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Irizar e-mobility’s electric buses are also arriving in the Netherlands. A historic milestone for the Basque manufacturer, which for the first time in its history will deliver a total of 39 ie tram models to the operator Arriva Personenvervoer Netherlands: eighteen 12-metre units and twenty-one 18-m...

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has taken delivery of the first 250 buses under a wider 735-vehicle procurement programme, including 40 Zhongtong electric buses representing the largest electric bus order ever placed in the UAE – but consistently lagging behind, speaking of MENA region, ...

Lüchow-Schmarsauer Eisenbahn (LSE) will deploy seven battery-electric buses in regular service in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district from 2027, supported by regional and EU funding, as the district itself announces in a press note. The project is supported by a total of €3.528 million in funding from th...

The new section of Metrotranvia 7 in Milan, operated by ATM Milano, connecting the Adriano district to the M1 underground station in Precotto and the M5 underground station in Bicocca, was officially opened in mid October 2025 in the presence of the Mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala, the Councillor for ...

Daimler Buses closed 2025 with stable unit sales, while Daimler Truck group volumes declined -8%, mainly due to weaker truck demand in North America. Back in 2024, Daimler Buses was the best performing — and almost the only growing — division of the group. Daimler Truck ended the 2025 financial year...

During Busworld Europe 2025, BorgWarner outlined the structure and industrial rationale behind its current and next-generation battery offering. Martin Busche, Vice President Battery R&D, Product Strategy and Program Management, described a family of LFP and NMC battery packs built on shared har...

For more than a decade, autonomous buses have been “almost ready.” Demonstrations with safety drivers began around 2015, and ten years later, this is still largely what we see. The reason is not a lack of ambition – it is physics, safety, and economics. Autonomous buses on city streets a...

Connected Energy announces it will invest £2 million in a new second-life EV battery testing facility in the UK, combining a 5MWh BESS with multi-manufacturer battery integration and scheduled to open by mid-2026. Connected Energy is developing what it describes as the UK’s most advanced second-life...

MAN Truck & Bus closed 2025 with 101,600 vehicles delivered (+6%), including over 7,000 buses (+49%) and a record 1,300+ electric city buses (+118%). Bus sales were growing +35% in the first nine months of 2025. After a difficult prior year, MAN’s 2025 results point to a clear recovery in the bu...

PostAuto has signed a framework agreement with Solaris Bus & Coach covering the supply of up to 115 battery-electric buses, with deliveries planned for 2026 and 2027. The Swiss public transport operator selected Solaris following tender procedures for both 12-metre and 18-metre electric buses, S...