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KIRA pilot project in the Rhein-Main region is kicking off, with passengers to be transported according to Level 4 driverless capabilities. Initiated by Deutsche Bahn and Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), the service operates in Langen and Egelsbach (Offenbach district) and is accessible to register...

A new high-capacity hydrogen refueling station has entered operation in Düsseldorf, Germany. According to H2 MOBILITY, the project’s lead developer, it is currently the most powerful facility of its kind in Europe, with a daily refueling capacity of up to five tonnes of hydrogen. The new facility is...

Following an order received in 2024, Scania is now beginning deliveries of new generation electric buses in Åre, Sweden, a region where temperatures can vary some 60°C during the course of a year. The buses – built on the battery electric platform that was launched at Busworld in October 2023 and re...

Iveco Bus has inaugurated today, 27th May, a new Prototype and Testing Center in Vysoké Mýto, Czech Republic. The facility will become fully operational in June 2025 and is intended to support the development and validation of vehicles powered by all energy types, including conventional and alternat...

The Sunsundegui insolvency process, initiated in September 2024, has culminated in the liquidation of the Spanish bus bodybuilder. Based in Alsasua, Navarra, Sunsundegui had been a major player in the coachbuilding industry since 1956. However, by May 2025, the company ceased operations, resulting i...

German public transport operator Bogestra (Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen) is going to build a new e-bus depot that will be able to accomodate up to 120 e-buses by end fo the decade. The carrier itself is announcing the plan with a press note stating that the Agn Group was recently awarded the...

The second issue of Sustainable Bus Magazine for 2025 brings readers right to the core of Europe’s e-mobility transition — from Berlin’s strategy for driverless-ready charging infrastructure to battery manufacturing and side-by-side testing of 12-meter BEVs. You can read it by clicking HERE. The mag...

Dutch public transport operator Qbuzz has signed a second order with Chinese manufacturer Yutong for 62 new electric buses. The move follows the deployment of 50 Yutong electric buses in the Zuid-Holland Noord concession, which began operations in December 2024. These were the first Yutong vehicles ...

In Burgdorf, within the Hannover Region, the autonomous bus project “albus” has entered its test phase. The trial involves the Karsan Autonomous e-Atak, an 8-metre electric bus equipped by Adastec for fully automated operation, within what Karsan claims being the first large-format auton...

German operator Wupsi, operating in Leverkusen area (between Cologne and Dusseldorf) is pushing ahead with its plan to fully transition to zero-emission buses by 2034. As part of this shift, the company ordered 56 electric buses at the end of 2023 — 46 battery-electric buses from MAN and 10 hydrogen...