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Electric buses accounted for nearly one quarter of all new bus and coach registrations in the European Union in 2025, according to data released by ACEA. New bus registrations in the EU increased by 7.5% year on year in 2025, reaching around 38,000 units, at a time when van and truck markets recorde...

Austrian operator ÖBB Postbus has placed 63 MAN Lion’s City E buses into regular service across the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg. The delivery represents the largest single electric bus order for MAN Truck & Bus in Austria. The vehicles, comprising 27 MAN Lion’s City 12 E and 36 articula...

20 electric buses by BYD have been officially commissioned by Nahverkehrsbetriebe Birkenfeld to serve regional and urban public transport services in the Nationalparklandkreis. The new fleet was presented at the exhibition centre in Idar-Oberstein during a formal commissioning event attended by repr...

Kiepe announces it has completed the carve-out of its trolleybus electrical systems business, transferring the activities to Swiss manufacturer Hess. Kiepe, headquartered in Düsseldorf, has finalized the separation of its trolleybus-related electrical systems operations as part of a broader corporat...

Victor Valley Transit Authority, in California, has introduced in mid-January 13 hydrogen buses (by New Flyer), an interim hydrogen fueling station and new agency branding during a public ceremony in California’s High Desert. The unveiling took place at a ribbon-cutting event attended by local, regi...

Arriva Netherlands will introduce 167 new electric buses—128 from Yutong and 39 from Irizar (the first ever awarded in the country) —into service in East Brabant from December 2026. The start of the new concession will see Arriva Netherlands take responsibility for bus services across several munici...

Sponsored by UITP Summit As the UITP Global Summit 2026 prepares to take place in Dubai on 21-23 April, questions around governance, decarbonisation, funding models, digitalisation and the evolving passenger experience are shaping the agenda of the global public transport sector. The choice of Dubai...

Public transport ridership in Germany increased slightly in 2025, alongside higher personnel costs and stable Deutschland-Ticket subscription levels following a further price increase. The 2025 annual balance published by the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) on 27 January 2026 provide...

Holon has appointed Martin Lischka as Head of Sales & Marketing and Jonas Seyfferth as Head of Strategy as it expands its management team ahead of market entry. The appointments concern two central functions within Holon’s organisational structure and were announced by parent company Benteler in...

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. Battery-electric bus registrations in Europe (vehicles over 8 tons) reached 5,315 units in the first half of 202...