List of electric bus makers
List of electric bus makers lists makers of battery-powered all-electric buses. Makers of trolleybuses are listed separately at List of trolleybus manufacturers.
Americas
Brazil
- Marcopolo Attivi, low-floor electric battery-powered bus, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Canada
- GreenPower Motor Company manufactures several high-floor and low-floor battery-powered bus models.
- New Flyer currently offers battery-electric buses in 35, 40, and 60 foot configurations, and trolleybuses in 40 and 60 foot configurations.
- Nova Bus, in Québec, Canada, produces an electric version of its LF Series
United States
- APS Systems, Oxnard, CA, shuttle buses in partnership with Enova Systems and Saft
- Astonbus, Marina del Rey, CA: E-city midi and full-size models, with a range between 250 and 500 km. Astonbus is the Zonda Electric bus sole distributor in all EU states.
- Ebus, in Downey, California, minibuses: buses.
- Proterra in Greenville, SC: Proterra manufactures 35 and 40 foot versions of the ZX5. Previously, they manufactured the Catalyst model.
- Smith Electric Vehicles, Kansas City, Missouri, Speedster and Edison electric minibuses.
- Specialty Vehicle Manufacturing Corp. in Downey, CA.
- Gillig manufactures a battery-electric version of their Low Floor Plus model, and a trolleybus version of their BRTPlus model.
- Complete Coach Works remanufactured electric bus in Riverside, CA.
- Thomas Built Buses Inc. in High Point, NC.
Europe
Belarus
- Belkommunmash, in Minsk, Belarus. Models E420 "Vitovt Electro" and Е433 "Vitovt Max Electro".
Czech Republic
- Ekova, in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Design and production of electric low-floor buses, trams and trolleybuses.
- Škoda Electric, Czech Republic - electrical equipment only with Temsa and other bus builders as subcontractors for bodies and chassis
Finland
- Linkker, Finland. Design and production of battery-electric buses that use opportunity charging. Highest energy efficiency in the market. Initial development together with VTT Technical Research Nrch Centre of Finland.
France
- Gépébus, France: Oréos 55E midibus in the 1990s and 2000s, Oréos 4X midibus launched in 2010.
- PVI, near Paris, France : Oreos 2X, Oreos 4X distributed under the brand Gepebus
- Heuliez, in France: 12-metre standard GX 337 Elec bus, 18-metre articulated GX 437 Elec bus
- Bolloré, in Brittany, France : Bluebus SE available as a standard 12-metre bus or an 18-metre articulated bus, and the 6-metre Bluebus 22.
Germany
- Eurabus, owned by Ram Tumuluri through Causis Group, who acquired the company in 2021 from Eurabus Group.
- Mercedes-Benz Citaro, battery-powered articulated bus in Aachen, Germany
Italy
- BredaMenarinibus in Bologna, Italy. Zeus M-200 E model, with Ansaldo Electric Drive motor and 288V – 200 Ah lithium-ion batteries.
- Iveco, in Turin, Italy: EuroPolis model.
- Tecnobus, in Frosinone, Italy. The Gulliver model is currently used in several cities in Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Netherlands
- Ebusco. Currently producing the 2.2 version in various styles and 3.0 lightweight bus is under development
- VDL Bus & Coach is marketleader of electrical buses in Europe, with the largest fully electric fleet in the EU. The project of 43 SLFA-181 electrical buses in late 2016 was the biggest transition to zero emission within Europe. Currently the fleet consists of 204 articulated and 12-meter e-buses, with over 4,5 million kilometers done.
Poland
- City Smile electric bus designed and manufactured by AMZ-Kutno in Poland.
- Solaris Urbinos 8.9, 12 and 18 meters with about 100 km range and about 120 kWh battery pack, introduced in September 2011. Optional pantograph inductive.
- URSUS in Lublin, Poland, produces a range of electric buses and trolleybuses under the brand of its subsidiary Ursus Bus.
Portugal
- e.City Gold electric bus manufactured by Salvador Caetano in Portugal.with varients of 8.5m, 12m and 18m.
Russia
- KAMAZ, Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia: KAMAZ-6282 model production launched in 2018.
- LiAZ, Likino-Dulyovo, Russia: LiAZ-6274 model production launched in 2018.
- Volgabus, based in Volzhsky, Russia manufactures Volgabus-5270.E0 electric bus.
- Trans-Alfa, in Vologda, Russia, as of 2024 has two models of electric buses, Sirius and Orion, former being operated in Rybinsk and ordered by Saint Petersburg while latter hasn't been put into serial production yet.
Spain
- Irizar e-mobility, in Aduna, Gipuzkoa, Spain: Comprehensive turnkey electromobility solutions for cities. Manufacturer of the ie bus, ie tram and the ie truck
Sweden
- Scania, near Stockholm, Sweden. Scania Citywide BEV
- Volvo, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, manufactures battery electric buses.
