Transit authorities that use battery buses or other types of all-electric buses, other than
trolleybuses:
Africa Egypt •
Alexandria •
Cairo: •
Cairo Transportation Authority – 170 buses • Mowasalat Misr •
Cairo Bus Rapid Transit •
Sharm El Sheikh Kenya •
Nairobi:
BasiGo electric buses from BYD
Morocco •
Marrakesh:
BRT Marrakesh – eBRT (electric bus rapid transit as trolleybuses) •
Agadir: Agadir Mobility SA – eBRT (electric bus rapid transit)
Rwanda •
Kigali:
BasiGo same company as Kenya electric buses from BYD
South Africa •
Cape Town:
Golden Arrow Bus Services - 120 electric buses of BYD
Asia Azerbaijan Baku:
Baku Transport Agency (BNA), BYD bus was launched on September 26, 2023, the first electric bus in Baku
China ,
Anhui, China 's electric bus fleet in service during the
2008 Olympics As of 2016, 156,000 buses are being put into service per year in China. As of the end of 2020, 378,700 electric buses were in operation, accounting for 53.8% of the total amount of buses. •
Beijing •
Bengbu •
Changsha (
BYD x 180 vehicles) •
Haikou •
Lhasa, First
solar powered public bus in 2015 •
Shanghai (
capabuses) •
Shaoguan (BYD) •
Shenzhen (BYD x 16,359 vehicles). As of 1 January 2018, every bus in Shenzhen is battery-electric. •
Tianjin (BYD) •
Xi'an (BYD) •
Yancheng •
Bengbu (BYD x 638 vehicles) •
Zhengzhou (
Yutong) •
Fujian Indonesia DMR-250171 electric bus operated by
Transjakarta in
Jakarta •
Transjakarta plans to replace aging fleet with newer battery electric buses. Available candidates are locally made MAB buses and imported
BYD buses. Technical trials started by September 2019. In June 2022, TransJakarta ordered electric buses from three brands:
SAG,
Zhongtong, and
Skywell. • Paiton Energy took delivery of the first locally produced electric bus made by PT MAB. •
INKA electric bus is used by BRT to
Trans Metro Pasundan in
Bandung and
Trans Semanggi Suroboyo in
Surabaya.
India , India Highlights: • On 6 March 2014, India's first intra-city e-bus was launched in Bengaluru. • On 17 October 2016,
Ashok Leyland unveiled India's first indigenous e-bus. • On 8 August 2019,
Government of India sanctioned 5,595 e-buses to 64 cities and state transport undertakings. • On 5 September 2019, India's first inter-city e-bus service, from Mumbai to Pune, was launched. Cities using electric buses include: •
Ahmedabad, Gujarat •
Bangalore, Karnataka •
Bhubaneswar, Odisha •
Chandigarh •
Cuttack, Odisha •
Delhi NCR •
Hyderabad, Telangana •
Mumbai Metropolitan Region •
Pune, Maharashtra •
Nagpur, Maharashtra •
Kolkata, West Bengal •
Patna,
Bihar •
Rajgir,
Bihar Israel • Israel has more than 100 electric buses, out of a fleet of ~13,000 buses • Dan, a public transport operator in Tel Aviv launched e-bus operation on 15 September 2016 with five Chariot ultracapacitor e-buses on Route 4. After 2017, Dan put other four Chariot e-buses with 32kWh ultracapacitors into service. In late 2018 and 2020 it put 19 and 10 new ultracapacitor e-buses with 40 kWh ultracapacitors into service. By late 2020, 37 Chariot electric buses operated in Tel Aviv.
Japan • Community Bus "Hamurun" (Operated by
Nishi Tokyo Bus) in
Hamura, Tokyo since 10 March 2012 • Community Bus "Sumida Hyakkei" (Operated by
Keisei Bus) in
Sumida, Tokyo since 20 March 2012 •
Kitakyushu City, Japan.
