On May 28, MAN Truck & Bus announced that it has participated for the first time at Busworld Southeast Asia 2026 in Jakarta.
It has presented the three-axle Lion’s Chassis CO (RR4), which can support different bus designs and is suitable for uses such as long-distance travel, tourism, and premium services. The compan

On May 13, MAN Truck & Bus unveiled the new MAN eTGM, a 16-tonne electric truck, at Transpotec Logitec 2026 in Milan, Italy. It fills the gap between the smaller eTGL and the heavy-duty eTGX/ eTGS models, completing MAN’s electric truck range from 12 to 50 tonnes.
The truck uses shared electric technology from the eT

On May 12, MAN Truck & Bus received an order for 112 fully electric Lion’s City E buses for Vilnius, Lithuania. The city’s public transport operator Vilniaus viešasis transportas (VVT) ordered 84 standard (12 meter) and 28 articulated (18 meter) buses. This is the largest electric bus order in Lithuania’s history.
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On April 24, MAN Truck showed bidirectional charging in real-world use at a logistics site in Germany. The demo used a battery-electric MAN eTGX truck with a 480 kWh battery. The technology lets electric trucks not only use electricity but also store it and send it back when needed. This can help reduce costs and sup

On April 23, MAN Truck & Bus achieved a key milestone in automated driving by developing a fully electric self-driving city bus with ADASTEC, US. The bus will be tested in Munich by Munich Transport Company (MVG) as part of the MINGA project starting this autumn.
The company upgraded its Lion’s City 12 E bus with an

On April 22, Euro NCAP tested seven new trucks in the Regional Distribution category. Five trucks received the highest 5-star safety rating, and all were rated CitySafe. These trucks are medium-sized rigid vehicles, usually up to 18 tonnes with two axles. They are commonly used with box or curtain-sided bodies and of

On April 17, MAN Truck & Bus announced the opening of a new sales office in Queretaro, reinforcing its expansion strategy in the Mexican market.
The new facility will support truck and bus operations, with a focus on strengthening customer service and building a local team to address the needs of the transport and lo

On April 2, MAN Truck & Bus started series production of its fully electric MAN Lion’s City E bus at its Ankara plant in Turkiye. At the same time, the company is increasing production capacity at the plant as part of its global e-mobility manufacturing network.
In recent years, the Ankara plant has been upgraded wit

On March 31, TRATON GROUP and Applied Intuition introduced TRATON ONE OS, a new software platform that will power future trucks from TRATON’s brands i.e., Scania, MAN, International, and VW Truck & Bus.
The platform is designed to bring several benefits to customers i.e.:
The system will help reduce vehicle downtime

On March 10, MAN Truck and Bus unveiled TGX 41.640 8x4/4, a heavy-duty tractor unit designed to carry extremely heavy loads. It can handle a gross vehicle weight of up to 250 tons and is capable of transporting very large equipment such as turbines.
The main truck is built at MAN’s Munich plant, Germany. After that,

On March 6, MAN Truck completed its first winter test of Lion’s Coach E. It was tested in northern Sweden near the Arctic Circle and in Erzurum, Turkiye. Four electric coaches drove thousands of kilometers on snowy and icy roads in temperatures as low as -30°C.
Engineers mainly evaluated the high-voltage battery perf

On March 1, multiple sources reported that MAN Truck & Bus appointed Global Auto Services and Import Company (GASI), a subsidiary of Global Auto Group, as the agent for the MAN brand of trucks and buses in Egypt.  GASI will handle all sales, distribution, and after-sales services for the MAN brand's integrated fleet

On February 13, MAN Truck & Bus showcased megawatt charging (MCS) ability for its electric truck, the MAN eTGX, at the Kempower MCS Live Winter Days 2026 in Norrköping, Sweden.
The main goal of the event was to test how well the truck works with the charging station. It is important for large-scale use of megawatt ch

On January 29, MAN Truck & Bus announced that ÖBB Postbus has placed its largest single electric bus order in Austria to date, acquiring 63 fully electric MAN Lion’s City E buses for operation in the state of Vorarlberg.
The vehicles have already been delivered and are in service across several regions, supporting Vo

On January 20, VW Group announced its sales results for Q4 2025 and full-year 2025.
Sales volume in Q4 2025 was down by 4.9% YoY to 2,379,800 units. In 2025, the sales dropped 0.5% to 8,983,900 units, with significant growth in Europe (up 4%) and South America (up 12%) contrasting with expected declines due to challe

On January 19, MAN Truck & Bus signed a new three-year framework agreement with TIP Group, Netherlands for supplying up to 600 vehicles per year, covering a total of up to 1,800 trucks across 18 European countries. The contract includes vehicles from 7.5 to 42 tonnes and is worth up to EUR 160 million.
The agreement

On January 15, MAN Truck & Bus launched the “MAN2030+” program to improve competitiveness and secure its long-term future. The company has reached a full agreement with employee representatives and IG Metall union.
The plan aims to cut costs by about EUR 900 million by 2028 while improving long-term performance. MAN

On December 13, MAN Truck & Bus announced that it has been awarded to supply more than 3,000 buses to Deutsche Bahn, Germany, between 2027 and 2032, with many of them being fully electric. It is the largest-ever bus contract for the company. The vehicles will be used across Germany by DB Regio AG for regional transpo

On November 20, multiple sources reported that MAN Truck & Bus announces a ten-year plan to cut about 2,300 jobs across its German sites. The company says the reductions will be handled without layoffs and in a socially responsible way. The cuts will affect three main locations i.e. Munich (1,300 jobs), Salzgitter (6

On October 28, MAN Truck & Bus signed a deal with South Africa’s Paruk Group to deliver 100 fully electric city buses, which is the biggest eBus order outside Europe so far.
The ordered Lion’s Explorer E models are built on the Lion’s Chassis E, designed especially for international markets. However, for this project