Christian Ruoff

ZF is preparing to put its AxTrax 2 LF electric portal axle into production, a city-bus drive unit that cuts average energy consumption by 20 percent in SORT cycles compared with the previous generation. The lower draw lets operators reduce battery capacity requirements while increasing range.

German charging communication specialist chargebyte is launching the Charge Control V (CCV), which it says is the world’s first ready-to-deploy high-power charging controller built on the EVerest open-source firmware stack. The CCV is currently in pre-series status with samples available for pre-order.

ZF is preparing to put its AxTrax 2 LF electric portal axle into production, a city-bus drive unit that cuts average energy consumption by 20 percent in SORT cycles compared with the previous generation. The lower draw lets operators reduce battery capacity requirements while increasing range.