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Dutch public transport operator Qbuzz has signed a second order with Chinese manufacturer Yutong for 62 new electric buses. The move follows the deployment of 50 Yutong electric buses in the Zuid-Holland Noord concession, which began operations in December 2024. These were the first Yutong vehicles …

Authored and sponsored by KIEPE KIEPE is setting new standards in power supply for public transport companies. By using an existing overhead line from a light rail vehicle (LRV) or trolley bus to supply power, significant synergies can be realized. KIEPE has the right products to install the ap…

For over 25 years, Ultrafabrics has redefined performance textiles, blending luxury, durability, and sustainability to create an innovative alternative to PVC and vinyl. Trusted by top brands like Jaguar Land Rover, McLaren, MAN, and even taking off into space with Virgin Galactic, Ultrafabrics is i…

It’s called Truck1, but it doesn’t just buy and sell trucks. The site features a wide range of commercial vehicles — from trucks to buses, including (semi-)trailers, vans, RVs, construction and earthmoving machines, tractors, special and industrial vehicles, equipment, and spare parts. But let…

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German operator Wupsi, operating in Leverkusen area (between Cologne and Dusseldorf) is pushing ahead with its plan to fully transition to zero-emission buses by 2034. As part of this shift, the company ordered 56 electric buses at the end of 2023 — 46 battery-electric buses from MAN and 10 hydrogen…

ZF is set to present its latest advancements at the UITP Summit Hamburg 2025 (June 15-18, 2025) showing some if its bus technologies including the next-generation family of electric central and axle drives, the just-announced new air compressor e-comp Scroll, intelligent ADAS safety solutions as wel…

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Volvo Buses announces it has started the production of its first electric bi-articulated bus chassis. The Volvo BZRT model, in articulated and bi-articulated versions, is manufactured at Volvo’s Brazilian plant in Curitiba, which is now capable of exporting the chassis to BRT systems worldwide, the …

300 electric buses coming from China and manufactured by Zhongtong have arrived at the Port of San Antonio, being the first of a total of 1,800 e-buses that will bring to 68% the number of e-buses in the Chilean capital fleet. The 300 new buses, arrived in Chile after 28 days of navigation from the …

Nuremberg carrier VAG is expanding its electric bus fleet taking delivery of 31 new Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G articulated buses, supplied by Daimler Buses. The first of this batch, delivered in May 2025, is also the 100th electric bus in VAG’s fleet. With these additions, the number of eCitaro and eCi…

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Munich-based hydrogen bus manufacturer Arthur Bus is reporting key milestones in 2025, including a contract for 20 buses, the launch of a new production facility, and its first successful bid for public transport services in Germany. The company announces indeed that has signed a contract valued at …

Wrightbus has delivered twelve fuel cell buses to the German carrier WestVerkehr GmbH. The public transport company will use the Kite Hydroliner FCEV between Heinsberg, Hückelhoven and Erkelenz, close to the border with the Netherlands. This means that 43 battery-electric hydrogen buses from Ballyme…

The first of a 10-units order of Mercedes eCitaro G with the new pure hydrogen H2 drive mode has been delivered to Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB) in 2025, the state capital of Baden-Württemberg. SSB has been a development partner of Daimler Buses for the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G fuel cell with H2…

The Irizar i6S Efficient Hydrogen coach traveled 2,500 kilometers between the cities of Ormaiztegi, Spain, and Briançon, in the French Alps, showing a range of 900 kilometers during the road test. With this test, Irizar broke the record for the longest distance ever traveled by a hydrogen-powered bu…

Iveco Bus announces it has received orders for H2 city buses by the Urban Community of Dunkirk and Grand Annecy Agglomeration, through UGAP, first public purchasing center in France. The Urban Community of Dunkirk has ordered 10 units, while Grand Annecy Agglomeration has chosen to acquire 3 units. …

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Electrification, infrastructure upgrades, and the introduction of autonomous driving are key challenges for public transport operators across Europe. BVG, Berlin’s transport company, is no exception. Resource constraints, evolving regulations, and the need for long-term planning are shaping the pace…

