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German bank NORD/LB and a banking consortium have agreed a refinancing package for UK public transport operator Go-Ahead, including funding for electric buses and depot infrastructure. German bank NORD/LB, together with a group of lenders, states it has finalized a refinancing agreement with Go-Ahea...

US-based bus manufacturer ENC hosted the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco at its Jurupa Valley bus manufacturing facility on May 1. The visit, announced by ENC, brought representatives of the San Francisco Fed to the company’s 227,000-square-foot manufacturing site in California’s Inland Empire...

Italian bus manufacturer Menarini is structuring a stable presence across European markets while preparing a new electric bus launch and advancing a Class II battery-electric project. The developments, reported by Italian trade media and our sister media Autobusweb, outline a phase of industrial con...

Europe’s public transport operators are entering a period where staffing pressure and fleet electrification meet in the same place: the bus depot. Around 105,000 bus and coach driver positions remain unfilled across Europe (IRU figures cited in sector analyses), and a meaningful slice of working tim...

Solaris Bus & Coach will supply 19 fuel cell buses to SWK Mobil Krefeld, with deliveries scheduled for 2027. The order includes 9 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses and 10 articulated Urbino 18 hydrogen vehicles. The operator had already ordered 10 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses in 2023. Those v...

VR Sverige has ordered 91 battery-electric buses from Scania for deployment in Södertälje starting in June 2027, while 101 Solaris are set to operate in Stockholm. The agreement between VR Sverige and Scania Sverige represents one of the largest electric bus procurements in Sweden, linked to the pub...

MAN Truck & Bus reported €3.3 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2026, with bus deliveries increasing (although less than truck ones) and electric vehicle volumes expanding +44%. The first quarter of fiscal year 2026 confirms continued growth across MAN Truck & Bus operations, with i...

Solaris announces it has secured an order for 101 electric buses from VR Sverige for operations in Stockholm. The new contract follows a recent 103-units award in Sweden for low-entry electric buses to Nobina, which will also partially be used in Stockholm. In addition, Solaris is currently executin...

Milan’s municipal public transport operator ATM has renewed its Board of Directors, appointing Oliviero Baccelli as chairman and confirming Alberto Zorzan as Chief Executive Officer. The Shareholders’ Meeting of Atm SpA, held on 28 April 2026 in the presence of the sole shareholder, the Munici...

Transerco announces it has deployed 56 electric buses on three Hanoi routes from April 1, 2026. The implementation, announced by Transerco, the Hanoi Transport Corporation and public transport operator, follows decisions issued by the Hanoi Department of Construction and covers routes 05, 15, 17, 36...