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Stagecoach has confirmed a £29.3 million investment to bring more than 100 battery-electric buses into service across the county, with Barnstaple designated as a primary hub within the programme. The rollout covers the operator’s depots in Torquay, Exeter and Barnstaple and is being delivered in par...

Goiânia has launched a fleet of electric bi-articulated buses in regular passenger service, deploying 21 high-capacity Volvo BZRT vehicles supported by a new dedicated charging hub. The Brazilian city has introduced 16 articulated and 5 bi-articulated battery-electric buses built on the Volvo Buses ...

Irizar e-mobility has presented ten new Irizar ie electric buses in Kaunas, Lithuania, with the vehicles set to enter service in the coming weeks. The vehicles supplied to Kaunas belong to the Irizar ie platform, recently acknowledged with Spain’s 2026 Bus of the Year award and launched in an update...

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) has exercised contract options for 100 transit buses from New Flyer. The order, confirmed on February 10, 2026 by New Flyer itself, includes 75 Xcelsior 40-foot hybrid-electric buses and 25 Xcelsior CHARGE NG 40-foot battery-electric buses. ...

The Tzen 4, a fully electric bus rapid transit line operating largely on segregated lanes, entered service on 10 February 2026 in the southern Île-de-France region. After several years of infrastructure works (the start of commercial operations was expected in 2024…), the new corridor connects...

Valmet Automotive and Jeti Industries have signed a preliminary agreement for the serial production of modular electric buses at Valmet Automotive’s Uusikaupunki plant in Finland. The agreement, announced on 10 February 2026, establishes the framework for potential contract manufacturing of electric...

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For more than a decade, autonomous buses have been “almost ready.” Demonstrations with safety drivers began around 2015, and ten years later, this is still largely what we see. The reason is not a lack of ambition – it is physics, safety, and economics. Autonomous buses on city streets a...

Mobility Move returns to Berlin from 10 to 12 March 2026. The Estrel Berlin hotel hosted in 2025 around 1,500 participants, 150 speakers, and over 100 exhibitors, with more than 20 vehicles on display across 7,500 square meters of exhibition space. The event has grown from its origins as the “VDV El...

FIAA 2026 is shaping up to be the largest edition of Madrid’s show to date, with participation figures already exceeding those of previous events. The event, organised by Ifema Madrid, will take place from 22 to 24 September 2026 at the Madrid exhibition centre and has already secured the pres...

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Copenhagen is going to purchase 41 electric buses in order to electrify two public transport routes, now operated by diesel buses. The capital municipality, indeed, set the target of switching all the city’s buses, operated by Movia, to electricity by 2030. Buses and ferries will be green The ...

Lithuania’s capital Vilnius plans to purchase five full electric and 70 hybrid buses. These first electric Vilnius buses will reportedly join the urban fleet by 2020. Within a overall 38.5 millions euros plan, the capital city authorities also intend to buy 50 gas powered buses and 10 smaller ...

Electric bus. In July, Solaris delivered further buses to Norway. The delivery of five Solaris Urbino 12 electric for Boreal Buss AS from Kristiansand was finished. This is the second Norwegian city after Oslo with Solaris emission-free vehicles. The contract has a value of 3 million euro. Solaris e...

Volvo Buses has received an order for four Volvo 7900 Electric buses from transport providers Bivab and Uddevalla Omnibus for the city of Uddevalla in western Sweden. A city where hybrid buses by Volvo have been operating since 2014. Volvo 7900 Electric with pantograph Following, the integral text o...

Messina starts electric bus pilot with BYD. The Chinese company has won the tender for 13 electric buses that will be deployed in the Sicilian city by the operator Atm Messina (not to be confused with Atm Milano, with whom shares the same acronym). The contract for the supply of the electric city bu...

by Jean-Philippe Pastre The French law entitled “Loi de Transitition énergitique pour la croissance verte” issued in August 2015 planned a meeting initially scheduled on July 2018. It was intended to check if the operators, manufacturers and local authorities were ready to fulfill the 20...

Irizar e-mobility has just signed a contract with RDT 13 that includes the delivery and the maintenance of 15 Irizar ie tram, belonging to the last generation of electric buses realized by the Basque manufacturer. The vehicles will be deployed on the roads of Aix en Provence. Irizar ie tram, all Iri...

Two tenders, the first for 3,138 and the second for 1,672 battery electric buses. A total of 4,810 electric buses. Chinese figures, we might say: the buses are bound to hit the road of the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Several companies are involved in the bidding calls. The winner? BYD will provide 4,...

Electrical celebrations for World Champion France. The team spent its most festive hours, fooling around Paris after coming back from Russia, on board of an electric open top double decker bus manufactured by the Spanish company Unvi in the city of Ourense. Many Unvi buses used for celebrations Unvi...

Yutong received praise during the recent China-Russian National Brand Cooperation Forum, held in Red Square, Moscow. The brand was commended for their commitment to creating a greener, eco-friendly transportation industry in the region and their support during the World Cup. Yutong involved with BBu...

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Stagecoach South West to roll out 110 electric buses with 7.2 MW depot charging network

Brazil’s Goiânia deploys electric bi-articulated fleet (Volvo – Marcopolo) on upgraded BRT corridors

Kaunas becomes second Lithuanian city operating Irizar ie electric buses

New Flyer to supply further 100 Xcelsior hybrid and BEV buses to Washington Metro

Île-de-France launches Tzen 4 BRT with 24m Hess e-buses and Alstom ground charging

‘Made in Finland’ electric buses coming? Valmet Automotive and Jeti Industries sign preliminary agreement

Highlights

Depot-first autonomy for European smartbuses

Mobility Move 2026 puts the spotlight on the future of road-based public transport (Berlin, 10 to 12 March)

FIAA 2026 on track to be the largest ever, with 30+ new exhibitors and 50% growth in international presence

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Copenhagen will buy 41 electric buses. The aim is a full electric fleet by 2030

Vilnius buses to get a touch of… ‘green’ with the first ebus procurement

Solaris in Norway, five Urbino electric bus to Kristiansand

Volvo sells four electric buses to Uddevalla in Sweden

Electric pilot in Messina, 13 short BYD running by the end of the year

French environment Ministry missed the appointment planned in july 2018

15 Irizar ie tram on their way to Aix en Provence

Guangzhou (China), tenders for more than 4,000 electric buses. The winner is BYD

‘Electrical’ celebrations on the Champs Elisées. French team on a Unvi full electric bus

Yutong praised during China-Russian brand cooperation forum

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