26 August 2025 E-mobility for hopping on: Vienna's Hop-On Hop-Off Big Bus is going electric Over 80 million euros – Next funding round for eMove Austria for e-buses starts in September

In July, Mobility Minister Peter Hanke presented the new programme “eMove Austria” and outlined the future of e-mobility in Austria. A flagship project is the sightseeing provider Big Bus Vienna, where the transition has already begun. Ten e-double-decker buses are already in daily operation there, and by the end of 2025 the entire fleet will be expanded to 16 vehicles. The transition will save more than 4,000 tonnes of CO₂ over the next five years. The project “BigBus goes electric” was funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) with approximately 1.2 million euros from the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI), financed by the European Union through NextGenerationEU.

Mobility Minister Peter Hanke stated: “With eMove Austria, we are driving E-mobility forward massively. The fact that well-known sightseeing buses in Vienna are now operating electrically shows how deeply electromobility has penetrated everyday life. This not only makes an important contribution to climate protection, but also sends a strong signal for innovation and sustainable tourism in Austria. In a few weeks, we will start our next funding round for e-buses – with over 80 million euros directly flowing into the mobility transition.”