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Brussels public transport operator STIB-MIVB has introduced new electric buses on four additional lines as part of its ongoing fleet electrification programme. The Brussels public transport company STIB-MIVB has begun deploying the first units from a new batch of electric buses, consisting of 36 sta…

Understanding batteries has become a prerequisite for managing electric vehicles fleets. State of Charge, State of Health, degradation mechanisms, charging dynamics, data ownership and battery chemistries are now brought together in a single structured publication with the launch of The Battery Cycl…

Autonomous driving technologies are gradually appearing in public transport operations across Europe through pilot services and demonstrations, with a recent study by McKinsey stating that one out of three bus operators in Europe is considering buying an autonomous bus in the next five years. In a v…

Sponsored by IONCOR Finnish battery specialist IONCOR is expanding its focus on heavy-duty applications, positioning its modular battery platforms for electric bus OEMs across Europe. The European battery systems specialist, formerly the battery division of Valmet Automotive, has transitioned into a…

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The Go-Ahead Group announces it has introduced a new feature enabling bus passengers to load season tickets directly onto their payment card in Google Wallet, removing the need for barcodes, smartcards or paper tickets. The system is currently being piloted on the Brighton & Hove Buses network. …

The number of zero-emission buses continues to grow steadily across the United States and is now gaining ground in the Southeast and Midwest. According to CALSTART’s “Zeroing in on ZEBs” report, in 2025 the number of ZEBs increased by 16% compared to 2024, reaching 8,116 units, which means 1,088 add…

Mobility Move 2026 opens today in Berlin with 1,600 participants and 110 exhibitors, marking the largest edition of the event dedicated to road-based public transport. The 16th edition of Mobility Move (until 2022 known as Elekbu) takes place from 10 to 12 March 2026 in Berlin, bringing together pub…

“After careful assessment of the evolving situation in the Gulf region and its impact on international travel, UITP has taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2026 Summit, scheduled to take place in Dubai from 21 to 23 April.” With these words, the International Association of Public Transport a…

Kinetic has been awarded all four contract units in Auckland Transport’s Tranche 3 bus services tender, valued at NZD755 million (around USD446 million), with a large-scale zero-emission fleet deployment scheduled from 2027. Auckland Transport has awarded global transit operator Kinetic the four con…

After twenty-one years, the first next-generation tram has arrived in Rome. The first of the 121 Urbos models that CAF will deliver to ATAC has reached the Italian capital and will transform the city’s rail-based public transport. The total investment amounts to more than €450 million. Numbered in t…

Iveco Bus announces it will showcase the Crossway Low Entry Elec at Mobility Move 2026, scheduled to take place in Berlin from 10 to 12 March. At the event, the manufacturer will present its approach to electric mobility combining battery-electric vehicles, services and digital tools. The stand will…

Electric Bus

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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 11,607 units in 2025 for vehicles above 8…

Southern Vectis, a bus operator providing public transport services on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, has unveiled a fleet of 31 battery-electric buses for the Isle of Wight, funded through a £10.7 million operator investment and the UK’s ZEBRA 2 scheme. The new vehicles were pre…

Daimler Buses registered 665 battery-electric buses over 8 tonnes in Germany in 2025, ranking first ahead of MAN with 386 units. According to German trade media omnibus.news, which inquired directly with the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), 665 new electric buses bearing the Mercedes star we…

Italian public transport operator ATM Messina has taken delivery of 29 new battery-electric buses from Iveco Bus, expanding its fleet to 97 BEV buses out of a 232-units fleet. The municipal public transport operator of Messina, a port city in north-eastern Sicily facing the Strait of Messina between…

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CaetanoBus has led the deployment of a hydrogen-powered Bus Rapid Transit system in the Portoguese city of Porto through a consortium delivering an integrated hydrogen mobility solution. The city has launched its first hydrogen-powered Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor through a consortium led by Cae…

Aberdeen City Council is preparing to sell its fleet of 25 hydrogen-powered double-decker buses after ending its joint venture with BP, with the vehicles parked for over a year. The 60-seat buses, by Wrightbus, entered service in early 2021 and were described as a “world-first” hydrogen double-deck …

Fuel cell bus startup Arthur Bus has filed for insolvency, formally halting its hydrogen bus manufacturing activity in Lublin. The insolvency filing submitted by Arthur Bus marks the formal collapse of the company’s operations and brings an immediate stop to its role as supplier of hydrogen buses fo…

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…

DB Regio subsidiary Weser-Ems-Bus has launched a hydrogen bus fleet in Friesland with six Caetano vehicles. The rollout fits Deutsche Bahn’s broader strategy to expand alternative drivetrains across its bus networks and increase the share of zero-emission operations. Friesland is a rural district (L…

Ten new hydrogen buses are set to enter service in Döbling district from 1 December, marking the first fully hydrogen-operated route in Vienna. Wiener Linien announces it is expanding its zero-emission bus offer with the deployment of ten CaetanoBus H2.City Gold vehicles on Line 39A, following the i…

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Infrastructure investment, the financing of the Deutschlandticket, the electrification of bus fleets, the sector’s path toward automation and digitalisation. Ahead of Mobility Move 2026, set to take place in Berlin from 10 to 12 March, Sustainable Bus spoke with Ingo Wortmann, President of the Germa…

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…

From growth and capacity expansion to diversification, electrification and the arrival of new competitors from Asia, Altas Auto enters 2026 with several strategic fronts open at once. After a stronger 2025 — supported by its core Mercedes and MAN conversion business and new deliveries of imported bu…

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…

With more than 7,000 e-buses in operation or on order across 26 countries, BYD continues to consolidate its position in Europe’s electric bus market. In 2025 the company celebrated a major milestone, delivering its 5,000th eBus in Europe to Danish operator Umove. Henry Zhang, Managing Director of th…

