São Paulo plans to acquire 2,600 new electric buses by the end of 2024.

The ‘eyewatering’ USD480 million project involves demolishing the existing bus depot and building a new one 272 standard bus equivalent parking bays with charging access, three bus washing lanes, two chassis washing stations, an interior bus washing station, fifteen maintenance bays, rooftop bus parking and a three-story administrative building.

As per the agreement between the two companies, Ampol will offer different charging options to SEA Electric’s customers and help with installation of public charging stations.

Zenobē, which has operations in Europe and Australasia, is to work with Marcopolo to offer its expertise in electric vehicle charging and fleet electrification.

These charging stations will utilise PAP’s eleXsys energy management platform that will help optimise grid connection and energy flow ultimately reducing charging times.

Volvo Group, Daimler Truck, and Traton Group have announced that their heavy vehicle charging joint venture will operate under the name Milence BV, based in Amsterdam.

Watèa was created by Michelin in 2021 to offer an LCV subscription service, helping clients with procuring vehicles and charging infrastructure and providing them with digital services.

goEgoNetwork will provide electric charging stations for EKA’s nine-meter buses at 30kW, 60kW and 120kW for institutional customers throughout the country.

Pilot Travel Centers runs over 750 service stations in 44 U.S. states and 6 Canadian provinces under the Pilot Travel Centers, Flying J Travel Plaza, and Mr Fuel brands.

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.

Under the terms of the agreement, Nikola and its dealers will be authorised to resell ChargePoint’s portfolio of charging infrastructure and software products to its customers in the USA.

Covering an area of over 400,000 square metres, the depot – which will be managed by Yutong – is composed of 24 structures with parking bays for 478 buses to dock and recharge simultaneously.