Buses
Past the inflection point: electric now clearly dominates the city bus market
Proving heavy vehicles can electrify fast across Europe
T&E's annual overview of key transport trends, challenges and achievements
State of Transport 2025
European transport is still heavily reliant on fossil fuels, but electric vehicles are on the charge as the EU’s green policies start to bite. Powerin...
Half of new EU city buses were zero-emission in 2024
Zero-emission sales to reach 100% by 2027 if growth rate continues
Battery-electric is now the most popular for new city buses in the EU
But until regulation catches up with the momentum for zero-emission buses, European busmakers risk being blindsided by soaring demand and emerging for...
RED III and renewable electricity
T&E outlines the best practices for crediting renewable electricity as a transport fuel under the Renewable Energy Directive.
Set 2027 deadline for zero-emissions buses, cities and NGOs tell the EU
Sales mandate is needed for manufacturers as strong demand for electric urban buses is not being matched by supply.
Without EU action, demand for clean urban buses will not be matched by supply
In a letter to the EU Commission, cities and NGOs say it's time to propose a target for all new urban buses sales to be zero emission from 2027.
T&E’s 2022 position paper on EU truck CO2 standards
T&E's recommendations for the review of the EU's heavy-duty vehicle CO2 standards.
2035 end date for polluting freight trucks needed to put trucking on path to zero carbon
Polluting trucks will undo all the emissions savings from electrifying cars in the 2020s unless the EU changes their sales trajectory.
Addressing the heavy-duty climate problem
A new study models the CO2 targets required if all trucks and buses in the EU are to be zero emissions by 2050.
Cities are buying more electric buses, but an EU deadline is needed
Bus-makers will only keep pace with the rising demand if regulators set a phase-out date for fossil-fuel vehicle sales in 2027.
Netherlands leads the way on new electric buses – analysis
Analysis of new urban bus sales from 2020 shows growing number of zero-emissions vehicles, but speed of transition too slow