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MAN Truck & Bus closed the first quarter of 2025 reporting a -14% in terms of units sold (20,600) compared to Q1 2024. Bus sales were 1,381 vs 1.492 last year (-8%). On the other hand, the figure concerning incoming orders is consolidating as “it was 50% higher than in the same quarter of ...

US transit bus manufacturer ElDorado National California, subsidiary of Rivaz, announces that it will restart bus production and customer deliveries over the coming weeks, following operational ramp-up under new ownership. The company has been sold by former parent company REV Group Rivaz in late 20...

The State of California has awarded $500 million to 133 school districts and other educational agencies to buy up to 1,000 zero-emission school buses and chargers. California has the target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045. In the state, all school bus purchases made by school districts will n...

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...

Hyundai Motor Company delivered last week e-buses in Japan for the first time. A batch of 5 Hyundai Elec City Town electric buses were indeed supplied to Tanegashima Yakushima Kotsu, a regional transportation and tourism service provider operated by the Iwasaki Group in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. ...

The trolleybus in Parma is still a protagonist. After the delivery, between 2020 and 2023, of the 18 new Solaris Trollino 12 equipped with IMC ® technology, and the extension in autonomous operation of line 1 to the north car park and the Parma Mia district, it is the turn of the TRM (Trasporto Rapi...

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Battery-electric bus registrations in Germany grew significantly in the first quarter of 2025, reaching 278 units — a 68.5% increase compared to the same period in 2024, when 165 battery-electric buses over 3.5 tonnes were newly registered. According to figures released by the German Federal Motor T...

Santiago de Chile is on track to consolidate its position as the leading city for electric public transport outside of China, with 4,406 electric buses expected to be in operation by the end of 2025. This figure represents 68% of the capital’s public transport fleet, up from the current 2,550 units ...

A “leading customer in India” will provide “several thousands” of intercity electric buses powered with ZF’s AxTrax 2 electric axle. The major order was announced by ZF division Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS), that states in its press note that the AxTrax 2 will be ...