Volvo Buses is in the midst of a significant transition. Two years after announcing a major shift in its European business model, the company is now moving into series production with a new partner, reshaping its manufacturing footprint, and adjusting its market focus to secure long-term profitabili…

Sponsored by UITP Summit As the UITP Summit 2025 approaches, anticipation is building for what promises to be another landmark event in the world of urban mobility. The Summit will take place from June 15-18 in Hamburg, marking the first time the city will host this gathering under the new annual fo…

by Usha Praveen Telangana state, in the south-central part of the Indian subcontinent, has over 35 million inhabitants. TGSRTC has recently launched 35 luxury electric buses by JBM on the Karimnagar-Hyderabad (Jubilee Bus Station) route, around 160km long. The transport company plans to have as many…

The growing market for e-mobility (and where to place subsidies?), the focus on industrial strategies aiming at ramping up volumes, the role of partnerships and the factors that can enable traditional European OEM to keep a relevant place in the market, on the thin line between product standardizati…

Christian Schreyer has been at the helm of Ebusco since September 2024. He took over the reins of a company that until then had been led by founder (and shareholder) Peter Bijvelds. The Supervisory Board of Ebusco decided to hand over the management of the company to an outsider. A move deemed neces…

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Israeli wireless charging solutions provider Electreon announces a second major project agreement with Electra Afikim, one of Israel’s largest public transportation operators. “Building on the success of its wireless charging project at the bus depot in Rosh HaAyin, launched in November …

Belgian public transport operator De Lijn has placed an order worth €24.2 million for charging stations with SPIE-Ekoenergetyka. This order is part of a framework agreement established in November 2023, which outlines the provision of up to 1,600 charging points over the next eight years. And partne…

Milence announces it obtained about €111 million EU funding for keeping on building charging infrastructure hubs in Europe. The project MILES (Mobility Infrastructure for Logistics – Electric & Sustainable) is part of twin applications submitted by Milence to establish the first pan-European net…

Île-de-France Mobilités, the public transport agency of Paris’ area, has recently completed the conversion of its Point du Jour Bus Operations Center (COB) to electric power. The center, operated by RATP, now supports 19 bus lines running entirely on electricity. This milestone was celebrated …

Chargers provider Kempower announces it is partnering with the Eastern Townships School Board (ETSB) in Quebec, Canada, and Quebec-based charging solution provider Bornes Quebec to launch an innovative electric vehicle (EV) charging system. The charging site for school buses began operations in 2024…

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The second session of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 took place on October 2nd in Strasbourg, during the European Mobility Expo show (former Transport Publics). Entitled “On the way to a fully zero emission city bus market in 2035? Technology | business case | market uptake“, the conference delved in…

The second session of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 is set to take place on October 2nd in Strasbourg, during the European Mobility Expo show (former Transport Publics). Entitled “On the way to a fully zero emission city bus market in 2035? Technology | business case | market uptake“, the conference…

The first session of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 went live last week at Next Mobility Exhibition in Milan, culminating in a conversation between representatives from UITP, ATM Milano, RATP Dev, ZF and Iveco Bus on the evolving landscape of public transport and how energy transition and digitalizat…

Next Mobility Exhibition in Milan will host the kick-off of Sustainable Bus Tour 2024, that after 3 years of being conducted digitally, will be built this year around two in-person conferences. “Balance Shifts in Public Transport: Operators and Industry in the Energy Transition Era,” is …

After 3 years of being conducted digitally, the Sustainable Bus Tour 2024 will be built around two in-person conference that are set to be held within Next Mobility Exhibition (May) in Milan and the Euro Mobility Expo in Strasbourg (October), two of the main public transport exhibitions in Europe pl…

The transformation of public transport teetered on the edge as technology ushered in unprecedented flexibility. In our recently broadcasted videoreport, part of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2023 initiative, we delved into the intriguing topic: “The End of Public Transport as We Know It? On-Demand …

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Bus doors provider Ventura Systems announces the opening of a new sales and service office in Japan. Located in the city of Kobe, the new facility aims to strengthen Ventura’s local presence and “enhances our ability to support bus manufacturers and Japanese operators in the transition t…

