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Next year, Västtrafik starts driving 160 electric buses in Gothenburg, Mölndal and Partille. It is clear since Västtrafik completed its procurement of public transport in the metropolitan area. The investment means that Västtrafik will be the leader in Sweden with regard to electric buses.

Collaboration will assess possible solutions for fast charging in marine applications.

In the summer of 2017, Volvo Dynamic Steering (VDS) was installed in the electric buses on route 55 in Gothenburg. The result of a long-term study done on this test clearly shows that this new steering can reduce work-related physical problems among the bus drivers.

Concept electric articulated buses started being tested on parts of route 16 in Gothenburg in mid-June last year. How did the tests go? Does the technology work? What do passengers think?

How can air quality in Gothenburg be measured in a smarter and more cost-effective way? A group of Chalmers University of Technology students will study this question in collaboration with ElectriCity. An electrified bus on line 55 will function as a mobile measuring station during operation on its normal route.

Since their inception almost four years ago, Volvo’s all-electric buses operating on route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden, have demonstrated that they are a viable and sustainable public transport solution for urban areas. Now the latest customer satisfaction survey results show that its passengers are also increasingly satisfied with the route.

What is probably some of the world’s first electric mobile libraries will enter into traffic in Gothenburg, Sweden, next summer. Gothenburg City Library invests in modern, sustainable mobile libraries from Volvo.

In the next phase of Gothenburg’s drive to connect its residents with a seamless citywide low emission commuting network, a Volvo Penta powered electric ferry service is being introduced into the ElectriCity transport ecosystem.