What a difference a year can make! A year ago, Truck & Bus Builder attended the “E-Bus Test” in the German city of Bonn, organised yearly by the German magazine Omnibus Spiegel. It is a fantastic opportunity for European journalists to ride on and test drive the latest electric buses, some of which have yet to launch in the market. In this regard, the 2025 edition of the e-bus test was no different. However, the outlook for the electric bus market in Europe is less certain now than it was even just twelve months ago. A representative of Stadtwerke Bonn, the operator of Bonn’s urban transport system which hosted the e-bus test at its depot, told attendees at the event that it is no longer looking for incentives to purchase electric buses from the European Union. Those dried up a while ago, and the city of Dortmund – to give just one example – has gone back to purchasing diesel buses. There is not a great deal of hope either that the new government in Germany will announce further support for electric buses and charging infrastructure.

Heliox will provide its Rapid 150 kW (kilowatt) chargers which are capable of fully charging a bus in 2.5 hours. This will support the rollout of 178 new electric buses across the UK.

Siemens aims to transform the eMobility business into a “more agile, focused and efficient market player” with greater freedom to pursue external partnerships.

Siemens said that the acquisition, which would merge Heliox into its existing eMobility portfolio of charging products, will expand its coverage to DC fast chargers for trucks and buses.

First Bus will convert the York depot by installing new electric charging infrastructure provided by Heliox.

First Bus will convert the Leicester depot by installing new electric charging infrastructure provided by Heliox.

The two companies in question are Heliox BV of Best, Netherlands and Gilbarco Inc (“Gilbarco Veeder-Root”), a fuel pump supplier also based in Greensboro.

Exhibiting for the first time at Euro Bus Expo 2022, Enel X, Jema and Heliox made their presence known as active partners in the UK.

Heliox B.V., based in Best, Netherlands, has installed charging infrastructure in a total of 100 cities worldwide. The 100th city, Seattle, is one of Heliox’s larger projects. Other significant charging installations include Amsterdam, Glasgow, and Hamburg.

DAF Truck NV of Eindhoven, The Netherlands – a Paccar Inc company - under the Paccar brand name, is to offer a full range of high-end solutions to charge the batteries of its new LF Electric and CF Electric trucks, as well as other electric commercial vehicles, including vans.

Two concessions granted to Transdev-Connexxion are calling on electric charging provider, Heliox BV to provide fast charging infrastructure for its Haarlem-IJmond and Amstelland-Meerlanden operations.

Heliox BV, the principal supplier of electric charging equipment in a truck electrification research project since 2017, has issued a joint statement with its partners saying that the consortium has made huge strides forward in its charging infrastructure and battery charging density.