenance and operations costs are much lower on the buses. […]
Despite recent low prices at the pump, a new study forecasts that nearly 17 million hybrid and electric vehicles will be on the road by 2020, up from an estimated 12 million last year. The group noted that “stakeholders primarily need to establish the viability and desirability of electric vehicles with consumers, and adopt an […]
The City of St. Albert announced that it will become the first municipality in Canada to order long-range all-electric buses to deploy on city streets for public transit use. The City of St. Albert has ordered three all-electric buses from BYD, which will be 35 feet in length with a battery range of up to […]
According to a recent report from IDTechEx,the electric bus (e-bus) market is growing at 20% per year in unit sales, which is “a game changer for the battery market as electric buses require large-sized batteries ranging from 74 kWh (fast charging e-bus) to over 300 kWh (slow charging e-bus).” As a result, the research house […]
Volvo has received an order for 11 electric hybrid buses and 2 electric bus chargers to the city of Namur in Belgium. Here’s the bigger picture: Many cities are introducing electric bus systems as a means to solve the problems of poor air quality and noise. TEC, the public transport authority and operator, buys the […]
Mullen Technologies, which describes itself as “a pre-IPO car manufacturer and distributor,” has set its sites on some pretty big players in the electric vehicle field, gearing up to compete with Tesla and Faraday Future. “Today begins a new era in the evolution, advancement and expansion of Mullen Technologies, Inc.’s quest to become the largest […]
With an electrifying ambition, EMAV Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EMAV), which is seeking to become a major player in the assembly of alternative fuel vehicles and the sale of commercial electric vehicles, has entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement with Tarpon Bay Partners an institutional investor. The Agreement establishes a new $5,000,000 credit financing mechanism, the […]
The electric vehicle business is really getting wired at BYD — the world’s largest maker of electrical vehicles. Today, BYD is now the World’s No. 1 Battery-Electric Vehicle Manufacturer by sales volumes. In a just-released global EV ranking, BYD came in not only first in global, single-model, sales in October, with a total of 6,099 […]
