The municipal transport operator EMT Valencia has added 26 electric buses to its fleet as part of a wider plan to expand and decarbonize public transport in the Spanish city.
The operator said the new battery-electric buses have entered service, although details about the exact manufacturers and models were not disclosed. A press image released alongside the announcement shows several MAN Lion’s City E vehicles in the standard 12-metre configuration.
In a LinkedIn post, EMT Valencia described the delivery as consisting of 26 battery-electric buses. However, information published on the website of the City of Valencia refers to 26 electric and hybrid vehicles.
Valencia’s mayor, María José Catalá, said the new vehicles form part of a broader €118 million programme aimed at renewing the city’s bus fleet by 2027. The initiative includes the acquisition of 222 new buses intended to increase fleet capacity while lowering emissions.
The latest vehicles represent only a portion of the larger procurement effort. The programme has already delivered 31 articulated hybrid buses, which are currently operating in the city and appear to be linked to a tender launched in 2023.
Further fleet expansion is expected through another procurement round announced in 2025. In that tender, manufacturers MAN Truck & Bus, Iveco Bus and Irizar e-mobility were selected to supply a combined total of 161 hybrid and battery-electric buses.
In July 2025, MAN said it had secured an order within that tender to deliver 57 fully electric Lion’s City 12 E buses along with 27 hybrid articulated buses, in a contract valued at around €50 million. Those vehicles are expected to be delivered gradually starting in late 2026.
The buses now entering service appear to originate from an earlier procurement process launched in 2023 rather than from the later tender.
