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Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., smiles during a Bloomberg Technology television interview in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021.David Paul Morris | ReutersUber announced its latest slate of updates Monday ahead of what's expected to be a busy travel and events season.The features, announced during its Go/Get virtual event, include:A new option that lets you book a bus or passenger van.A trip itinerary feature to help book rides throughout an extended trip, like…

The Delhi government on Friday approved the induction of 1,500 low-floor electric buses in its public transportation fleet, an official statement said. The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) also decided to allocate 10 sites to various agencies for setting up Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations and battery awapping stations under Delhi EV Policy 2020, it said. The city government also gave its approval to run 75 inter-state buses along 11 routes across five states and a Union Territory.The DTC board also decided to…

Aiming to use green technology to help tourists travel around Goa, the state government has sent a proposal to the central government to procure 500 electric buses to improve the bus transport network in coastal state. The move comes in the wake of facilitating travel of tourist and people of the state.Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had recently said that to promote Monsoon tourism, hinterland tourism and explore wildlife sanctuaries of the state, paid public transport on weekends will be started.Goa government’s…

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will supply its fuel cell module (TFCM) for use in the new Daimler Buses city bus, the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro Range Extender. The TFCM2-F-60 is a second generation flat module which produces 60kW of power and can be easily integrated into the roof of the bus, alongside the battery and hydrogen tanks. A major benefit of fuel cell technology is the range of the electric bus can be extended in urban traffic to around…

When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you’ll picture a car. But there’s a quiet revolution going on in transport. It turns out electrification can work wonders for almost all of our transport options, from electric bikes to motorbikes to buses to freight trains and even to tractors and heavy trucks. There will soon be no need to burn petrol and diesel in an internal combustion engine. This matters, because electric transport will be vital in our efforts to stem climate change. If all cars on the road became…

Credit: Shutterstock When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you'll picture a car. But there's a quiet revolution going on in transport. It turns out electrification can work wonders for almost all of our transport options, from electric bikes to motorbikes to buses to freight trains and even to tractors and heavy trucks. There will soon be no need to burn petrol and diesel in an internal combustion engine.…