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Christmas cheer on route 55 throughout the weekend
This weekend passengers in Gothenburg will be able to enjoy seasonal Christmas cheer on route 55. Between December 4 and 6 the electric bus will be transformed into a true Christmas bus. Attractive...
ElectriCity wins European sustainability award
ElectriCity has received the European Solar Prize 2015 in the Transport and Mobility category. The jury praised ElectriCity for its "exemplary supply of public transport with renewable energy as part...
Electric buses can save millions of kronor for society and the environment
A city with half a million inhabitants would save about SEK 100 million per year if the city’s buses ran on electricity instead of diesel. This is the finding from extensive analysis conducted in...
Innovation Challenge results – here are the winners!
Hearty congratulations to all three winning teams on their well-earned victory! Nxplore, Lux Futura and Grupp 4 won all five prizes in the finals of the ElectriCity Innovation Challenge 2015 on...
Finals in the Innovation Challenge – come and watch!
The finals of the ElectriCity Innovation Challenge are fast approaching. On October 21 between 14.00 and 17.00 the competing teams will show their submissions to the public at the Open Arena in...
Flying start for innovation competition
ElectriCity Innovation Challenge 2015 is up and running. The competition’s first event – the concept cabin – was visited by more than 300 people. All told 50 teams submitted competition entries in the...
2.5 million views for Silent Bus Session
The campaign “Silent Bus Sessions” has become a viral success. The videos, where Swedish artists Zara Larsson and Seinabo Sey perform on the new electric bus route in Gothenburg have reached 2.5...
A quieter, more pleasant working environment
“It’s quiet, it’s calm and you have a lot more energy left at the end of the working day.”
Passengers give the electric bus service top marks
This summer 275,000 journeys were undertaken on route 55. Nine out of ten passengers feel that the noise level on board the bus is pleasant. Six out of ten say that the environmentally friendly...
World premiere for Zara Larsson’s new track on route 55!
Hyper-popular Zara Larsson’s new video is now being released, featuring her latest track “Better You” and mega-hit “Carry You Home”. Both songs were recorded on bus route 55 in Gothenburg in front of...
Seinabo Sey in surprise concert on Volvo electric bus
Hold on, isn’t that… wait, of course it is! One of the hottest names on Sweden’s music scene, Seinabo Sey, surprised passengers on route 55 with an unannounced concert on board the electric bus.
Shape tomorrow's bus trips!
ElectriCity Innovation Challenge 2015 is an open innovation challenge that aims to discover innovations that can contribute to making tomorrow's bus trips more attractive. The registration is open...
What do the passengers think about route 55?
After two years of intensive cooperation, the successful start of regular operations and an advertising campaign that nobody in Gothenburg could have missed, the most important question remains: what...
Media enjoyed a sunny premiere trip
Three hours before the official start of regular operations, the media got the chance to ride the electric bus on route 55. In brilliant sunshine, the bus departed from the new stop at Chalmersplatsen...
