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Autonomous Systems has joined the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and, as a new member, will contribute its expertise to the dialogue on automated mobility.As part of this collaboration, Jan Gramatyka, Co-CEO of Autonomous Systems, will participate as an expert speaker at the UI...

Battery manufacturer BMZ has announced the insolvency of two German subsidiaries: BMZ Germany GmbH and BMZ Holding GmbH, both headquartered in Karlstein am Main. As reported by the trade agency electrive, citing an official release by the company, both insolvency proceedings have been initiated unde...

At Busworld 2025, Ventura Systems highlighted the first year under CEO Erik te Riele, reflecting on global market trends and the company’s approach to innovation. Te Riele noted the rapid shift toward battery-electric and hydrogen buses in Europe, the increasing competitiveness of the sector, and op...

Solaris announces it has signed a contract with Danish operator AarBus for the delivery of 50 Urbino 18 electric buses, with an option for an additional 36 units. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2027, reinforcing Solaris’ presence in the Northern European market. Solaris has a long-standing pre...

Norwegian public transport operator Ruter has shared the results of a comprehensive cybersecurity test of electric buses, conducted in an isolated mountain environment. The trials, involving a new Yutong bus from China and a three-year-old VDL bus, identified potential risks linked to Over-The-Air s...

Iveco Bus announces it has signed three framework agreements with Île-de-France Mobilités, the transport authority of Paris region. The contracts provide for the supply of up to 4,000 low- and zero-emission buses and coaches between 2026 and 2032. In early 2024, Paris region public transport authori...

A fleet of 80 Golden Dragon battery-electric buses has officially entered service in Sweden, following factory inspection and acceptance procedures at the manufacturer’s Longhai plant. The delivery, reported by ChinaBuses, was carried out in cooperation with Eurobus Nordic and local Swedish operator...

Margins in the European bus and coach industry have averaged just 2.5% between 2019 and 2024, according to McKinsey’s “Don’t miss the bus: New strategies for European bus and coach OEMs”, published by the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility (which is also contains interesting insights in terms of ma...

Iveco Bus announces it has won the tender issued by the Campania Mobility Infrastructure and Networks Agency (Acamir) – the transport agency of Campania region in central Italy – for the supply of 87 eDaily school minibuses, part of a programme to modernise student transport across the r...

Arriva Group has announced the roll-out of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform across its London bus operations, following a successful pilot phase in collaboration with technology start-up Prospective Labs. The system, called FlowOS Live, is designed to improve operational performance and redu...