Latest Japan News

• 15 Oct 2024 | Fleet

  Karsan Delivers First e-Jest Electric Minibus in Japan

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  Electric bus manufacturer, Karsan, has launched its first e-JEST minibus to Ina City, Nagano in central Japan. 

• 22 Dec 2023 | Fleet

  Karsan Debuts e-JEST Electric Minibus in Japan

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  Electric bus manufacturer, Karsan has announced its debut in Japan with the launch of its e-JEST right-hand drive minibus. 

• 7 Jan 2022 | Fleet

  BYD J6 Runs on Japan’s First All-Electric Public Transit Loop Line

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  BYD, Keihan Bus Co., and Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. have put 4 BYD J6 electric buses into service on Japan’s first all-electric public …

• 16 Jun 2021 | Business

  Hino to Introduce HINO Poncho Z EV in Spring 2022

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  Hino Motors, Ltd. has announced its plans to launch the HINO Poncho Z EV light-duty electric bus in spring 2022 in the Japanese market.

• 16 Apr 2021 | Supplier News

  Wrightbus Celebrates Landmark £8m Far East Orders

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  Wrightbus is celebrating two landmark orders to produce a total of 45 buses for markets in the Far East from its factory in Malaysia.

• 1 Mar 2021 | Business

  BYD to Help Kyoto Reach Japan’s 2050 Carbon Neutral Goal

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  In 2021, Keihan Bus and Kansai Electric Power will launch the first batch of 4 BYD J6 buses on one of Kyoto’s famous sightseeing bus lines.

• 22 Feb 2021 | Science & Technology

  BYD Autonomous Airport Shuttle Bus Completes Trial

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  Jointly carried out by ANA, BYD, BOLDLY, and Advanced Smart Mobility, the project has been conducted three rounds of tests from 2018 to 2020…

• 19 Dec 2020 | Business

  Nagasaki, Japan Welcomes First Batch of Pure Electric Buses from BYD

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  BYD has delivered pure electric buses to Huis Ten Bosch Theme Park in Nagasaki, Japan, giving visitors an extremely quiet ride experience,