Damera, traditionally a bus and truck parts and services company has been the Canadian distributor of coaches built and supplied by fellow Turkish company, Temsa, since 2017.

After signing an agreement to supply Italian public procurement company, Consip SpA, with 80 e-Atak buses in 2021, it is to provide another 27, by the end of 2023.

Report written following the latest FIAA exhibition, a bus and coach show held between 18-21 October in Madrid.

The 12-metre bus is a hydrogen-powered variant of the ‘e-ATA’ line of battery-electric buses, fitted with a 70-kW fuel cell providing a range of 500 kilometres.

The move is in line with Quantron’s strategy to become an original equipment manufacturer of commercial electric vehicles on the global market.

Karsan Autonomous e-ATAK Level 4 shuttle bus now in operation in the USA and Norway.