The first of a fleet of 140 electric buses manufactured by China's Yutong have arrived in Attica and will soon join the other means of public transport in Athens, as announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras.

The quality checks of the new electric buses, which will strengthen the urban transport fleet of Athens and Thessaloniki, have been completed, during the visit of the Secretary General of Transport, Yiannis Xifaras and the Commission for Receiving Buses and Accessories of the competition, which consists of officials from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and OSY SA, at the facilities of the "Yutong International Holding" company, in China.