Federal Transport Minister Wissing hands over 95 e-buses to vhh.mobility
Hamburg’s transport operator vhh.mobility (Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein), Germany’s third-largest municipal bus operator, is taking delivery of 95 new e-buses from Daimler Buses for its fleet. The purchase of the vehicles was made possible by funding at EU and federal level.
BMDV hosts first Conference on Climate-friendly Buses
The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is hosting the Conference on Climate-Friendly Buses for the first time. Over a period of two days, transport companies, manufacturers and the scientific community will discuss innovations and developments in innovative drive systems for public transport as well as for long-distance bus transport. The conference begins today with around 200 participants both in person and online.
Wissing: “We’re putting climate-friendly buses on the road”
In the framework of today’s BMDV Conference on Climate-Friendly Buses, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is taking stock of the funding programme: ‘Alternative drive systems for passenger transport buses’. The BMDV has supported the market ramp-up of emission-free buses since 2021 by funding vehicle and infrastructure procurement as well as feasibility studies, taking a neutral approach both in terms of technology and applications.
Climate-friendly commercial vehicles at IAA Transportation 2024
NOW and the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure are providing information to visitors of the leading international trade fair for logistics, commercial vehicles, buses and the transport sector in Hanover. The new Lkw-LadeinfrastrukturMONITORING – the revised vehicle database of all climate-friendly commercial vehicle models, and new features of the eBusTOOL, will be among the presentations.
Milestone achieved: Solingen chooses electric trolleybuses in local public transport
The successful completion of the trolleybus project was celebrated at a bus station in Solingen together with Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Dr. Volker Wissing and NRW State Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport Oliver Krischer.
Results report for a joint electrical grid for light rail transit and buses
How can we combine the energy supply of light rail transit and e-buses and at the same time noticeably decrease operating costs? The intelligent direct current substation GUW+ supplies both city railways and trams, as well as charging stations for electric buses. Together with stationary energy storage systems, for example from used e-bus batteries, many new functions can be generated.
