Continental sees self-driving taxis as an obvious application for autonomous vehicles, particularly in cities such as Berlin, where the company says the average daily distance traveled by car is 20.2 km (12.5 mi) spread across three trips a day.
An additional order from Go-Ahead London for delivery of another number of electric buses constructed by the Alexander Dennis (ADL) and BYD partnership brings the total order for these buses to 95.
The contract states that the ten new generation Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses will arrive at the streets of Warsaw in the first quarter of 2018.
The key argument for Warsaw’s bus operator was not only the price but also product’s innovation, the quality of the components, total amount of passengers’ space as well as the capacity of traction batteries.
This announcement comes after the Greater Wellington Regional Council signed contracts with Tranzit and Uzabus.The two companies were chosen for nine bus routes across the region after the council called for tenders in August last year.
The order includes 12 of the new Urbino 12 electric for ATB Bergamo and ten buses of the same type for ATM Milano.
The two sets of buses ordered by Italy are similar constructions in terms of technical parameters, with the model winning the ‘Bus of the Year 2017’. The supplier of the electric drive for the buses of both contracts is Polish company, Medcom. The Urbino electric for the Italian market will be powered by AVE 130 axles with two 125kW integrated traction motors.