Malaysia •
Bandar Sunway •
Kuala Lumpur •
Putrajaya •
Melaka City •
Selangor •
Kota Kinabalu (coming soon 2018) •
Kota Bharu (coming soon 2018) •
Kuching (on trial since 1 March 2019) Currently these buses are operating in major cities,
Lahore,
Rawalpindi,
Gujranwala,
Multan,
Sahiwal,
Faisalabad and
Mian Wali. Trackless eletric
Tram in Lahore city is also set to launch in February 2026. Successful on-road trials were completed in July–August 2025.
Karachi city is also set to rollout elctric buses city wide.
Qatar 741 electric buses are operated by Mowasalat (Karwa) the country's public transit system.
Singapore • On 24 October 2018, the
Land Transport Authority procured 60 fully electric buses — 20
BYD K9 buses, 20
ST Engineering-Linkker LM312 Electric Buses, 10
Yutong E12 single-decker buses and 10 Yutong E12DD double-decker buses, for $50.64 million total. • On 17 October 2019,
SMRT Buses began deploying BYD C6 electric minibuses on Bus 825, marking the launch of Singapore's first fully electric public minibuses. • On 3 April 2020,
Go-Ahead Singapore,
Tower Transit Singapore and
SMRT Buses began deploying Yutong E12 electric buses, marking the start of the rollout of 60 electric buses procured by the
Land Transport Authority and the launch of Singapore's first batch of single-decker electric buses. • On 29 July 2020,
SBS Transit began deploying
BYD K9 Gemilang-bodied electric buses. EV chargers based at the Seletar Bus Depot (SEDEP). • On 27 October 2020, Go-Ahead Singapore, Tower Transit Singapore and SMRT Buses began deploying Yutong E12DD electric double-decker buses, marking the launch of Singapore's first batch of double-decker electric buses. • On 25 August 2021, SBS Transit and SMRT Buses began deploying
ST Engineering Linkker LM312 electric buses, marking the launch of Singapore's Opportunity Rail Charging Electric buses for
Bedok and
Bukit Panjang Bus Interchanges. • On 25 November 2023, the Land Transport Authority procured 360 electric buses — 240 BYD BC12A04 and 120 Zhongtong N12 buses, for $166.4 million total. On 23 October 2024, LTA's announced that it had exercised this option for procuring more 60 electric buses from BYD Auto. • In 2025, these
BYD and
Zhongtong three-door buses have new low-floor design, 2 handicap (with rear-facing foldable seats), and a rear emergency exit hatch window. 300
BYD BC12A04 units and 120 production batch Zhongtong LCK6126EVG N12 units was in total of 420 electric vehicles, were operated by
SBS Transit and
SMRT Buses. All buses began deployment revenue service debuts. EV chargers were deployed locates an Sengkang West, Gali Batu and East Coast Integrated Bus Depots. latest the next tender of 660 three-door electric buses were procured by Land Transport Authority, Comprising 360 single-deck buses and 300 double-deck buses on 14 March. we also have newer ones that are second production batch of double-decker electric buses. the tender original contract closed on 22 May 2025, in afternoon (4.00pm), but has since been extended on 26 June 2025. These electric buses are began deployment revenue services, will be replace the older diesel buses. All the EV chargers were deployment services. On 15 December 2025, the
Mandai Depot & Bus Interchanges use the EV charger stations (installed at Pasir Ris, Beauty World, Kallang & Tampines North) under Contract BD405 & awarded to four chinese vehicle manufacturers
ST Engineering Mobility Service,
BYD,
Yutong & Cycle and Carriage Automotive Private Limited (partnered with
Zhongtong Bus) under Contract PT602.
South Korea 's "Peanut Bus" at Mt.
Namsan. •
Seoul has 15 electric buses nicknamed "Peanut Bus" for their shape, transferring people from subway stations in downtown to the
N Seoul Tower, circulating Mt.
Namsan. • Seoul's
Gangnam District will have 11 electric buses in operation from February 2013 and 270 electric buses by the end of 2013, increasing to 400 buses by 2014. At least 3,500 electric buses will be introduced in phases until 2020, which will account for half of Seoul's bus fleet. •
Gumi will have the world's first wireless electric bus, known as
Online Electric Vehicle, in operation from July 2013 developed by
KAIST. Electricity is wirelessly fed into the bus from the tracks. •
Pohang will have automatically battery switching electric buses in operation from July 2013. Unlike conventional plug-in charging buses, the battery pack is automatically swapped with a fully charged one before complete drainage.