Masats announces the upcoming launch of its new RE2b bus ramp, ready for presentation at UITP Summit in Hamburg, 16-18 June, featuring “additional width, enhancing both safety and comfort”. Earlier this year, the company unveiled the RD1 new hybrid ramp, capable of combining an electric …

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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 …

Egyptian bus OEM Geyushi announces advancements of a major diesel-to-CNG retrofitting project in Cairo and Alexandria: as many as 2,262 are involved in the conversion process. Such a project leverages on Egypt’s abundant natural gas resources and sees Geyushi working in partnership with the Ministry…

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CarMedialab is contributing to the digitalisation of electric bus operations in Paris and Barcelona through standardisation and charge management technology. In March 2025, Keolis Netherlands turned to CarMedialab as intelligent charge management system’s provider. The German company is involved in …

ITS company Matawan has announced that it has increased its business by more than 30 percent in the last year, as reported on French trade media Car&Bus News. What is more, the company reportedly added 40 new customers in the mobility sector, with more than 300 transport networks equipped as of …

Daimler Truck’s bus division Daimler Buses announces it has acquired a stake of 49 percent in the company Sinos GmbH, based in Regensburg, active in the field of software solutions for the operation of electrified city bus fleets and in particular intelligent charging management systems, allow…

Keolis Netherlands turns to CarMedialab’s intelligent charge management system MOBILEcharge. In a large-scale project, up to 267 charging points will be integrated into the system to ensure smooth and efficient operation of the electric Yutong buses, as CarMedialab states. The first phase of the pro…

Masabi triumphs at the Transport Ticketing Global Awards: the Supplier Innovation Award recognizes the company for its Open Platform approach, designed and developed to revolutionize the ticketing industry and free public transport companies from the constraints imposed by closed, proprietary system…

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Following the unveiling of the prototype MAN Lion’s Coach 14 E at the Product Development Center in Ankara, MAN Truck & Bus has revealed a first design sketch of its upcoming electric coach, offering a glimpse into the styling direction of the future Lion’s Coach E. The full and final design wil…

MAN Truck & Bus first electric coach model will be the Lion’s Coach 14 E, as announced during a press and customer event at the company’s Product Development Center in Ankara. MAN therefore positions itself as the first European manufacturer to introduce a battery-electric coach (if talking abou…

Four Scania-Irizar i6S models, which can also run on bio-LNG, will be used to connect 30 cities across Italy, particularly in the South of the country. They are the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) coaches ever operating under FlixBus' livery

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The first units of the 60 articulated trolleybuses built by Yutong, ordered in August 2024 for the renewal of the trolleybus fleet of Quito’s approximately 18 km-long network, consisting of a main line and several shorter lines, are in service in the capital of Ecuador. The contract with Empr…

On 5th May 2025, the first of the new Solaris trolleybuses (with Skoda electric equipment) purchased by Genoese carrier AMT, as part of the 4 Axes of Strength project, entered service on line 20. The news is reported on Italian trade media and our sister platform Autobusweb. Photo: Pambianchi &#8211…

The trolleybus network of Linz, an Austrian city with 204,800 inhabitants, will soon be expanded by a new line: on Thursday, 6 March, the Linz City Senate approved the financing plans for the new trolleybus line 48. Currently, Linz operates four trolleybus lines, which in practice constitute a major…

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The ITS European Congress 2025 is set to take place in Seville, Spain, from May 19 to 21, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and mobility experts from across Europe to discuss the future of intelligent transport systems (ITS). Under the theme “Clean, Resilient, and Connected Mobility,…

Busworld Europe 2025 is not that close. However, as previews about products to be on launch at the expo in Brussels in October 2025 are being announced, here we are collecting an overview of the major releases visitors might expect from the largest bus and coach exhibition worldwide, running from fr…

Mobility Move 2025 has kicked off on April 1st in Berlin, bringing together 1,500 participants and 100 exhibitors to explore the future of public transport. With a strong focus on autonomous driving, digitalisation, workforce challenges, and infrastructure, this year’s event is setting the sta…

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