Buses and coaches: new ACEA leader appointed and latest fleet data released

Brussels, 21 January 2022 – The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has appointed Anna Carmo e Silva – Senior Vice President and Head of Buses and Coaches at Scania – to chair its bus and coach division this year.
“Buses and coaches have the lowest carbon footprint per passenger of any form of motorised road transport,” said Ms Carmo e Silva. “We are fully committed to further improving this track record and to increasing our offerings of zero-emission vehicles.”
“However, insufficient charging and refuelling infrastructure risks being a barrier to introducing new bus technologies more widely to the EU market.” This is something the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), currently under discussion in the European Parliament and member states, needs to address urgently, with more ambitious targets for suitable infrastructure.
Buses are the most widely-used form of public transport in the European Union, serving cities as well as suburban and rural areas. According to new data in the latest edition of ACEA’s ‘Vehicles in Use’ report, 684,285 buses are in operation across the region, with nearly half on them circulating in Poland (124,526), Italy (99,883) and France (93,506).
Diesel buses still account for 93.5% of the EU fleet, with 0.9% being battery electric. However, significant shares for electric buses on the road can already be found in countries such as the Netherlands (12.4%) and Luxembourg (6.6%). With buses on the EU’s roads being 12.8 years old on average, renewing especially the city-bus fleets with zero-emission vehicles should be a priority for policy and decision makers.
ACEA brings together Europe’s five main bus and coach manufacturers: Daimler Truck, Iveco Group, MAN, Scania and Volvo Group. Ms Carmo e Silva succeeds Rudi Kuchta, Head of Bus Business Unit at MAN Truck & Bus, as Chairperson of ACEA’s Bus and Coach General Managers’ Committee.
Buses and coaches have the lowest carbon footprint per passenger of any form of motorised road transport.
Notes for editors
- The 2022 edition of ACEA’s ‘Vehicles in use’ report can be found here: https://www.acea.auto/publication/report-vehicles-in-use-europe-2022/.
About Anna Carmo e Silva, Senior Vice President, Scania Buses & Coaches
- After graduating with a Master of Science in Technology Management and Economics from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Anna Carmo e Silva joined Scania in 2002 as a management trainee.
- Over the years she held a variety of positions within the company, becoming a member of the management team of Scania Buses and Coaches in 2011.
- In 2016, Ms Carmo e Silva was appointed Acting Senior Vice President, Buses and Coaches, responsible for strategy, product offer, marketing and sales activities and became a member of Group Management.
- In 2017, she moved to Scania Sverige for a position as Director of Business Support. Anna Carmoe Silva remained in that position until appointed Senior Vice President, Scania Buses and Coaches in August 2019.
About ACEA
- The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) represents the 14 major Europe-based car, van, truck and bus makers: BMW Group, DAF Trucks, Daimler Truck, Ferrari, Ford of Europe, Honda Motor Europe, Hyundai Motor Europe, Iveco Group, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Renault Group, Toyota Motor Europe, Volkswagen Group, and Volvo Group.
- Visit www.acea.auto for more information about ACEA, and follow us on www.twitter.com/ACEA_auto or www.linkedin.com/company/ACEA/.
- Contact: Cara McLaughlin, Communications Director, cm@acea.auto, +32 485 88 66 47.
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About the EU automobile industry
- 13.0 million Europeans work in the automotive sector
- 11.5% of all manufacturing jobs in the EU
- €374.6 billion in tax revenue for European governments
- €101.9 billion trade surplus for the European Union
- Over 7% of EU GDP generated by the auto industry
- €59.1 billion in R&D spending annually, 31% of EU total