Málaga to procure 131 buses by 2029, a total of 198 BEVs and 101 hybrids coming by 2034

Málaga is preparing the next phase of its fleet renewal strategy, with 65.3 million euros earmarked for the purchase of 131 buses between now and 2029. The plan forms part of a longer trajectory that extends to 2034, when EMT expects to have incorporated 299 new vehicles and reached a cumulative investment of 173.1 million euros.

Earlier this year Iveco Bus has delivered 13 BEV midibuses in the city.

Malaga to procure 300 buses

The proposal will be examined this Wednesday by the EMT board alongside the 2026 budget. Next year’s investment chapter includes 10.5 million euros, with 5.7 million euros assigned to twelve articulated hybrid buses of eighteen metres. The broader renewal programme, launched earlier this year, comprises 70 articulated electric buses and 71 articulated hybrids of the same length, together with 99 electric twelve-metre vehicles and 30 twelve-metre hybrids. The plan is completed by 19 electric midibuses and 10 electric minibuses. In total, the strategy foresees 198 battery-electric vehicles and 101 hybrids by 2034.

For 2026, EMT foresees total investments of 21.4 million euros. This covers the purchase of new vehicles, the company’s one-million-euro contribution to European funding, and 3.8 million euros for infrastructure works at the Los Prados depot. A further 10.9 million euros will finance commitments initiated in 2025, including seventeen buses, a new management system, depot equipment and seven electric chargers.

Recent additions include ninety-three sustainable buses, thirty-four electric and fifty-nine hybrid, the city government sums up. The first ten articulated hybrids from the latest order entered service last Friday, with the rest to follow in the coming weeks. Another twelve are due in 2026.