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North American school bus manufacturer Thomas Built Buses (part of Daimler Truck group) announced the launch of the second-generation Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus. It’s the second iteration of its flagship electric school bus, originally introduced in 2017 and elected elig...

Siemens eMobility announces it has been selected as the technology partner for two major electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects in Italy. One of those concerns the installation of charging infrastructure for e-buses in the premises of the carrier Autolinee Toscane (RATP group). The other ...

MPK Poznań and manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach have signed a contract to purchase 9 articulated electric buses, with an option to expand the order by an additional 8 vehicles. The final order covers a total of 17 Solaris Urbino electric articulated buses. MPK Poznań already operates more than 3...

4,355 buses and coaches were registered in Spain in 2024, growing 16% on 2023. These are the data, coming from market analysis firm MSI and including also minibuses, covered on trade media Carrilbus. Taking only buses over 8 ton into consideration, the complete figure becomes 3,604 and shows an incr...

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has purchased 265 new zero-emission buses that will operate on routes across the city. This purchase builds on the 60 zero-emission buses that came last year and is in addition to the 205 zero-emission buses slated to come beginning late this year...

French bus and coach market grew 2% in 2024, achieving the figure of 5,807 units registered during the whole year, according to data from CCFA, covered in a report by French media TRM24. In 2023 the market in France had recored a 5% growth, being confirmed as the largest bus and coach market in the ...

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association ACEA announces that Christian Levin, President and CEO of Scania, has been elected chair of the Commercial Vehicles Board for 2025. He takes over the function from Harald Seidel, President of DAF Trucks. Christian Levin elected Chair of ACEA Commerc...

In December 2024, TUVISA, the public transport company in Vitoria-Gasteiz (north of Spain), took delivery of ten new zero-emission buses from Irizar. This includes six 18-meter articulated buses and four 12-meter articulated buses, which are now housed at the city’s Electromobility Centre. The buses...

German bus market decreased 2% in 2024 according to data released by German Federal Motor Transport Authority KBA and covered on German trade media omnibus.news. The German bus market in 2024 shows signs of stagnation. 5,382 buses were newly registered between January and December 2024, vs 5,492 in ...

Altas Auto announces that Edvardas Radzevicius, who has served as CEO for 23 years, will step down from his position and move to a role on the company’s board of directors. Ignas Pranskevičius, an experienced management professional, will take over as CEO. Radzevicius explained that the leader...