The bus rolled off the production line in Czech Republic at Iveco’s Vysoke Myto plant, one of Europe’s largest bus manufacturing facilities.

Didier Pfleger is promoted to the position of Executive Chairman from his former role as CEO, and Petr Novotný, who led the company’s Components & Bus Mobility division, succeeds Pfleger as CEO.

Under the expanded deal, MAN will use protective gases during the precision welding process, and then apply multiple coats: first, cataphoretic paint for corrosion protection, then varnish, and then a final coat of paint.

In this special T&BB feature, we speak with the CEO of a company making off-road buses which was founded in Ukraine and which has borne the brunt of the Russian-led invasion of the country.

With the first order expected in Q1 2024, the Urbanway was chosen as part of the 2030 Prague Climate Plan which calls for 75% of the buses in the city to be completely emission-free or low-emission vehicles.

This is the first of an 879-order comprising 636 two-axle 4x4 trucks for general transportation purposes and 243 four-axle 8x8 trucks for specific applications such as tipping, container transport and crane operation.

The Czech company is bringing these separate activities together in a new division (led by Petr Novotný), believing them to have significant and connected growth potential.

Škoda customers will have the option to convert their diesel buses to electric, using pepper motion’s electric powertrain ‘etrofit’ kit specifically designed for buses.

The Czech manufacturing plant of Turin, Italy-based Iveco Bus, located in Vysoké Mýto, has produced its 150,000th bus. Located around 150km east of Prague, the plant has been producing vehicles since 1895, previously for historical Czech companies Sodomka and Karosa.

Iveco Bus, headquartered in Turin, Italy, has announced the signing of three framework agreements with DPP, Prague’s public transport authority, for the supply of up to 253 buses between 2022 and 2027.

In his new role, Banach will be responsible for production technology, "lean management" and logistics.

The Czech company is pilot testing Škoda E’City buses ordered by Prague Public Transit Co in February 2021, using existing power lines in the capital city for charging via pantograph.