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Solaris Italy has appointed Riccardo Cornetto as Managing Director, succeeding Alberto Fiore, who will remain in the company’s management team as Commercial Director (which is the role previously held by Riccardo Cornetto). The appointment was announced by Solaris Italy and is presented by the compa...

Solaris is presenting the new Urbino 10,5 electric midibus at Next Mobility Exhibition 2026. The model was first presented in Busworld 2025 in Brussels. Held from 13 to 16 May in Milan, Next Mobility Milano 2026 is focused son public transport electrification, charging infrastructure, digitalisation...

Menarini presented its Flash and Airon new electric bus models at Next Mobility Exhibition, displaying the 8-meter and 12-meter versions following the announcement of major product updates at the Milan trade fair. The company is also relaunching its ambition to expand on international markets. The I...

U.S.-based group transportation technology company CharterUP, operating through a network of more than 700 operator partners and over 10,000 vehicles across North America, is active in both on-demand charter services and recurring shuttle operations, while also investing in autonomous mobility initi...

MAN Truck & Bus has received an order for 112 fully electric Lion’s City E buses for Vilnius, Lithuania. The Lithuanian capital’s public transport operator Vilniaus viešasis transportas, VVT, has signed two contracts with MAN Truck & Bus for 84 12-metre solo buses and 28 18-metre articulated...

VinFast is advancing the development of its European-specification electric buses while expanding production activities at its Hai Phong industrial complex in Vietnam. Following our previous report on VinGroup ecosystem and VinBus operations in Vietnam, the attention now shifts to the manufacturer’s...

Stéphane Espinasse has left Iveco Group and joined BYD, where he is in charge of leading the European bus division. According to French outlet mobilycites, which first reported the news in an article by Pierre Lancien, the appointment marks another step in BYD’s ongoing expansion and organisational ...

The public transport authority covering the wider Milan metropolitan area (including nearby cities as Lodi, Pavia, Monza) has launched a €1.25 billion tender for suburban, interurban and urban bus services. The tender has been issued by the authority ‘Agenzia per il Trasporto Pubblico Locale d...

Traton Group has issued €850 million in green financing to support investments in battery-electric commercial vehicles. The Traton Group (under whose ombrella sit brands such as Scania and MAN) has placed its first Green Bond on the capital market and signed a Green Loan, allocating the proceeds to ...

First Bus has launched a UK trial using electric bus depots to support the National Grid balancing mechanism by adjusting when vehicles are charged. The project started at the operator’s Glasgow depot (at the time of conversion, 2021, it was the largest EV bus depot in the country) and will extend l...