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Ebusco is actively engaged in the relocation of previously cancelled bus orders. Anticipating a cash shortfall in early 2025, the company announces it has now successfully obtained €22 million in debt financing. However, as of end 2024 Ebusco still had over 1,200 buses in order book, while in 2024 i...

Belgian public transport operator De Lijn has placed an order worth €24.2 million for charging stations with SPIE-Ekoenergetyka. This order is part of a framework agreement established in November 2023, which outlines the provision of up to 1,600 charging points over the next eight years. And partne...

378 fuel cell buses were registered all around Europe in 2024, growing +82% on 2023. with Solaris achieving a 65% market share thanks to the 245 units delivered last year. Top market? Germany. Figures are coming from national statistics bodies, elaborated by DVV and reported on German trade media om...

Volvo Buses announces it has secured its first electric vehicle order from Go Ahead, the largest operator of bus services in London. The company will add 25 Volvo BZL Electric single deck buses to its fleet later this year. Measuring 9.7m in length, manufactured at Volvo Buses’ chassis plant in Borå...

Indian city of Indore will receive 150 air-conditioned electric buses as part of the PM E-Bus Sewa Scheme, the highest allocation among participating cities, is reported on The Times of India. Local manufacturer JBM announced in mid-February it has secured an order for 1,021 electric buses under the...

Norwegian bus company Vy Buss has ordered a batch of 3 Solaris Urbino 9 LE electric buses. The vehicles will operate on routes in Slemmestad, a suburban area of Oslo. This marks the debut of Solaris’ 9-meter battery-electric bus, launched in late 2021, in the Nordic markets. Deliveries are scheduled...

UK bus and coach market achieved in 2024 a second consecutive year of growth and, what is more, will be recorded as the best annual performance since 2008, according to the latest figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). A 70.1% increase in registrations saw 8...

The on-demand transit sector experienced notable expansion in 2024, with over 390 new projects launched globally. According to Lukas Foljanty’s latest On-Demand Transit 2024 Market Report (with interactive world map available), the total number of services introduced since 2012 surpassed 2,000, with...

JBM announces it has secured an order for 1,021 electric buses under the Government of India’s PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme-2 initiative. The total order is valued at approximately Rs 5,500 crore (some approximately €605,766,000) and the buses will be deployed in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Harya...

According to a report by German newspaper Handelsblatt, ZF is evaluating a full spin-off of its Electrified Powertrain Technologies division under a project called “Verde”. Such move wouldn’t affect the Commercial Vehicles division as it concentrates on a branch of the company targeting ...