Thailand , Thailand • Thai Smile Bus Co., Ltd.
Turkey •
Anadolu Isuzu •
BMC •
Bozankaya •
Karsan •
Otokar •
Temsa UAE The UAE has recently introduced electric buses. These are public buses which serve Dubai.
Vietnam , Vietnam •
VinBus made by
VinFast of
Vingroup Europe Belarus • Е433 «Vitovt Max Electro» (Minsk) • E420 • E321
Belgium The electrification of Belgium's buses is on a strong upward trend: =====
Brussels===== • At the end of 2019 STIB/MIVB operated 800 buses, of which 184 (23%) of them were hybrids. Tenders for 50–100 electric buses are being prepared and the hydrogen option is also being examined. As for fully electric buses, Belgium only had 4 in operation in 2019.
Flanders • At the end of 2019 De Lijn operated 2,295 buses, of which 368 were hybrids. De Lijn introduced its first six fully electric buses in 2020, with seven more to follow. An order for 970 electric buses, which had been cancelled, is to be reissued. The Flemish coalition agreement states that city centres must be operated emission-free by 2025 and that all buses in Flanders must be zero-emission by 2035.
Wallonia • At the end of 2019, OTW operated 1,769 of its own buses, of which 309 were hybrids.
Bulgaria • Since 2018
Sofia operates a fleet of 20
Yutong battery electric buses • Since 2020
Sofia operates a fleet of 15 Chariot-
Higer supercapacitor-based electric buses. In 2021 the fleet was supplemented by 30 more electric vehicles of this type. • Since February 2021
Kazanlak operates a fleet of 7 Alfabus battery electric buses • Since February 2021
Gabrovo operates a fleet of 3 Chariot-
Higer supercapacitor-based electric buses, delivered by Chariot Motors. • Since July 2021
Ruse operates a fleet of 20
SOR battery electric buses.
Finland •
Helsinki Regional Transport Authority – 436 electric buses (34% of the total)
France •
RATP (Paris): Line 341 is the first line of 100% electric
full-size Bluebuses.
Germany •
Berlin: Berlin public transport(Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)) operator orders 90 new electric buses. It is still unclear which manufacturer the vehicles were ordered from. As the local German newspaper, the Tagesspiegel writes, the order is said to have gone to the Dutch electric bus and charging infrastructure manufacturer Ebusco. The delivery of all buses is scheduled for the end of 2022. This will increase BVG's fleet to 228 electric buses. •
Munich: The Dutch electric bus manufacturer Ebusco has received a follow-up order from public transport operator Stadtwerke München in Germany. The order is for 14 electric 18-metre buses of the type Ebusco 2.2. Delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2023. "After the 12-metre buses from Ebusco met the range expectation, we are looking forward to taking its big brother on the road," says Veit Bodenschatz, managing director and Head of Bus Operations at Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG). In Munich, the aforementioned twelve Ebusco 2.2 are already in use as solo buses in the 12-metre version, as well as two Ebusco 3.0, which, as reported, were recently handed over to Stadtwerke. •
Konstanz: Stadtwerke Konstanz has purchased six new electric buses as a prelude to the long-term conversion of its bus fleet. The new Mercedes eCitaro e-buses have already been delivered and are scheduled to enter service on lines 6 and 14 in February. The municipal utility had already announced in October 2020 that it intended to purchase six e-buses in 2021 and to stop buying diesel buses in the future. The order was then placed with Mercedes-Benz last year, and the red-painted eCitaro buses have since arrived in Constance.
Italy •
Azienda Trasporti Bergamo —
Bergamo •
Gruppo Torinese Trasporti —
Turin, uses small capacitor vehicles on two routes ("Star1" and "Star2") through city center since early 2000. •
Azienda Trasporti Milanesi, the company responsible for public transportation in
Milan, has ordered 250 electric buses in 2019, and plans to be fully electrified by 2030. As of 2019, there are 25 electric buses, 100 hybrid buses and 3 hydrogen buses in operation in the city.
