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TMB Barcelona has been testing a double-decker electric bus by UNVI, prior to delivery of 18 units awarded to the same bodybuilder last year. Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) launched a tender in July 2024 for 23 new battery-electric buses, which by the end of 2025 will replace other vehi...

Polish battery provider BMZ has entered a partnership with Kiepe Electric focusing on the US market. Joint efforts involving the Kiepe Electric and BMZ teams in the US and Poland “created a proposal not only tailored for the vehicle itself but also the meeting the performance parameters requir...

Iveco Group has released its financial results 2024. Consolidated revenues amounted to €15,289 million compared to €15,978 million in 2023 (down 4%). Net revenues of Industrial Activities were €14,948 million compared to €15,640 million in 2023, with positive price real...

The first Hungarian articulated electric bus has been completed and introduced. Leading Hungarian bus manufacturer Credobus has presented the first Hungarian articulated electric bus Electronell 18 in Budapest. The manufacturer claims it’s “the world’s lightest steel-framed articul...

Chargers provider Kempower announces it is partnering with the Eastern Townships School Board (ETSB) in Quebec, Canada, and Quebec-based charging solution provider Bornes Quebec to launch an innovative electric vehicle (EV) charging system. The charging site for school buses began operations in 2024...

Safra has been placed in receivership, meaning a situation in which a company goes under control of the receiver because of a lack of money. The decision was taken by the Commercial Court of Albi on 4 February 2025. The challenging situation faced by the French company was already made public in lat...

Castrosua Nelec has been awarded with the Bus of the Year in Spain 2025 and the award to the Ecological Bus of the Year. The awarding took place in end January. “We are very grateful, and we are especially pleased about these awards because the jury is made up of large transport operators and ...

First European delivery for the Mercedes eCitaro K, the short of the electric Daimler Buses family unveiled last year at the IAA, presented this morning in Asti Public Services livery. Series production started in autumn 2024. The city of Asti has received a total of 12 eCitaro in the standard 12-me...

Olectra Greentech has been displaying its new Blade Battery bus chassis at the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025. Also on show, the newly styled 9-meter City and 12-meter Coach buses. In mid 2024 the OEM stated it had achieved a milestone by surpassing 10,000 units in its e-bus order book, being the ...

Solaris will perform another delivery of electric buses in Warsaw. This time, 50 articulated Urbino 18 Electric are included in the contract. To date, the manufacturer has been the supplier of almost 1,350 buses to MZA Warsaw, including 163 electric vehicles (130 vehicles were ordered in 2019 and de...