# MAN's battery-electric sales rise 37% in H1 2026 to about 1,100 vehicles

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Date: 10 Jul 2026
About: [MAN Truck & Bus](https://technooptimist.io/companies/man-truck-and-bus.md) · [MAN eTGX electric truck](https://technooptimist.io/vehicles/man-etgx.md)
Original source: https://www.truckpages.co.uk/news/manufacturers/man/man-reports-rising-global-sales-as-electric-truck-demand-accelerates/

MAN Truck & Bus sold about 51,000 vehicles in the first half of 2026, up 8%, including roughly 600 electric trucks and 500 electric buses. Diesel trucks still make up the vast majority of deliveries. Updated eTGX and eTGS tractors with about 570 km of range are due in the second half of the year.

## Key facts

- Trucks: 32,000 (+10%); buses 3,300; vans 16,000
- New eTGM rigid truck with up to 500 km range also due in H2 2026

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