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The UK Government has announced a landmark £15.6 billion funding package for local transport in city regions across England, marking what it describes as the “biggest ever investment” of its kind. The five-year capital settlement, confirmed ahead of the upcoming Spending Review, aims to empower regi...

In recent years, the binge of funds put on the table by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan has allowed Italian transport operators, from North to South, to find themselves with millions and millions to invest in renewing urban bus fleets, strictly in the name of zero emissions. And so, in thi...

MCV will present two fully electric buses in different lengths (12 m and 10.6 m) at the UITP Summit 2025 in Hamburg in June, and will take the opportunity to celebrate its 30th year from foundation. However, big updates are expected in the future, as the company has been ordering fuel cell modules t...

India’s electric bus market recorded a total of 1,571 registrations in the first five months of 2025, reflecting the steady but uneven expansion of the segment. While electric buses continue to represent a small share of the broader bus industry, they remain central to public sector fleet renewal st...

Electric bus adoption in public transport urban fleet is growing all over the world. It started in China, and it has taken a few years for other regions to start the transition. In 2024, the electric city bus market in Europe (including the UK) grew 22% on 2023, reaching the figure of 7,77...

Daimler Truck announces it has expanded the Mercedes-Benz Würzburg commercial vehicle center, allowing a better servicing of trucks and buses with battery and fuel cell technology The new workshop hall complements the existing range of maintenance and repair services for trucks and buses with specia...

Germany recorded 270 new battery-electric buses over 8 tons in the first quarter of 2025, according to data from the Federal Motor Transport Authority KBA covered by German trade media omnibus.news. Once again, Daimler Buses leads the ranking with 131 eCitaro registrations, maintaining its dominant ...

Daimler Buses announces it has been awarded a turnkey contract to design and build a fully electric bus depot for the newly established MOIN Mobilitätsinfrastruktur und -betriebs GmbH in Lüneburg, south of Hamburg. The €9.6 million project, carried out by the subsidiary Daimler Buses Solutions found...

Geman public transport operator REVG Rhein-Erft-Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH officially presented its new fleet of fuel cell buses on June 2nd. They will soon enter regular service across the Rhein-Erft district in western Germany, close to Cologne. The rollout includes 26 Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen. Fo...

Bristol’s first electrified bus depot was opened yesterday, June 3rd, by a government minister and the West of England’ new mayor. The £44 million project was unveiled at Hengrove by Local Transport Minister Simon Lightwood, Mayor Helen Godwin and First Bus’ Acting Managing Director Rob Pymm. The de...