Electric Bus

Bristol’s first electrified bus depot was opened yesterday, June 3rd, by a government minister and the West of England’ new mayor. The £44 million project was unveiled at Hengrove by Local Transport Minister Simon Lightwood, Mayor Helen Godwin and First Bus’ Acting Managing Director Rob Pymm. The de...

As of Saturday, May 31, the first 22 battery-electric buses from Naples’ new zero emission fleet are officially in service. The vehicles, operated by local public transport company ANM (Azienda Napoletana Mobilità), mark a key step in the city’s broader electrification strategy, supporte...

Following an order received in 2024, Scania is now beginning deliveries of new generation electric buses in Åre, Sweden, a region where temperatures can vary some 60°C during the course of a year. The buses – built on the battery electric platform that was launched at Busworld in October 2023 and re...

Dutch public transport operator Qbuzz has signed a second order with Chinese manufacturer Yutong for 62 new electric buses. The move follows the deployment of 50 Yutong electric buses in the Zuid-Holland Noord concession, which began operations in December 2024. These were the first Yutong vehicles ...

German operator Wupsi, operating in Leverkusen area (between Cologne and Dusseldorf) is pushing ahead with its plan to fully transition to zero-emission buses by 2034. As part of this shift, the company ordered 56 electric buses at the end of 2023 — 46 battery-electric buses from MAN and 10 hydrogen...

Volvo Buses announces it has started the production of its first electric bi-articulated bus chassis. The Volvo BZRT model, in articulated and bi-articulated versions, is manufactured at Volvo’s Brazilian plant in Curitiba, which is now capable of exporting the chassis to BRT systems worldwide, the ...