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Vienna transit operator Wiener Linien will welcome in September 2025 a batch of 10 fuel cell buses made by Italian manufacturer Rampini, set to circulate in Vienna city centre on lines 2A and 3A. As announced in summer 2024, they will replace the previous Rampini e-minibuses. “Due to the exten...

German transport operator SWU Verkehr, managing public transport services in Ulm and Neu-Ulm, has awarded Daimler Buses a contract to supply 37 fully electric Mercedes eCitaro and eCitaro G buses, with an option for nine additional units. The agreement, signed on 18 July 2025 at Ulm Town Hall Square...

Arriva Group has today announced the appointment of Martijn Gilbert as its new Managing Director for its Arriva UK Bus business unit effective 18 August, reporting to the Executive Chair, David Martin.  Martijn Gilbert appointed managing director in Arriva UK Bus Arriva states that Martijn Gilbert h...

New York State has announced an expansion of its electric school bus program with an additional $200 million in funding. This new round of investment, delivered through the New York School Bus Incentive Program (NYSBIP), marks the third installment of the $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air, and Gre...

“World premiere of the electrically powered intercity bus Mercedes‑Benz eIntouro, the new NMC4 battery generation in the Mercedes‑Benz eCitaro, a host of innovations on the linked topics of electromobility, safety and sustainability as well as new services from the Omniplus service brand&#8221...

MAN Truck & Bus is providing its customers with a new option for charging their electric trucks and buses. The Smart Charging Cube, offered in cooperation with AW Automotive, can be operated in a vehicle depot or maintenance yard as well as in decentralised locations, such as...

Polish city of Białystok has placed an order for 30 Yutong U12 electric buses through Busnex Poland, the local distributor. This follows the delivery of 20 Yutong E12 electric buses in 2023, which are currently in service on the city’s public transport network. The contract also includes 25 depot ch...

15 First Bus depots in Scotland and England will be opened to third parties in an effort to support the transition to net zero — for businesses, fleet operators, and now, in Glasgow, for the wider public. The move is part of First Bus ‘First Charge’ initiative. The First Bus Caledonia de...

Obligatory premise: there is nothing official at the moment. Only, so to speak, news and press launches that have been chasing each other since the afternoon of Friday 18 July, under the impulse of a Reuters article. The Exor holding company, which holds the relative majority of shares in Iveco Grou...

Polish manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach has signed a contract to supply 73 articulated Trollino 18 trolleybuses to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. The agreement forms part of a broader strategy to upgrade the city’s electric public transport system and support its long-term zero-emission mobilit...