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Driver shortage pushes bus depots toward automation

Europe’s public transport operators are entering a period where staffing pressure and fleet electrification meet in the same place: the bus depot. Around 105,000 bus and coach driver positions remain unfilled across Europe (IRU figures cited in sector analyses), and a meaningful slice of working tim...

Karsan’s Autonomous e-Atak passes road tests in Paris

Karsan has successfully completed testing of its Autonomous e-Atak on the streets of Paris, together with RATP. As part of the initiative, the Turkish manufacturer’s electric, driverless midibus completed around 3,000 kilometers in real urban conditions, including open traffic and pedestrian presenc...

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Driver shortage pushes bus depots toward automation

Europe’s public transport operators are entering a period where staffing pressure and fleet electrification meet in the same place: the bus depot. Around 105,000 bus and coach driver positions remain unfilled across Europe (IRU figures cited in sector analyses), and a meaningful slice of working tim...

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Driver shortage pushes bus depots toward automation

Europe’s public transport operators are entering a period where staffing pressure and fleet electrification meet in the same place: the bus depot. Around 105,000 bus and coach driver positions remain unfilled across Europe (IRU figures cited in sector analyses), and a meaningful slice of working tim...

Karsan’s Autonomous e-Atak passes road tests in Paris

Karsan has successfully completed testing of its Autonomous e-Atak on the streets of Paris, together with RATP. As part of the initiative, the Turkish manufacturer’s electric, driverless midibus completed around 3,000 kilometers in real urban conditions, including open traffic and pedestrian presenc...

Evolution: the practical path to autonomous buses

It’s tempting to frame autonomous driving as a single leap. In public transport, adoption tends to be incremental – because the system is built for reliability, and new capabilities have to fit into daily operations without disrupting service. That is why a practical strategy is evol...

Depot-first autonomy for European smartbuses

For more than a decade, autonomous buses have been “almost ready.” Demonstrations with safety drivers began around 2015, and ten years later, this is still largely what we see. The reason is not a lack of ambition – it is physics, safety, and economics. Autonomous buses on city streets a...
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