Lithuania • Municipal public transport company
Klaipėdos autobusų parkas,
Klaipėda, started using locally produced
Dancer electric buses on Route 8 in April 2020. • Municipal public transport company
Kauno autobusai,
Kaunas, operates electric trolleybuses since 1965. As of April 2020, the company operated around 100
Solaris Trollino 12AC and several
Berkhof Premier AT18 trolleybuses on a network of 17 lines. • Municipal public transport company
Tauragės autobusų parkas,
Tauragė in March 2019 announced the acquisition of electric
Iveco Rosero 70C18 and
Solaris Urbino Electric buses. A total of 5 electric buses were launched on three suburban routes in early 2020. • Municipal public transport company
Susisiekimo paslaugos,
Vilnius, began using four
Karsan Jest Electric buses on Route 89 in September 2019, making this route fully electric. This is an addition to the network of 19 routes, operated with 279 electric trolleybuses, mostly
Solaris Trollino 15AC,
Solaris Trollino IV 12,
Škoda 14Tr,
Škoda 14ТrМ,
Škoda 15Тr and
Amber Vilnis 12 AC, as of April 2020. Vilnius trolleybus network was launched in 1956.
Netherlands of
West-Terschelling, Netherlands The Netherlands has the most electric buses of any European country. At the end of 2019 the number had reached 770, or 15% of the entire Dutch fleet of 5,236 buses. This is expected to grow to 1,388 by the end of 2020. In the provinces of
Groningen and
Drenthe 47% of buses are electric, in
Limburg 37% and in
North Holland 31%. The main manufacturers are
VDL (486 of the existing 770)
Ebusco (110),
Heuliez (49) and
BYD (44). In 2015, the Dutch public transport authorities agreed to buy only emission-free buses from 2025 onwards, and to make the entire fleet emission-free by 2030. =====
Amsterdam===== In December 2018
GVB ordered 31 electric buses from VDL, with an option for 69 more buses. They entered service on 2 April 2020 on routes 15, 22 and 36, and are • 9 Citeas SLF-120 Electric, with 216 kWh batteries • 22 articulated Citeas SLFA-180 Electric, with 288 kWh batteries The buses recharge through a pantograph from 31 8 MW Heliox fast chargers at the Garage West depot on Jan Tooropstraat and seven 45 kW chargers at
Sloterdijk station. EBS (
Egged Bus Systems), which primarily serves Waterland to the north of Amsterdam, has also ordered 10 electric buses from VDL. =====
Rotterdam===== In 2018 Rotterdam ordered 55 electric buses from VDL =====
Schiphol===== Since March 2018, 100 VDL Citea articulated electric buses operated by
Connexxion have served
Schiphol airport. The buses have a battery capacity of 170 kWh and a range of 80 kilometres. They are charged during the day by Heliox 450 kW fast chargers, taking between 15 and 25 minutes. Overnight, 30 kW slow charges take 4–5 hours. They are powered by
100% renewable energy, from wind power and solar panels at the depots. The buses serve two different networks: •
R-net: routes 242, 342, 347 and 347 with a total length of 78 km •
Schipholnet: routes 180, 181, 185, 186, 187, 190, 191, 194, 195, 198, 199 and 287. Since 2016 a fleet of 35 BYD 12-metre battery buses has provided airfield services. =====
Utrecht===== In Utrecht,
Qbuzz has operated electric buses since 2017. =====
Wadden Islands===== In April 2013 six all-electric BYD buses operated on the island of
Schiermonnikoog. Arriva started running 16 electric buses on Vlieland, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog.
