Offering advanced technology mobility solutions with the vision of being 'One Step Ahead in the Future of Mobility', Karsan continues to renew Europe's transportation infrastructure with its electric and autonomous vehicles. In this context, Karsan signed an autonomous vehicle sales contract with Norwegian VY Group, one of the largest public transportation authorities in the Scandinavian countries, last November. Now, within the scope of the agreement, Karsan has delivered 1 8-meter Autonomous e-ATAK to VY Group and Finland's REMOTED company to be used in the city of Tampere. Karsan CEO Okan Baş said that the autonomous e-ATAK, the driverless model developed by Karsan in cooperation with ADASTEC, will be Finland's first full-size driverless bus that carries passengers and can be used in real road conditions, after Michigan State University and Stavanger. “Karsan continues to achieve firsts in Scandinavian countries. In this context, we are breaking new ground and implementing Finland's first autonomous vehicle project. Karsan Autonomous e-ATAK, which we developed in cooperation with ADASTEC, will now serve in the city of Tampere. We continue to transform the world's transportation infrastructure, especially in Europe, with our electric and autonomous vehicles. Karsan continues to achieve firsts in every market with its planned sales strategies. With this new project, we are taking the city of Tampere one step ahead in public transportation solutions. "We will continue to be the primary solution partner for public transportation problems in the Scandinavian markets with our autonomous and electric vehicles," he said. ADASTEC CEO Dr. Ali Peker said, “We would like to thank REMOTED for allowing us to realize our project and trusting our vision, within the framework of our solid cooperation with Karsan and Applied Autonomy. Our technology, which prioritizes safety and efficiency under all circumstances, not only demonstrates the power of our existing collaborations, but also zam“It also embodies our common vision for the transportation solutions of the future.” made his statements.
Karsan, which brings the technologies of the future to the present and directs the sector with its pioneering moves, continues to achieve firsts in global markets. Karsan, which attracted attention with its innovations in the electric public transportation market in Europe, continues to implement firsts in driverless transportation. In this context, Karsan Otonom e-ATAK has started counting the days until it hits the roads of Finland.
Tampere people are switching to driverless transportation comfort!
Karsan, which signed an autonomous vehicle sales contract with Norwegian VY Group, one of the largest public transportation authorities in the Scandinavian countries, delivered 1 8-meter Autonomous e-ATAK to be used in Tampere, Finland. In recent years, Michigan State University in the USA ( Autonomous e-ATAK, which carries passengers on a 5-kilometer route within Michigan State University, has been serving autonomously in Stavanger, Norway, since 2022. Karsan CEO Okan Baş said that the autonomous e-ATAK will be Finland's first full-size driverless bus that carries passengers and can be used in real road conditions, after Michigan State University and Stavanger, and added: “Karsan continues to achieve firsts in Scandinavian countries. In this context, we broke new ground and implemented Finland's first autonomous vehicle project. Karsan Autonomous e-ATAK, which has been carrying over 25.000 passengers for more than one and a half years, will now serve in the city of Tampere. "We will continue to transform the world's transportation infrastructure, especially Europe, with our electric and autonomous vehicles," he said.
Dr. Ali Ufuk Peker said, “Within the framework of our solid cooperation with Karsan and Applied Autonomy, we would like to thank REMOTED for allowing us to realize our project and trusting our vision. After the experience we have gained from operations in cold weather conditions for years, preparing to put our autonomous bus on the roads in Tampere, Finland offers the opportunity to prove once again the superior performance of our experience and level-4 automation technology in these challenging conditions. Our technology, which prioritizes safety and efficiency under all circumstances, not only demonstrates the power of our existing collaborations, but also zam“It also embodies our common vision for the transportation solutions of the future.” He made a statement as follows.
We will increase our share in the Scandinavian market!
Emphasizing that Karsan continues to achieve firsts in every market with its planned sales strategies, Okan Baş said, "We are taking the city of Tampere one step further in public transportation solutions with the Autonomous e-ATAK, which we delivered for use in Tampere, Finland, through the Norwegian VY Group, one of the largest public transportation authorities in the Scandinavian countries." We're taking it forward. "We will continue to be the primary solution partner for public transportation problems in the Scandinavian markets with our autonomous and electric vehicles," he said.
It implements everything the driver does!
Autonomous e-ATAK, which has level-4 Autonomous technology that can move without a driver on a planned route, can drive autonomously at 40 km/h in all weather conditions, day or night. What a bus driver did; Autonomous e-ATAK, which performs all operations such as approaching the stops on the route, managing the alighting and boarding processes, providing dispatch and management at intersections, crossings and traffic lights, without a driver, will begin to serve in Tampere, Finland, with its features that shape the public transportation of the future.