The first half of 2025 saw electric bus sales in Brazil increase by 141% to 306 units compared with 127 units in the same period in 2024.

Marcopolo launched several new models in 2024 including Volare Fly 12 work commuter bus, Volare Attack Hybrid on an Agrale chassis, and started delivery of the Attivi e-bus built on its own e-chassis.

This is the first Viaggio model to be exported to Uruguay, but the first Marcopolo coach was exported in 1061.

Volgren will offer the coach on the Australian market from the third quarter of this year in two- and three-axle configurations.

Marcopolo international operations abroad deliver 2,262 units, a volume increase of 9.6% than in 2022.

“The factory in China is ready for the serial production of several solutions developed by Marcopolo," said Luis Moraes Goes, director of international operations.

The Viaggio G8 1050, designed specifically for charter and tourism operations, brings the advanced features of the Generation 8 series to a new market segment.

Marcopolo states that the African region is the second largest regional market for Marcopolo, surpassed only by Latin America.

This is claimed to be the first time school minibuses have been fitted with automatic transmissions.

The company sold 6,074 bus bodies on chassis in Brazil in 2023, an increase of 85.1% on 3,282 in 2022.

The pilot vehicle is a Marcopolo-bodied bus with a Scania chassis capable of running on biodiesel from locally-sourced waste, such as animal manure and other agricultural waste.

The vehicles were tailor-made for the Middle East market and eighty units of the coach bodies on the Volksbus 17.240 OT chassis were equipped with a removable roof.