
MAN increases unit sales by 8 percent in the first half of 2026 – electric vehicles grow even more strongly
- Sales of 51,000 units in the first half of the year
- Fully electric vehicles up 37%
- Completion of the battery-electric portfolio with additional eTruck variants and the MAN Lion’s Coach E
MAN Truck & Bus increased global unit sales by 8% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year. A total of around 51,000 units were sold – including around 32,000 trucks (+10%), approximately 3,300 buses (+2%) and just under 16,000 vans (+6%). The engine business grew by 17%, with almost 6,000 units sold. While demand developed positively in many European markets, the traditionally important German market lagged behind this trend. Business with fully electric vehicles developed particularly dynamically: unit sales rose by 37% to around 1,100 units, including around 600 eTrucks and more than 500 eBuses.
“The sales trend shows that our broad product range is holding its own in a challenging market environment. At the same time, battery-electric vehicles are becoming increasingly important to our customers,” says Friedrich Baumann, Executive Board Member for Sales & Customer Solutions at MAN.
Completing the battery-electric truck portfolio
From the second half of the year, MAN is focusing on new battery-electric vehicle models for urban delivery traffic, regional transport and coach travel. The electric truck portfolio will then span everything from light-duty distribution trucks to heavy-duty long-haul tractor units. The all-electric heavy-duty models, the MAN eTGX and eTGS, offer a range of around 570 kilometres in a typical 4×2 tractor-semitrailer configuration. The new MAN eTGM, designed for urban and regional distribution operations, provides a range of up to 500 kilometres as a rigid truck. With customer deliveries of the MAN Lion’s Coach E scheduled to begin at the end of the year, the company is also expanding its range with a fully electric coach offering a range of up to 650 kilometres.