15 Jan, 2020 @ 14:36
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First self-driving bus to arrive on Spain’s Costa del Sol in 2020

Avanza Bus

Avanza Bus

MALAGA will receive its first ever autonomous bus ‘within the next few months’, it has been announced. 

The self-driving vehicle will operate between the port and the city centre and will carry cruise ship travellers.

The driver-less bus will be electric and manufactured by Irizar.

The project, managed by bus company Avanza, has the full backing of the city council.

The bus will travel on the same streets as others, with no need for new lanes to be created.

Avanza CEO Valentin Alonso said in a press conference that he is committed to making the whole fleet electric, but in a ‘rational way’.

The company, which makes around €500 million per year, is investing €30-€40 million per year in renovating its fleet.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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