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New York State Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that $100 million in state funding is available to help transit providers expand their use of zero-emission vehicles. The funding is being provided through the State’s Zero-Emission Transit Transition Program (ZETT). In 2020 the same state launche...

Skoda announces it won a 40-units trolleybuses tender in Tallin (with option for further 30). Vehicles will be deployed by carrier Aktsiaselts Tallinna Linnatransport, which provides transportation in the Estonian capital, in the Baltic region. According to the signed contract, the Czech company wil...

One tender, two lots, 35 trolleybuses with IMC (In Motion Charging) technology (with an option for a further 35) and 19 BEV buses: this is included in the newest TPER Bologna’s tender aiming at going ahead with its fleet renewal plan in the name of electric traction. The total value of the ten...

Autonomous vehicle technology provider May Mobility has entered a partnership with Italian minibus manufacturer Tecnobus, thus extended its portfolio of AV use cases at CES 2025 (live from 7 to 12 January in Las Vegas). The partnership is set to introduce a new autonomous minibus platform based on t...

Cologne region operator RVK is deploying Wrightbus-made fuel cell buses for the first time in continental Europe. 31 hydrogen buses have been delivered and are now going in operation, following acquisition allowed by funding from the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV). This was announ...

4,920 buses and coaches were registered in Italy during 2024, up 20% on 2023, according to data provided by industry organization ANFIA and reported on Italian trade media Autobusweb (our sister media). This marks a true record in the country: the highest figure reached before 2024 was the 4,400 uni...

The Swedish bus market experienced a 30% drop in new registrations in 2024, with a total of 783 new buses registered. Despite the overall decline, the share of electric buses increased, reaching 32% of total registrations, up from 28% in 2023, although the figure of e-buses registered decreased 5%. ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Valencia’s Empresa Municipal de Transportes (EMT) have signed a €69 million loan to help expand the city’s fleet of zero-emissions electric buses. The project includes the purchase of 145 new electric buses to replace older vehicles nearing the end of their use...

Mercedes eCitaro. Behind this name lies the first battery-electric bus ever developed by the Daimler Group, built on the basis of the best-seller urban bus range launched in 1997. The Citaro was the first city bus in the world to meet the Euro VI emissions standard in 2012. In November 2019 Daimler ...

A fire broke out on Thursday, January 2, at the Optymo bus depot in Danjoutin, Territoire de Belfort (west of France) destroying seven hydrogen-powered buses. Firefighters contained the fire after several hours, and the risk of explosions has been ruled out. No injuries were reported, but nearby res...