At Busworld Europe 2025, ABB Traction presented its latest solutions for heavy-duty electric buses. In the spotlight there were the HES580 three-level inverter and the AMXE250S central motor, as well as high-performance LTO batteries. In this interview, Andreas Z’Graggen, Global Head of Energy Stora…

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Megawatt charging systems are moving from pilot phase to structured deployment, with interoperability testing now underway alongside major European OEMs. In an interview conducted during Kempower’s Live Winter Days in Sweden, Antti Vuola, VP Products at the Finnish manufacturer, detailed the company…

The Schaffhausen regional bus network will be electrified by 2027 as Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen (VBSH) expands charging infrastructure at the Regional Bus Centre (RBZ) following a Mercedes eCitaro supply contract signed in December 2024. A fleet of Irizar e-buses was deployed in the previous year…

Daimler Buses announces it will install four public charging stations for electric buses at Munich Central Bus Station (ZOB) by the end of 2026. The manufacturer has signed an agreement with Wealthcap, asset and investment manager representing the owner of the Munich ZOB, to deploy the infrastructur…

Italy is the fourth country worldwide where Hitachi Energy’s Grid-eMotion Flash ultra-fast charging system for electric buses will be deployed, with operations starting from 2026. After deployments in Geneva in Switlerland (the well known pioneeristic TOSA project), Nantes and Brisbane, the system w…

Phoenix Contact has developed a CCS vehicle charging inlet that integrates the charging controller directly into the inlet assembly for commercial electric vehicles. It’s named CHARX connect advanced, and it aims at consolidating charging communication and control functions within the vehicle-…

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Konvekta will present its CO₂-based thermal management systems for electric buses at mobility move 2026, focusing on heating, cooling and battery temperature control in daily fleet operations. Konvekta stresses that integrated systems combining heating, cooling and battery conditioning can reduce th…

Daimler Buses announces it is presenting the Mercedes eCitaro equipped with NMC4 battery generation and an expanded range of eMobility services at mobility move 2026 in Berlin. At mobility move 2026, held from 10 to 12 March at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin and organized by the Association of German Tr…

Garrett Motion has received its first serial production award for an oil-free centrifugal compressor for electric buses and trucks in China, with start of production scheduled for 2027. Garrett Motion Inc. announced that Chinese commercial vehicle HVAC specialist Cling has selected its oil-free, foi…

CNG & LNG

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The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has announced on November 20th a nationwide investment package totaling $2 billion for 165 transit projects across 45 states and Washington, D.C. It is one of the most extensive funding rounds of recent years, designed to support fleet renewals, depot upgrades…

In Italy, recent investments reflect a significant interest towards methane-powered buses as part of the country’s strategy to modernize its public transport fleet with low-emission options. With initiatives from both the national procurement body Consip and the Puglia Region, both released during t…

Bologna’s municipal public transport operator TPER has inaugurated its new LNG (liquefied natural gas), bioLNG and L-CNG (compressed natural gas derived from liquid methane) distribution station inside the company depot in via Ferrarese, Bologna. The plant, now operational, will guarantee the …

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Trapeze announces it has rebranded its European businesses, launching four dedicated public transport technology brands as of 16 February 2026. The move restructures Trapeze’s activities in Intermodal Transport Control Systems, fixed route planning and scheduling, bus driver allocation and public tr…

The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide €24 million venture financing to Twaice to support the scale-up of its predictive battery analytics business, according to a Twaice press release issued on 5 February. The Twaice EIB financing is aimed at accelerating growth as electrification drive…

The Mobility House North America has unveiled Cascade EV Aggregator, a vehicle-grid integration platform designed to aggregate electric vehicle charging and discharging assets into coordinated energy resources for utilities. Cascade EV Aggregator is presented as a utility-facing platform capable of …

Helsinki’s public transport authority HSL has commissioned INIT to supply a container-based on-board computer system for its multimodal public transport fleet in Finnish capital region. The Helsinki Regional Transport Authority will deploy a new on-board system supplied by INIT across approxim…

Born in San Francisco and specialized in artificial intelligence and spatial analytics, Hayden AI works with public transport operators and cities to make streets safer and public transit more efficient. How? Thanks (also) to AI. The company has developed a Vision AI platform that uses cameras mount…

Alternative drive coach

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MAN Truck & Bus announces it has completed winter validation tests of its battery-electric Lion’s Coach E in northern Sweden and eastern Turkey, exposing the vehicle to temperatures as low as −30°C. The tests aimed to verify the reliability and performance of the vehicle’s electric drivetrain, h…

Volvo Buses announces it has secured orders for 15 Volvo BZR Electric – CD coaches, belonging to the latest platform announced last year, from six operators in Norway. The contracts mark the first Norwegian orders for Volvo Buses’ latest long-range electric coach platform based on the Volvo BZR Elec…

CharterUP has launched an electric coach program in Southern California, introducing battery-electric buses into large-scale private charter operations across the region. The program entered service in fall 2025 and operates across multiple high-demand markets, including Anaheim, Irvine, Long Beach,…

Trolleybus and tramway

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Tychy, a Polish city of 130,000 inhabitants located in Silesia, is renewing its trolleybus fleet. Eighteen new 12-meter Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Skoda electric engines are currently being delivered. The new vehicles will complement and partially replace the existing fleet of 24 Solaris Tro…

Bucharest City Hall has announced the delivery of 22 new trolleybuses equipped with batteries, continuing the modernization of the public transport fleet operated by STB. According to Romania Insider, the vehicles will enter passenger service this spring on Line 86 after completing testing and accep…

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