Poland in
Częstochowa •
Kraków: In January 2016, first 2
Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses were delivered by
Solaris Bus & Coach. In September 2016, further 4
Solaris Urbino 8,9 LE electric buses were delivered by the same manufacturer. A roadside charger was installed at a bus stop on Pawia street. •
Warsaw: In June 2015, Solaris Bus & Coach delivered 10 Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses. They are running on route 222. A further 20 electric buses are on order, first 10, manufactured by
Ursus Bus, due to be delivered in summer of 2017 and further 10 Solaris Urbino 12 electrics by end of March 2018. There are also plans to purchase further 130 electric buses by 2020. 19 termini will be equipped with chargers, allowing buses to be topped-up using roof-mounted pantographs. •
Zielona Góra: In October 2017 MZK Zielona Góra order 47 electric buses
Ursus City Smile 12E manufactured by
Ursus Bus. •
Stalowa Wola: In September 2017 ZMKS Stalowa Wola order 10 electric buses
Solaris Urbino 8,9 LE electric manufactured by
Solaris Bus & Coach. As of 2022, around 700 electric buses—not counting
trolleybuses—from different manufacturers are operated in Poland, and there are plans to obtain another few hundred. The largest fleets are located in
Warsaw (162 buses),
Kraków (78 buses),
Poznań (59 buses),
Jaworzno (44 buses) and
Zielona Góra (43 buses). Trolleybuses operate in
Gdynia,
Lublin and
Tychy, with around 250–300 in service.
Portugal Porto: • STCP purchased 15 CaetanoBus in 2018, followed by 5 Zhongtong N12 (LCK6126EVB-2) in 2021, and 48 more of the same model in 2023, which they started service in 2024. The Caetano can be found in service on many bus lines from the Francos depot during rush hour times, due to low autonomy (rarely can be seen during service throughout the day, depending on the battery usage), the 5 2021 Zhongtong are uncommon on some services during the day, also from the Francos depot, and the 48 from 2023 can be seen regularly on many bus lines from the Via Norte depot, and these versions are equipped with camera mirrors, top view driving control, and were the first ones to be equipped with a new SAE system for STCP, which later applied onto the remaining bus fleet. • This bus company will receive 8 Zhongtong minibuses, plus 20 buses under a collaboration between CaetanoBus and CRRC, to enter service during the year of 2025. It is also planned for purchase 22 electric double-decker buses for 2028. • Vianorbus, a bus group in service for the first area lot Unir, with the help from Viação Alvorada (bus company in service for Carris Metropolitana in Lisbon) provided many of their Zhongtong N12 for their regular bus service for Maia. • NEX Continental/Alsa Porto, in service for the second area lot for Unir, has two second hand Irizar i2e buses, formerly buses from TMB Barcelona, in service, plus some Yutong ICE12 and E9-A (ZK6890B EVG). These buses are provided for the company by Auto Viação Feirense. • Auto Viação Feirense, in service for the fourth area lot for Unir, has a fre Yutong ICE12 for intercity service, and dozens of the E9-A midibuses
Lisbon: • CCFL Carris purchased in 2019 15 of their CaetanoBus for their fleet renovation. 20 more entered service gradually since 2023, along with 15 Karsan e-Jest. • For Carris Metropolitana, many bus companies for their area lots purchased two batches of Zhongtong N12 and CaetanoBus for their regular service. Alsa Todi Metropolitana de Lisboa (Alsa/NEX Continental Setúbal), provided by Auto Viação Feirense, has a variety of Yutong electric buses in service, such as the E12LF, U12, ICE12 and E9-A. In 2020, before Scotturb became Viação Alvorada with Vimeca Transportes, has a CaetanoBus on their fleet, numbered 300.
Guimarães: • Guimabus, bus company belonging to Vale do Ave, have 21 Irizar iebus and 5 Karsan Jest Electric.
