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Iveco Bus has been awarded a major order by the purchasing group “BusGruppe” in Germany to supply of up to 580 vehicles over a 5-year period, including 250 fully electric buses (200 Crossway Low Entry Elec and 50 E-Way articulated) and associated charging infrastructures. Initiated by Verkehrsbetrie...

Ebusco is restructuring its organization to optimize its transition to an Original Equipment Designer (OED) model and streamline operations. As part of this plan, the company announces intention of dissolving its Executive Committee, shifting responsibilities to the Management Board. Roald Dogge, th...

Eberspaecher has opened a new 12,500 sm production plant in Przylesie, Poland, where manufacturing of thermal management systems for electric city buses and coaches is carried out. Production starts in December. The opening was celebrated together with the Brzeg District Governor Jacek Monkiewicz an...

The world’s first series-produced bus with a battery passport is the Solaris Urbino 18 electric model, which has just joined the BVG fleet in Berlin, the manufacturer claim. The battery passport is a digital document providing detailed information on the battery’s origin and composition, foste...

Transdev has announced that public financial institution Caisse des Dépôts and the German-based Rethmann group have entered into exclusive negotiations: “Caisse des Dépôts has accepted the Rethmann France group’s offer to acquire an additional 32% stake in the capital of Transdev and bec...

4,000 e-buses were sold in Europe in the first three quarters of 2024 versus 3,190 in the same period of 2023, marking a 25 percent increase, according to figures by ICCT (report is HERE) and focusing on buses and coaches over 3.5 ton. Around 35 percent of city buses registered in Europe in 2024 so ...

Hamburg metropolitan region just welcomed 95 new Mercedes eCitaro buses to the fleet of Vhh.mobility (Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein). In November 2024 the manufacturer was also awarded a 350-units order by the other operator managing Hamburg’s network, namely Hochbahn. Over a third of Vhh....

The 2025 generation of NEXT-made modular pod for passenger transportation is ready and will be in production starting in 2025 in the Tecnobus factories, close to Rome, with which an industrial partnership is in force. And a collaboration with the van pooling startup Wayla (powered by ioki), active i...

Chinese battery manufacturer (and Ebusco’s shareholder) Gotion has released plans to build two battery factories in Slovakia and Morocco. The group is backed by Volkswagen. Investment? $2.6 billion, 1.2 will be headed to the Slovakian plant, where annual capacity should be up to 20 GWh, accord...

Volvo has decided to move production of the 9700 coach range in its own plant in Mexico. The news is reported on Hungarian trade media Magyarbusz[info], that quotes Volvo Buses spokeperson Joakim Kenndal. The first Mexican-built Volvo 9700s are scheduled for delivery in 2026 for the continental Euro...