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60 new trams for Montpellier. With CAF’s signature

CAF Group has won the tender to supply 60 new trams with an option for an additional 17 units, for Metropole Montpellier Mediterranee, a metropolitan area comprising 31 municipalities around the city of Montpellier in the Occitane region. The value of the order exceeds 200 mln euros. The city of Mon...

A Spanish CEO for Solaris Bus & Coach

Change of leadership in Solaris: following a decision take by the new owners of Solaris (i.e. the Spanish group Caf) and the Supervisory Board, Javier Calleja became the new CEO of Solaris Bus & Coach, with effect from October 3, 2018. Calleja’s experience in transport industry The new CEO...

Solaris Bus & Coach acquired by CAF

Solaris Bus & Coach has been acquired by the Spanish company Caf, which in this way expands its area of interest to the world of electromobility, which sees Solaris as European leader in the electric bus market with a market share of 18 percent. A market with marginal numbers to date, but ready ...

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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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60 new trams for Montpellier. With CAF’s signature

CAF Group has won the tender to supply 60 new trams with an option for an additional 17 units, for Metropole Montpellier Mediterranee, a metropolitan area comprising 31 municipalities around the city of Montpellier in the Occitane region. The value of the order exceeds 200 mln euros. The city of Mon...

A Spanish CEO for Solaris Bus & Coach

Change of leadership in Solaris: following a decision take by the new owners of Solaris (i.e. the Spanish group Caf) and the Supervisory Board, Javier Calleja became the new CEO of Solaris Bus & Coach, with effect from October 3, 2018. Calleja’s experience in transport industry The new CEO...

Solaris Bus & Coach acquired by CAF

Solaris Bus & Coach has been acquired by the Spanish company Caf, which in this way expands its area of interest to the world of electromobility, which sees Solaris as European leader in the electric bus market with a market share of 18 percent. A market with marginal numbers to date, but ready ...