Romania •
Cluj-Napoca: In May 2018,
Solaris Bus & Coach delivered 11 Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses to the local operator CTP Cluj, Cluj-Napoca becoming the first city in
Romania to use
battery-electric buses in public transport. (Electric buses in the form of
trolleybuses were already in use in Cluj and several other Romanian cities.) Another 19 buses are expected to be delivered in the future. The municipality's mayor,
Emil Boc, announced that Cluj will have a fully electric public transport system by 2025. •
Brașov: In 2019 -2021, SOR delivered 60 electric buses ENS12 and EBN8 to Brasov. Also in 2022, Karsan delivered 12 articulated buses type E-ATA18. •
Iași: Solaris delivered in 2022 20 Solaris Urbino 12 Electric. •
Slatina: Operates since 2022 a fleet of 8 SOR ENS 12 and 10 Karsan E-ATA 10. •
Craiova: Operates since 2020, 20 Solaris Urbino 18 electric buses. •
Turda: Operates since late 2019 a fleet of 20 SOR electric buses, 10 SOR EBN 11 and 10 SOR EBN 9.5. •
Alba Iulia: Operates 13 SOR ENS 12 electric buses since 2023. •
Ploiești: Operates 9 SOR ENS 12 since 2023. •
Suceava: Operates both 15 Solaris Urbino 12 Electric and 25 ZTE City Roamer. •
Zalău: Operates 10 SOR ENS 12 and 10 SOR EBN 9.5 since 2020. •
Pitești: Operates 40 Solaris Urbino 12 Electric. •
Drobeta-Turnu Severin: is operating 6 SOR EBN 11 electric and 3 ZTE GRANTON. •
Constanța: Operates 20 BYD K9U electric buses. •
Bistrița: Operates 10 SOR EBN 9.5 electric buses. •
Buzău: Operates 4 Temsa Avenue Electron 12 and 9 BYD K9U Electric Buses. •
Arad: Operates 10 Temsa electric buses, 5 Temsa Avenue Electron 12 and 5 Temsa MD9 LE. •
Sibiu: Operates 5 Karsan Jest Minibuses and 9 Solaris Urbino 12 Electric. •
Mangalia: Operates 10 Karsan E-ATAK 8.5 meters. •
Focșani: is operating 7 Karsan Jest Electric and 9 Karsan E-ATAK. •
Timișoara: Operates 40 Karsan E-ATA 18. •
Rovinari: Operates 3 SOR EBN8. •
Segarcea: Operates 3 Karsan E-ATAK. •
Galați: will operate 20 Solaris Urbino 12 and 20 Solaris Urbino 9.5. In Romania, except for the cities above, are operating more than 350 electric buses all over Romania, and their number is expanding. Most of the electric buses in Romania are delivered by: Solaris (Poland), SOR (Czech Republic), Karsan (Turkey), Temsa (Turkey), BYD (China), ZTE Bus in cooperation with BMC Trucks and Bus (Romania). The list above is incomplete, as more tenders for electric buses are being launched, and more buses and models continue to appear.
Russia on route in
Moscow. is another common model in
Moscow electric bus fleet. • In 2014 battery-powered trolleybuses started operating in
Chelyabinsk. The remodeled vehicles can run up to 30 km on routes that lack wires. • In 2018 electric buses were introduced in
Moscow. The city government has signed contracts with
GAZ and
Kamaz automobile companies to supply the city with 200 fast-charging electric buses. After 2021, only electric vehicles are to be purchased. With the purchase of the 100th electric bus in May 2019, Moscow became the city with Europe's largest electric bus fleet. As of March 2022, over 1000 electric buses are in operation in Moscow. Drive Electro company had provided batteries for 400 out of those 600 electric busses. • Russian based Electric bus manufactures are
LiAZ (GAZ Group),
Trolza (PC Transport Systems) and
Kamaz.
Serbia • In 2016
GSP Belgrade, the public transport operator of city of
Belgrade, launched dedicated electric bus line equipped exclusively with 5 electric buses, delivered by Chariot Motors. The line has a total length of 7.9 kilometres one-way and 13 bus stops. • In 2022, the Belgrade public transport operator GSP Beograd put its 10 new Chariot e-buses into commercial operation, delivered by Chariot Motors and DAT holding.
