Speaking with Deniz Cetin, Chief Commercial Officer at Karsan Automotive & Board Member at Group Companies at Cenex (2023), T&BB was informed that Karsan has bid on autonomous electric bus contracts (tenders) in Spain, Israel, Qatar and Canada. Deniz confirmed that Karsan recently delivered an autonomous bus to Istanbul which comes off the back of two successful autonomous bus trials in Norway and the USA.

The Ferndale facility has the capacity to produce up to 850 ‘Vicinity Classic’ and ‘Vicinity Lightning’ (i.e., ICE and EV) buses and 6,250 ‘VMC 1200’ battery electric trucks per year.

The new test rig is specifically designed to validate its hollow fibre membrane products for its OEM customers.

Intellectual property, offices, and testing facilities based in Apeldoorn, Netherlands have now been transferred to ConMet, and former staff associated with the heavy-duty motor development have moved to ConMet as well.

The company now aims to acquire certificates from FMVSS, as well as the California Air Resources Board and the Environmental Protection Agency, before the end of the year, making its ‘P7’ vehicles roadworthy and eligible for incentives.

Representing an investment of approximately USD170m, the 200,000-square-foot plant will produce up to 100,000 high-pressure hydrogen vessels annually when it is completed.

The new 17.1-kW 600VDC to 24VDC liquid-cooled converter boasts a much greater electrical efficiency at 96-98%, thanks to its silicon carbide semiconductors.

Altogether, the bus and coach group will raise gross proceeds of approximately USD444m through the refinancing plan.

The company announced its South Korean distributor, NGVI, has secured a supply contract for a hydrogen electric bus project with a second municipality in the country, this time with the county of Ulju. Loop will supply its trademarked hydrogen fuel cell system (eFlow).

With the Aries II, ONE has reportedly achieved energy densities of 263 Wh/L and 162 Wh/kg, representing respective improvements of 34% and 23% over the leading LFP benchmark.

This new and expanded alliance – which builds on an agreement signed in 2021 – will extend to “renewable gasoline blends, biodiesel and renewable diesel” as well as hydrogen and renewable natural gas.

Over the course of this six-month trial, Hyzon’s FCEVs accumulated over 109,000 km (68,000 miles) and 2,900 hours of fuel cell run-time providing valuable data on fuel efficiency, vehicle durability and maintenance requirements.