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Daimler Buses registered 665 battery-electric buses over 8 tonnes in Germany in 2025, ranking first ahead of MAN with 386 units. According to German trade media omnibus.news, which inquired directly with the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), 665 new electric buses bearing the Mercedes star we...

It’s called Bus Simulator 27, a video game focused on driving buses and coaches: some of you may already know it, while others may be hearing about it for the first time. The gameplay is a true must for bus enthusiasts who want to put themselves to the test behind the wheel (or the joystick) [&helli...

Germany’s Federal Minister for Transport Patrick Schnieder announced today that that a new funding directive for zero-emission buses will be published in spring 2026, with up to €500 million earmarked for that year, while simultaneously awarding €417 million for 1,887 electric buses under the curren...

Six out of ten new city buses registered in the European Union in 2025 were zero-emission vehicles, with battery-electric buses representing 56% and fuel cell buses 4% of the market, according to data released by Transport & Environment. In 2019, when the Clean Vehicles Directive (CVD) was adopt...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a restructuring of the $5 billion Clean School Bus Program and opened a public consultation on alternative fuel technologies ahead of the 2026 funding round. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on February 19, 2026 outlined a path forward f...

Go-Ahead announces it has reached 1,000 zero-emission buses in operation at Go-Ahead London. The milestone confirms the operator as the largest zero-emission bus fleet owner in the United Kingdom, based on figures released in a press note by Go-Ahead. The 1,000th vehicle was charged in London in the...

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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...

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...

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Below, a contribution from Interact Analysis, a market research firm focused on intelligent automation, with a specific department for truck, bus and off-highway electrification. Interact Analysis is cooperating with Sustainable Bus providing in-depth analysis on the dominant market trends and outlo...

Electric bus versus diesel bus… If, in environmental terms, there does not seem to be any match, the issue of costs is much more open. The ‘Electric Buses in Cities’ report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published in spring 2018, dedicates much attention to this topic. «City electric buses a...

If a diesel bus attained 12 miles (instead of 4,8) per gallon… then they would be as clean as an electric bus. Across the United States, electric buses have lower global warming emissions than diesel and natural gas buses, even in cities with power grids that depend on coal and natural gas pow...

EMT Madrid is heavily investing in CNG buses. The board of directors of the Municipal Transport Company of Spanish capital has indeed approved an investment of 138 million euros (USD 161M) for the acquisition, during the next two years, of 460 new CNG buses for the municipal fleet. Mercedes and Scan...

A team work in order to electrify diesel double-decker buses (once used by BVG Berlin for normal service) and deploy them for tourist services in Berlin. Tassima, Ziehl-Abegg and IAV are the protagonists of a project that involves buses originally built for BVG, Berlin public transport company. Afte...

While in the case of electric car diffusion there is a lot of talking… but global data registered worldwide are still embarassing, city bus market is a whole other story. Thanks to China stratospheric performance, tomorrow is already today. Or better: yesterday. The years 2015, 2016 and 2017 (in ter...

Yes, double decker buses are really not so common in US cities. While London is converting step by step its red double decker bus fleet to electricity, Foothill Transit (that operate just outside Los Angeles) has ordered its first buses of this kind. With electric drive as well. A double premiere on...

The new Mercedes eCitaro is the kick-off for an innovation initiative with a clear strategy aimed at the electrification of public transit with buses in cities and population centres. Daimler is sure that the eCitaro will be able to replace city buses powered by a combustion engine nearly completely...

BYD electric buses, three orders from Norway and Spain. 42 articulated electric buses will go into operation in Oslo, thanks to a couple of orders placed by public transport operator Nobina. BYD has also secured its second electric bus fleet order in Spain: the order for 15 electric buses 12 meters ...

“The bus users’ wishes will play a much more decisive part than previously in the development of the Future City Bus,” says Dr. Ahmet Demircioglu, a futurologist at Daimler. In the year 2030, “classic” city buses will no longer be the only ones on the road. Electric buses are bound to conquer the ur...

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Daimler ahead of MAN in German battery-electric bus rankings for 2025

Bus Simulator 27 adds Solaris to its licensed bus roster

Germany sets €500 million 2026 e-bus budget as 1,887 vehicles are funded in 2025 round

Zero-emission buses reach 60% of EU city bus market in 2025

EPA to revise $5 billion Clean School Bus Program, opens public consultation on alternative fuels

Go-Ahead reaches 1,000 zero-emission buses in London fleet

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

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

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Will Chinese brands dominate commercial vehicle electrification?

Electric buses and Tco, a matter of (short) time. Bnef report, 2nd part

Electric buses and energy mix: in U.S. they’re already the cleanest choice

Mercedes and Scania awarded of 460 CNG buses order by EMT Madrid

Ziehl-Abegg and IAV offer to convert Berlin sight-seeing buses to electricity through retrofit

Electric buses, a Chinese affair (until now). Bnef report, 1st part

Foothill Transit and its first double decker electric buses. By Alexander Dennis and Proterra

Daimler: eCitaro is the first stage of the electrification. 2020 will be the year of the revolution

BYD electric buses from Mediterranean coast to the Nordics. Orders from Spain and Norway

The future city bus according to Daimler. Figure it out!

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