Spain •
Málaga: (EMT), S.A.M •
Madrid:
Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid 20 all-electric and 20 hybrid
diesel-electric buses and since February 2017 one Iziar ie2. •
Figueres: Councillor for the Environment •
León:
Minibus Tecnobus Gulliver in
El Ejido •
Seville • : is running a fleet of electric
Solaris buses in
Västerås on route 1 to 7
Switzerland • transport public genève (tpg) introduce
TOSA Flash Mobility, Clean City, Smart Bus a new system of mass transport with electric "flash" recharging of the buses at selected bus stops. •
Schaffhausen:
Verkehrsbetriebe Schaffhausen, new electric bus replacement of trolleybus systems •
Coventry: Since September 2023,
National Express Coventry has been operating 140 fully electric ADL/BYD double deckers on various routes, which occupied 80% of their fleet. •
Durham: Cathedral and City Centre loop •
Glasgow:
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport runs battery-powered electric buses on one route in Glasgow, between George Square and the Transport Museum. •
Greater Manchester:
Stagecoach plans to buy 105 electric buses for use in the Greater Manchester area by 2020. •
Guildford: Introduced a fleet of electric buses on its Park and Ride services on 7 January 2019. •
Inverness: Stagecoach North Scotland operates 5 Optare solo EVs. •
Leicester:
First Leicester and Leicester
Arriva Midlands operate
Wright StreetDeck Electroliner BEVs and
Wright GB Kite Electroliner BEVs and
Yutong E12 and
Yutong E15 BEVs. •
London: , 1000 zero-emission buses operate in London, the
2nd largest fleet in Europe. •
Milton Keynes: Route 7 •
Newcastle upon Tyne:
Go North East started operation of
Yutong E10s under the
Voltra brand name on routes 53 and 54 in June 2021. •
Norwich: Since November 2023,
First Eastern Counties operates 60
Wright StreetDeck Electroliner BEVs and 15
Wright GB Kite Electroliner BEVs •
Nottingham:
CT4N operate a fleet of electric Optare Solos, Versas and
BYD K9UR buses on contract services for
Nottingham City Council
North America Aruba •
Oranjestad: (BYD)
Canada .
British Columbia •
Vancouver electric buses have been in operation since 1948;
TransLink operates 260 of them. •
Victoria – CVS Tours currently deploys North America's first all-electric double decker bus made by
GreenPower Motor Company.
Ontario •
Toronto (Proterra,
New Flyer, BYD) •
Windsor (BYD)
Québec •
Réseau de transport de la Capitale,
Quebec City's public transit authority, has integrated 8 electric buses to its fleet in 2008 to serve the
Old City. The Tecnobus Gulliver buses can carry up to 20 passengers and run on $3.25 worth of electricity per day. •
Société de transport de Montréal,
Montreal, bus fleet going all-electric or hybrid by 2029. 2017 – Cité-Mobilité project : 7 electric buses on line 36 with high-speed charging.
United States City Line at charging station In November 2019, orders for new electric buses had outpaced manufacturing capacity. The 2021
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act included $2.5 billion in funding for electric school buses, to be distributed over five years. By June 2022, there were commitments to 12,275 electric school buses in 38 states. A 2022 study by National Grid and Hitachi Energy indicates that installing charging infrastructure for fleet electrification will require location-specific upgrades to the US
electrical grid. In 2022, there were 5,269 battery electric buses. Cities using electric buses include: •
Anaheim, California •
Atlanta, Georgia (at
Emory University) •
Cambridge, Massachusetts •
Chattanooga, Tennessee –
CARTA •
Chicago, Illinois •
Colorado Springs, Colorado •
Dallas, Texas •
Dayton, Ohio •
Denver, Colorado –
RDT Free MallRide •
Frederick, Maryland •
Greenville, South Carolina •
Gulfport, Mississippi •
San Francisco, California •
Seattle, Washington •
Seneca, South Carolina •
Spokane, Washington •
Stockton, California •
Tallahassee, Florida •
Worcester, Massachusetts •
Wichita, Kansas California Since 2000, the
California Air Resources Board has had a Fleet Rule for Transit Agencies, which requires transit agencies to reduce emissions. In 2018 it issued the
Innovative Clean Transit rule, which requires all new transit buses purchased after 2029 to be zero-emissions buses.
Long Beach, California and the
Antelope Valley Transit Authority charge some of their buses on special
wireless charging pads located along bus routes.
Total operating cost per mile NREL publishes zero-emission bus evaluation results from various commercial operators. NREL published following total operating cost per mile: with
County Connection, for June 2017 through May 2018, for an 8-vehicle diesel bus fleet, the total operating cost per mile was $0.84; for a 4-vehicle electric bus fleet, $1.11; with
Long Beach Transit, for 2018, for a 10-vehicle electric bus fleet, $0.85; and with
Foothill Transit, for 2018, for a 12-vehicle electric bus fleet, $0.84.
