Scania will deliver 41 battery-electric city and suburban buses to Norwegian operator Tide Buss for services in Vestfold starting in summer 2026. The deal marks the company’s first electric bus deliveries in Norway.
The buses are built on Scania’s battery-electric platform, which uses a modular system also deployed across its truck range. Each unit features five battery packs with a combined capacity of 520 kWh, four mounted on the roof and one at the rear. Power comes from a 230 kW electric motor paired with a two-speed gearbox, technology adapted from Scania’s truck operations for urban use. Service and maintenance for the fleet will be handled at the company’s Borgeskogen facility.
Bodywork for the vehicles is supplied by Higer, a long-standing Scania partner that also builds the bodies for the brand’s touring and long-distance coaches. The new buses, marketed under the Scania Fencer F1 name, are equipped with identical layouts: 12.2 metres in length, two axles, 39 fixed seats, three folding seats, and additional standing space. Each bus is fitted with double doors at the front and middle.
“We are pleased to be able to deliver the first electric Scania buses in Norway, and to have signed agreements with Tide Buss for both the delivery of these buses and their service and maintenance,” said Jon Eystein Lund, Sales Director at Norsk Scania.
The Vestfold contract, awarded to Tide Buss, begins on July 1, 2026, and runs for 10 years. It covers 11.2 million kilometres of operation and is the largest agreement the operator has secured to date. The total value of the contract, including approximately 235 electric buses, is estimated at NOK 7 billion ($589 million).
Tide Buss already operates Volvo 7900 Electric buses in Hammerfest, north of the Arctic Circle. Following a successful trial in 2024, the vehicles were approved for the region’s cold climate. Conditions in southern Vestfold are expected to present fewer challenges for the new fleet.