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Iveco Group has officially become part of Tata Motors. On October 30, the two companies announced the completion of the initial settlement of the takeover offer launched by the Indian manufacturer, marking a decisive step in the acquisition process first announced in July 2025. Following the transfe...

A smartbus drives itself inside the depot. Here is what it returns to operators, what a depot needs first, and what it takes to build a smartbus. On a city street, everything happens at once: pedestrians, cyclists, scooters, roadworks. At up to 50 km/h, with passengers standing, braking hard is ofte...

HESS Belgium is developing its retrofit business alongside support for around 330 Exqui.City buses operating across Europe. Following HESS Belgium’s establishment as a service and expertise centre, bringing together former Van Hool employees after the manufacturer’s bankruptcy, we wanted to explore ...

Ljubljana’s public transport operator LPP, in Slovenia, has put 25 battery-electric Mercedes eCitaro and ten eCitaro G fuel cell buses into operation. The deployment, according to Daimler Truck’s news release, represents the largest fleet modernisation project in the history of Ljubljanski Pot...

Tata Motors’ takeover offer for Iveco Group has become unconditional, with final acceptances representing 87.81% of ordinary share capital as of October 26th. According to the final results announced by TML CV Holdings B.V., Tata Motors’ acquisition vehicle, shareholders tendered 238,157,212 ordinar...

Electrically chargeable buses and coaches accounted for 26.4% of EU registrations in January–September 2026, with volumes rising 37.6% year on year to 8,633 units, according to ACEA. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association’s latest figures show total EU bus and coach registrations above 3...

The US-focused Zero Emission Bus Conference (ZEB Con) will take place in downtown San Francisco, California, on August 23–25, 2027. Organiser Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) has opened early bird registration for the three-day event, which will bring together transit agencies, sh...

Milan public transport operator ATM has awarded Karsan's Italian dealer Kmobility a contract worth more than €76 million for 110 Karsan e-ATA 12 electric buses. The award covers vehicles for Milan-based operator ATM and its subsidiary NET, with maintenance and battery replacement included in the to...

Battery electric buses lead the overall assessment in a new international study based on the views of 34 experts. Hydrogen gains ground when rapid refuelling and operational flexibility carry greater weight. For operators and authorities, the findings show why technology selection needs to bring tog...

MetroLink Tulsa, the public transportation provider serving Tulsa, Oklahoma, has introduced the Optibus Driver Portal and Digital Bidding system, with 24 bus drivers submitting their work selections entirely through the app during an initial digital bidding round. The implementation replaces element...