#zero-emission-buses

#zero-emission-buses

The Italian bus market closed 2025 with 4,112 registrations over 8 tonnes, including 1,230 zero-emission buses - equal to 30% of the total and up 20% year-on-year. Zero emission buses make over 65% of the city bus registrations. After the exceptional peak reached in 2024, the Italian bus market returned in 2025 to more structurally aligned volumes, while still confirming a historically solid level of demand. According to data processed by Italian trade media (and our sister platform) Autobusweb on the basis of Anfia registrations, the year ended with 4,112 new buses over 8 tonnes, down 15.8% compared with the previous year but well above long-term averages.

Deutsche Bahn has concluded its largest-ever bus procurement, securing long-term framework contracts for more than 3,000 new buses for DB Regio operations across Germany. The contracts cover the supply of around 3,300 solo and articulated buses and have a duration of six years, with deliveries planned between 2027 and 2032. In financial terms, DB values the agreements at more than €1 billion.

Our partnership with Wrightbus is driven by a shared goal - to truly put the public transport transition into motion," he said. "We combine technological excellence with financial accessibility, turning sustainable mobility from a vision into reality on Germany's roads. Together, we're shaping the mobility transition - reliably, ambitiously, and with a passion for progress.

Brussels is hosting the Busworld Europe Congress from 6-9 October, bringing together policymakers, operators, manufacturers, and innovators under one roof. The 2025 edition, held alongside Busworld Europe 2025 exhibition, emphasizes the intersection of policy, technology, and market trends shaping the future of buses and coaches in Europe. The Congress is structured around six thematic tracks, covering everything from socio-economic strategies and digital mobility to safety, long-distance coach operations, local and regional transport management, and zero-emission technologies (the latter addressed within the Zero Emission Bus Conference).

Austria has opened the eighth application period for its "Emissionsfreie Busse und Infrastruktur" (EBIN) program, designed to accelerate the transition of public transport fleets to zero-emission propulsion. The call for proposals is active from yesterday, September 3rd, until October 22, with a total budget of approximately €80 million. The EBIN program provides support for both vehicles and the infrastructure required to operate them.

The 6th edition of the Zero Emission Bus Conference (ZEB 2025) will take place in October at Busworld Europe, from 7th to 9th. Organised by ERM in partnership with the Busworld Foundation, the event will bring together transport operators, policymakers, manufacturers, and industry experts to tackle the practical and technical challenges of deploying zero emission buses (ZEBs) at scale. Building on the success of ZEB 2023, which gathered over 400 participants, 70+ speakers, and more than 50 public transport operators and authorities,