Skoda Group takes over former Bluebus site in France for bus engineering activities, 17 jobs potentially involved

Škoda Group has established a new French subsidiary, Škoda Group Bus France SAS, at the former Bluebus site in Ergué-Gabéric, Brittany, following Bolloré Group’s announcement that it would discontinue electric bus production.

The company was registered on 20 October 2026, with operations scheduled to begin on 1 November, according to French newspaper Ouest-France. The new entity, founded by Škoda Electric, has a registered capital of €10,000 and is located at the same address as Bolloré’s BlueSolutions facility near Quimper.

The establishment of the subsidiary follows the restructuring programme announced by Bolloré in September, which included a proposal from an unidentified European industrial company to take over Bluebus’s research and development activities. The potential transfer concerns 17 employees from Bluebus’s R&D department, although no completed agreement or formal transfer has been confirmed in the information published so far.

Škoda Group Bus France established at former Bluebus facility

According to the registration filed with the Quimper commercial court and reported by local media Ouest-France, Škoda Group Bus France SAS is authorised to carry out engineering, design, development, integration, implementation, deployment, maintenance and technical support activities relating to bus mobility systems, products and services.

The new subsidiary has been established by Škoda Electric, part of the Czech Škoda Group, which supplies electric propulsion systems for trolleybuses and battery-electric buses and develops electric public transport vehicles.

The group’s activities in the bus sector also include an ownership interest in Turkish manufacturer Temsa.

The registered scope of the French subsidiary covers engineering and technical services. Neither the resumption of Bluebus vehicle manufacturing nor the acquisition of its production equipment has been announced.