Carrosserie HESS AG (HESS) was established in Switzerland in 1882 and has been manufacturing electric vehicles for 80 years. Hess built the world’s first electric low-floor articulated vehicle in 1991 and the world’s first low-floor bi-articulated vehicle in 2003. Together with its international licensees, HESS produces around 2,400 buses a year. HESS’s high-capacity, full electric articulated vehicles are carrying some 3 million passengers every day in major city across Europe.In 2021, HESS commenced a project with the Brisbane City Council to deliver 60 full electric flash charge 25m bi-articulated vehicles for the Brisbane Metro.