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The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has officially reported that its operating fleet now exceeds 7,000 buses. Among these, more than 1,500 units are electric, making up roughly one in every five buses deployed in the city network, as reported in an article by Times of India. Look...

“A weight-reduced articulation unit, newly developed folding bellows fabrics, special design elements for greater passenger comfort”. These are the items Hübner is set to display at Busworld Europe, that will be live in Brussels from 4 – 9 October. Hübner launches low-floor articul...

The Himachal Pradesh government, in India, has finalized 46 out of 90 surveyed sites for establishing electric bus charging stations to support the deployment of 327 e-buses. According to The Times of India, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri announced a state budget allocation of ₹20 crore (app...

The German federal budget for 2025 includes higher funding for municipal transport infrastructure and electric buses, but support for digitalisation projects remains limited, according to the VDV, the German association of public transport companies. The German Federal Ministry for Transport (BMV) h...

VDL has decided to concentrate all city bus production at its new factory in Roeselare, Belgium, while the Valkenswaard site in the Netherlands will continue with coaches only. According to an article by Stijn Decock published on local newspaper De Standaard, the move would entail 60 job losses in t...

Austria has opened the eighth application period for its “Emissionsfreie Busse und Infrastruktur” (EBIN) program, designed to accelerate the transition of public transport fleets to zero-emission propulsion. The call for proposals is active from yesterday, September 3rd, until October 22, with a tot...

Sightseeing operator Big Bus is transitioning its fleet to battery-electric vehicles. Ten electric double-deck buses are already in daily operation, and the fleet is scheduled to expand to 16 by the end of 2025, according to the Austrian Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure. ...

The Government of New South Wales, in Australia, has announced the purchase of 151 additional battery-electric buses for Sydney, as part of its Zero Emission Buses program. The new order will bring the number of buses procured since the March 2023 state election to 921. According to the Government, ...

Brazilian city of Goiânia will be handed over the first Volvo electric bi-articulated bus based on chassis BZRT. As a result of a deal between Volvo Buses and GreenMob Capital, an investment company of the HP Group, specialized in structuring capital-intensive projects associated with the urban mobi...

Arriva Group announces that Gianfranco Sgro will be the new CEO of the group with effect October 1, 2025. He joins Arriva after almost 11-years at the logistic company Kuehne+Nagel, where he is currently Executive Vice President for Contract Logistics.  He is also a member of the Management Board. H...