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Volvo Buses announces it has received an order from Svealandstrafiken for a total of 106 electric buses to operate in the counties of Västmanland and Örebro in Sweden. We had already anticipated this order, based on reporting from trade media Bussmagasinet.se, as the operator switched electric bus o...

The Mercedes eIntouro, unveiled in late 2024 and set for deployment by 2026, is currently being winter tested in Rovaniemi, Finland, at the Arctic Circle, with temperatures down to minus 30 degrees. The bus will be presented at Busworld 2025. Its launch marks the debut of Daimler Buses in the nascen...

The Indian electric bus market recorded 307 registrations in February 2025, bringing the total for the first two months of the year to 667 units. This represents a continuation of the segment’s gradual expansion, though electric buses still account for a fraction of the overall bus market. Fro...

With the delivery of twelve e-Jest minibuses for Autolinee Toscane at the beginning of January, Karsan crossed the milestone of 250 electric buses delivered in Italy. And now the next target in its sights, to be crossed by the end of 2025, will be 300 vehicles. In 2024 Karsan was the third best sell...

14 hydrogen buses operated by MPK Poznań, in Poland, have been temporarily withdrawn from service and returned to the depot. The decision was made on an emergency basis after onboard diagnostic systems detected unexpected faults in the vehicles, as reported on Polish trade media Transinfo.pl. The sa...

Electric buses travelling on the former railway line. TUA, the regional carrier operating in Pescara and Abruzzo, has presented the first three electric buses that will be used to connect Pescara and the coastal city of Montesilvano: these are 11-metre and 12-metre e-buses by Yutong. Electric buses ...

UITP welcomes the Clean Industrial Deal presented by the European Commission last week. As the organization underlines, by calling for “new rules facilitating aid for a shift towards sustainable land transport modes,” the roadmap acknowledges the vital role of transport in strengthening the EU’s com...

2024 marked a historic turning point for public transport in Europe: for the first time ever, battery-electric buses outsold diesel (including hybrid) models in the final quarter of the year. In three European countries, such as Luxembourg, Finland and Denmark zero emission buses covered over two th...

BYD India has signed a new order with its long-term partner, Olectra Greentech Limited (OGL), for 2,325 electric bus chassis. The order includes models K9, C9, and K7, reinforcing the strong collaboration between the two companies. In addition to this, BYD India secured an additional order for 50 K7...

Alexander Dennis has taken a firm order from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for 58 next-generation Enviro400EV zero-emission buses. The electric buses are expected to join the city region’s current fleet later this year. Publicly owned by the Combined Authority, they will be operated b...