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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...

Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB) has taken delivery of ten fully electric Mercedes eCitaro solo buses along with a complete charging infrastructure designed and built by Daimler Buses and its subsidiary Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH. The upcoming delivery of Mercedes e-buses was already announced by Anja Wenmak...

Solaris Bus & Coach announces it has signed a contract to supply 40 articulated electric buses in Leipzig, Germany. The buses will be operated by Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) GmbH. The first 15 vehicles will be delivered in the second half of 2026, and the remaining 25 in mid-2027. In 2020 S...

Budapest’s transport authority BKK has concluded its long-running tender for new trolleybuses, awarding the contract to Electrobus Europe Zrt., the distributor of Ikarus electric buses, in partnership with Chinese manufacturer Yutong. The joint venture has presented the most competitive bid, as know...

Content provided by ZEB Conference organization.Sustainable Bus features as member of the Advisory Board of the conference With just one month to go, excitement is building for the 6th edition of the European ZEB (Zero Emission Bus) Conference — Europe’s leading event dedicated to zero-emission buse...

At Busworld Europe 2025, Butterfly Flexible Seating Solutions will introduce European operators to a flexible seating system developed in order to allow the conversion, in just a few seconds, of premium recliners to a private lounge or a full lie-flat bed. Butterfly will exhibit for the first time a...

Following some anticipations circulating in June, Vietnam-based automotive producer VinFast has officially announced in late August it will introduce its electric bus models to the European market for the first time at Busworld Europe 2025, held in Brussels from October 3–9, 2025. Two models, the EB...