States without plans for e-buses In 2019, "only five states, Arkansas, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and West Virginia, ... [had] no transit agencies planning to operate electric buses or hydrogen fuel cell buses." • In December 2020, the reelected ALP government announced that it would purchase 90 new electric buses for in 2021 with the aim to have Canberra's entire bus fleet converted to electric by 2024. Upgrades to bus depots would be completed during this time with Woden bus depot being the first to be upgraded.
New South Wales • In 2016
Carbridge procured a fleet of six BYD electric buses to replace its diesel car park shuttles at
Sydney Airport. •
Transport for NSW began a trial of electric buses on the South Coast before conducting a more expansive trial in region 6 in Sydney in 2019. • In December 2020, the NSW government announced that it would roll out 120 electric buses across Sydney in 2021. Transport minister
Andrew Constance also announced a goal to transition the entire state's 8,000 strong bus fleet to battery electric by 2030. • Sydney, November, 2021: A new rollout of zero emissions buses has begun as part of an ARENA-supported project. The buses will be charged from a solar array installed on the roof of the Leichhardt depot, storing energy in onboard batteries capable of holding up to ten times as much energy as an electric car.
Queensland • Brisbane's new
Brisbane Metro rapid bus system uses a fleet of 60 bi-articulated electric buses that visually resemble light rail vehicles. These were supplied by Swiss-based manufacturer
Carrosserie Hess. •
Kinetic Sunshine Coast has 11 electric buses on the Sunshine Coast, and
Kinetic Cairns and
Kinetic Sunshine Coast 26 total in Cairns and on Gold Coast operating contracts for
Translink.
Western Australia • In July 2020, the
Public Transport Authority announced that it would trial four Volvo electric buses on Perth's Joondalup CAT bus route.
Victoria • Melbourne's first fully electric bus began carrying passengers on
Transdev Melbourne route 246 in October 2019. The body construction and fit out for the new bus was carried out in Dandenong by
Volgren. • In February 2024,
Ventura became the first operator in Melbourne to operate an entirely electric fleet from one of its depots. The depot in Ivanhoe was converted to operate 27 electric buses built by
Volgren.
New Zealand • In April 2018,
Auckland Transport began a trial with two electric
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 buses. These buses run on the City Link service around Auckland's central business district. The trial continues as of February 2019. • In July 2018, Tranzurban introduced 10 electric double Decker buses in Wellington. 22 more buses are expected to be in service by 2021. NZ Bus have ordered 67 single Decker buses which will enter service between 2021 and 2023. • In June 2019,
Red Bus introduced three
Alexander Dennis Enviro200 bodied
BYD K9 electric buses for use on the 29 Airport route.
South America Argentina •
Buenos Aires: Starting May 2025, 12 units made by Asiastar and imported by
Agrale began covering a 7 kilometer journey between
Lezama Park and the
Retiro railway station, operated by the local government.
Brazil •
São Paulo: (BYD, Higer, Eletra, MBB) •
Campinas: (BYD) •
São José dos Campos: (BYD)
Chile •
Santiago: According to official stats, Santiago has 1580 electric buses, being the city with the biggest electric bus fleet outside of China. (BYD, Yutong, Foton, King Long, Zhongtong) •
Valparaíso: (BYD)
Uruguay has 177 electric buses, comprising 11.4% of the total fleet of the city •
Montevideo: as of October 2025 the city has 177 electric buses, which makes 11.4% of the total fleet of buses. 60 more are expected to arrive in the following months. :Montevideo's largest urban and sub-urban transit bus operator CUTCSA announced in 2024 their plans to electrify 50% of their fleet by 2030, 70% by 2035 and 100% by 2040. •
Canelones-
Las Piedras: (Ankai × 6). Since 2019 the bus operator Compañia del Este o Codeleste has been buying Ankai electric low-floor buses for use in general lines of different models. •
Durazno: (Ankai × 2). The bus operator Nossar (which has operated urban and suburban bus services in the department since 1925, and interdepartmental services since 1987) bought 2 Ankai units for urban services, these units arrived at the Montevideo port and were driven about 200 km to Durazno by members of the Nossar family (owners of Nossar since its foundation). == See also ==