Electric buses
Transit and coach buses; almost 70,000 sold globally in 2025
2 leading companies in electric buses, one segment of electric vehicles — Over 20 million electric cars sold in 2025, a quarter of all new cars. Chinese makers supplied 60% of them.
new market segment · researched 2026-11-14
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Leading electric buses companies
2 companies, with the scale each source states. Scale is the whole company's unless the row says otherwise.
| Company | Where | What they do | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| NFI Group NFI.TO ↗ | Winnipeg, Canada since 2005 | Bus maker (New Flyer, MCI, Alexander Dennis) selling battery-electric transit buses and coaches; revenue figure covers all drivetrains | revenue (all drivetrains): 3.12 USD billions (2024) ↗ |
| BYD 1211.HK ↗ | Shenzhen, China since 1995 | World's largest maker of new-energy (BEV + PHEV) cars, plus electric buses and trucks; also an EV battery maker | vehicles produced (BYD Auto): 4,602,436 vehicles (2025) ↗ |
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The electric vehicles market
The whole market this segment sits in.
units sold (electric cars, BEV+PHEV) · world20
↗million cars ("exceed 20 million") · 2025
Growth, segments, risks and every company in electric vehicles →
Quick answers
- What are electric buses?
- Transit and coach buses; almost 70,000 sold globally in 2025. They are one segment of the electric vehicles market.
- Who are the leading electric buses companies?
- NFI Group (Canada), BYD (China).
- Which electric buses companies are publicly traded?
- NFI Group (NFI.TO), BYD (1211.HK).
- Which Canadian companies are in electric buses?
- NFI Group, Winnipeg.
- How big is the electric vehicles market?
- For the whole electric vehicles market, not this segment alone: units sold (electric cars, BEV+PHEV) (world) 20 million cars ("exceed 20 million"), 2025 — International Energy Agency.