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Top bus operator buys 100 electric vehicles
Source: MAN Trucks & Bus
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Paruk Group, a leading South African bus operator, has purchased 100 electric buses from German automaker MAN Trucks & Buses. It is one of Africa’s largest electric bus orders and MAN’s largest outside Europe. The buses will be made in South Africa, where the firm has a factory. Delivery of the fleet will begin in 2026 and is to be completed by the end of 2027.
South Africa has an estimated 25,000 buses, with almost 80% used for public transport and the remainder for commercial and government purposes.
Early this year, MAN became the first company in southern Africa to make electric buses. It joins MCV (Egypt), BasiGo (Kenya), and Kiira Motors (Uganda) as the top electric bus manufacturers in Africa.
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