The municipal transport company of Valencia (EMT) has ordered 84 city buses from MAN Truck & Bus. The order includes 57 electric Lion's City 12 E and 27 Lion's City 18 with MAN EfficientHybrid technology. This is the largest eBus order for MAN in Spain and one of the most extensive public orders for electric and hybrid buses in Spain this year.
EMT awarded MAN the contract for two of four lots of their vehicle tender. The contract is worth around 50 million euros and includes also maintenance. The order is part of a large-scale investment plan by the city of Valencia to modernize its bus fleet and reduce local
emissions. "The aim is to make public transport in the metropolis as sustainable as possible," says Robert Katzer, Head of Sales & Product Bus at MAN Truck & Bus. "Our battery-electric buses are already on the road in Valencia, as in many other Spanish cities.“
With the tender for a total of 161 buses, Valencia is systematically driving forward the renewal of its fleet. The fleet conversion is part of a comprehensive investment program with a total volume of around 170 million euros, which provides for the introduction of 218 new electric and hybrid buses by 2028. The aim is to significantly reduce the average age of the fleet and reduce the proportion of diesel buses to below 7 percent by 2027. The new MAN vehicles will be delivered and put into operation in stages from the end of 2026. MAN Truck & Bus has an annual sales revenue of around 13.7 billion euros (2024). MAN Truck & Bus is a company of TRATON GROUP and employs approximately 33,000 people worldwide.