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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...

As of Saturday, May 31, the first 22 battery-electric buses from Naples’ new zero emission fleet are officially in service. The vehicles, operated by local public transport company ANM (Azienda Napoletana Mobilità), mark a key step in the city’s broader electrification strategy, supporte...

Shell is developing a new testing facility for electric vehicle (EV) charging technologies at its Technology Centre in Hamburg. The site will focus on megawatt charging systems (MCS), supporting testing and development for high-powered charging solutions applicable to electric trucks, buses, off-roa...

The commercial vehicles retrofit subsidiary of the REV Mobilities group, named REV Bus&Truck, announces that it has acquired the retrofit operations of GreenMot following the latter’s receivership. The acquisition was formalised at the Villefranche-sur-Saône Commercial Court. In 2021 Green...

As public transport operators and cities face increasing pressure to decarbonize fleets, charging infrastructure remains one of the most complex barriers to large-scale electric vehicle deployment. In this interview, Charlie Levine, Global Strategy Manager at Electreon, outlines how the company’s wi...

Paua, the UK electric vehicle charging solution for business fleets announces an important partnership with First Bus, that enables shared access to First Bus depots for third-party commercial electric vehicles (EVs). This partnership enables Paua to be first to market with an aggregated shared...

KIRA pilot project in the Rhein-Main region is kicking off, with passengers to be transported according to Level 4 driverless capabilities. Initiated by Deutsche Bahn and Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), the service operates in Langen and Egelsbach (Offenbach district) and is accessible to register...