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Kinetic New Zealand has unveiled the country’s first lightweight electric double-decker bus designed to meet weight compliance without requiring a special permit. Developed through a partnership between Kinetic and global automotive group Geely, the electric double-decker represents a New Zealand fi...

BYD is planning a new Brazil bus factory in order to scale electric bus and truck production to 6,000–7,000 units per year, after demand outstripped current capacity. According to the South China Morning Post, the Chinese manufacturer is preparing a significant expansion of its Brazilian commercial ...

As Italy edges toward a cycle of tenders for public transport concessions, RATP Dev is repositioning its Italian subsidiary to move from a single large concession (the one of Autolinee Toscane in Tuscany) to a broader, market-facing role. The strategy, outlined by RATP Dev Italia’s President F...

Alexander Dennis announces it has started trial passenger operations of its autonomous Enviro100AEV electric buses in Cambridge as part of the Connector self-driving transport project. The buses were commissioned in mid-2024. The first vehicle entered service on Wednesday 17 December, with a second ...

Star Mobility, the public transport operator of Lodi (Italy) has presented 14 new battery-electric buses, marking the second delivery phase of a wider Next Generation EU-funded fleet renewal programme. The vehicles were officially unveiled on Wednesday 17 December in Piazza della Vittoria in Lodi (4...

MPK Lublin and Solaris have signed a contract for the delivery of 20 Trollino 12 trolleybuses, scheduled for the first months of 2027. Lublin is one of three Polish cities—alongside Gdynia and Tychy (where 18 Solaris trolleybuses will be delivered in 2026) —that operate trolleybuses as part of their...

Temsa announces it has signed a partnership with Germany-based Hofmeister & Meincke to distribute spare parts directly across Germany, Austria and Switzerland through a 26-location logistics network. The agreement represents a targeted move by Temsa to reinforce its after-sales infrastructure in...

The Munich public transport authority MVV has brought 125 zero-emission buses into operation on its regional bus network as of December 14th 2025, according to information published by trade agency electrive. Which adds that “By 2028, a total of nearly 200 zero-emission vehicles are planned to...

Irizar e-mobility, EMT Madrid and Iberdrola have launched a pilot project to reuse electric bus batteries in a stationary energy storage system at the EMT operations centre in Fuencarral. The project focuses on extending the useful life of batteries that have reached the end of their first life by r...

Karin Rådström, President and CEO of Daimler Truck, has been elected Chair of the ACEA Commercial Vehicle Board, effective 1 January 2026. From 2026, the Daimler Truck CEO (in the position since 2024, following a career in Scania) will represent the collective interests of Europe’s leading commercia...