Switzerland
- ABB TOSA Flash Mobility, Clean City, Smart Bus, Geneva, Switzerland, A mass transport system with electric "flash" partial recharging of the buses at selected bus stops.
Turkey
- Karsan, a Turkish commercial vehicles manufacturer, produces and sells Peugeot and Hyundai.
- Otokar
- Temsa in Turkey, 50% owned by Škoda Transportation developed two electric buses; one model with a high capacity battery pack and one model with quick charge capability. Also supplies bodies for Škoda Transportation.
Ukraine
- Electron in Lviv, Ukraine. Electrobus Е19101.
United Kingdom
- Alexander Dennis: Enviro100EV midibus, Enviro400EV two axle double-decker, Enviro500EV three axle double decker
- Kleanbus Limited: retrofits
- Optare: Solo EV, Versa EV.
- Mellor Coachcraft: Orion E low-floor electric minibus based on Fiat Ducato chassis
- Wrightbus: StreetDeck Electroliner, GB Kite Electroliner and existing Wrightbus retrofits; Rightech RB6 midibus and RB9 single-decker
Asia
China
- BYD manufactures a wide range of electric buses, ranging from the 30-foot K7M to the 60-foot K11M. In addition, they manufacture coaches and double-decker electric buses.
- *The K9 is their flagship transit bus, and the C9 is their flagship coach bus.
- Jiangsu Alfa Bus company, Jiangsu, China, delivered in Italy by Rama Company.
- Wuzhoulong, based in Shenzhen, manufactures a range of urban battery electric buses
- Thunder Sky Energy Group of Shenzhen, China builds lithium-ion batteries and has four models of electric buses, the ten passenger EV-6700 with a range of, the TS-6100EV and TS-6110EV city buses, and the 43 passenger Thunder-Sky-EV-2008 highway bus, which has a range of. The batteries can be recharged in one hour or replaced in five minutes. The buses are also to be built in the United States and Finland.
- Yinlong Energy Co., LTD, China, manufactures commercial bus and specialty EV vehicles
- Yutong, China, Largest EV bus manufacturer in the world.
- Zonda Bus, in Jiangsu, China: YCK6128HEC, YCK6118HEC and the Zonda Bus New Energy.
South Korea
- Hyundai Motor Company manufactures 11-meter standard and 13-meter Double-decker bus derivatives of the electric Low-floor bus model, Elec City.
- Woojin Industrial Systems, based in Goesan County, South Korea, Apollo 1100 )
- KGM Commercial based in Seoul
Vietnam
- THACO in District 2, Ho Chi Minh City.
- VinBus from VinFast.
India
- Tata Motors manufactures Starbus EV, Ultra EV and Magna EV buses
- JBM
- PMI Mobility
- Switch Mobility Ashok Leyland Subsidiary is Makes large number Ev buses in india
- Olectra
Oceania
Australia
- Avass, Full electric city buses and touring coaches, manufactured in Australia.
- Custom Denning in Sydney, Australia. Design and production of Element fully low-floor battery-electric or fuel cell citybus.
New Zealand
- Environmental Performance Vehicles, previously known as DesignLine, in New Zealand: Tindo solar-electric bus prototype, EcoSmart electric bus, EcoSaver range extender bus.
Other
- BONLUCK electric bus designed and manufactured by Jiangxi Kama Business Bus Co., Ltd.
- Chariot Motors* is a developer of ultracapacitor-based electric buses and battery e-buses for Bulgaria and Israel.
- SOR EBNs SOR EBN and NS electric busses A modern, low-floor electric bus designed for clean passenger transit in urban environments. A modern all-low-floor electric bus
- Van Hool's CX45E is based on the diesel-powered CX45, but uses a Proterra E2 drivetrain.
- Vėjo projektai, based in Klaipėda, Lithuania, creates, develops and manufactures battery electric buses with the brand name "Dancer" Fully electric 12-meter Dancer buses, certified and registered in 2019, have been operating on Klaipėda's regular routes since spring 2020 with nearly 100,000 km completed by the end of the year. The e-bus Dancer, designed and manufactured within the territory of Klaipėda FEZ, also won the gold medal in the Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design category of the prestigious A’Design 2020 awards.
- Olectra Greentech in India
- Salvador Caetano provides their Caetano City Gold in battery electric variant, along with electric hybrid and diesel variants.
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is developing electric buses that are capable of battery swapping.
- Mobil Anak Bangsa produces plug-in electric buses at Demak, Indonesia. First bus delivered to Paiton Energy.
- Kayoola Solar Electric Bus by Kiira Motors Corporation in Uganda.