Electric Bus

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...

A fleet of 34 BYD electric buses has entered regular service on Verona’s urban network under a partnership with Azienda Trasporti Verona (ATV). According to a press note by BYD Italy, the deployment includes the BYD eBUS B12 and K9UD models. Source pictures: BYD’s press note BYD electric buses...

Stagecoach has confirmed a £29.3 million investment to bring more than 100 battery-electric buses into service across the county, with Barnstaple designated as a primary hub within the programme. The rollout covers the operator’s depots in Torquay, Exeter and Barnstaple and is being delivered in par...