Ola, Scottish Green Bus Fund, Hungary, Canada, Green Commuter

Ola pushes on electrification: Indian Uber opponent Ola intends to deploy “thousands” of EVs in Indian cities this year and to increase its electric fleet “in a mayor way” after the trials. In previous announcements, Ola’s main investor Softbank even spoke of 1m EVs – among them cars as well as rickshaws and two-wheelers. On top, Ola plans investments into charging infrastructure.
reuters.com

The Scottish Green Bus Fund just got another three million pounds on top of the 14.8m pounds the Scottish government had invested over the previous six rounds of funding. So far the scheme has seen the introduction of more than 300 low emission buses and applications are open until June, 30.
eurotransportmagazine.com

Electric ride sharing in Hungary: Start-up Hoopps intends to launch an app-based ride sharing next week, the Budapest Business Journal has learnt. The Hungarian company wants to deploy solely EVs and seeks to extent the offer nationwide.
bbj.hu

New H2 stations in Canada: The country contributes 1.6m dollars to the implementation of two new hydrogen stations of Hydrogenics in Toronto. This sum originates from a 16.4m scheme to support the installation of 80 charging stations and 3 new H2 stations at Canada’s main traffic routes.
greencarcongress.com, canada.ca

Green Commuter extends fleet: Green Commuter has started its car sharing project with 20 Nissan Leaf in Tennessee as planned. The fleet’s latest electric reinforcements are three new Leafs dubbed Coolidge, Pearl, and Smoke.
chattanoogan.com