Yutong in Pescara, Italy: the debut of zero emission buses in TUA’s fleet

Electric buses travelling on the former railway line. TUA, the regional carrier operating in Pescara and Abruzzo, has presented the first three electric buses that will be used to connect Pescara and the coastal city of Montesilvano: these are 11-metre and 12-metre e-buses by Yutong. Electric buses debut in Pescara In addition, over the next […]

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Electric buses travelling on the former railway line. TUA, the regional carrier operating in Pescara and Abruzzo, has presented the first three electric buses that will be used to connect Pescara and the coastal city of Montesilvano: these are 11-metre and 12-metre e-buses by Yutong.

Electric buses debut in Pescara

In addition, over the next three months the battery-powered fleet for the aforementioned route will be enriched by another two 18-metre articulated buses from the Chinese manufacturer, which was also awarded the supply of three 7-metre-long plug-in minibuses (intended for the adduction lines, with the aim of facilitating passenger interchange along the north-south axis and vice versa) in relation to the tender issued at the end of November 2024.

tua abruzzo yutong electric buses

Another two 12-metre buses (a Mercedes-Benz and an Alfabus) were also acquired through the same tender, bringing to 19 the total number of electric vehicles in service in the metropolitan area of Pescara.

Compared to the 80 buses currently in circulation, TUA operations will be reorganised to operate 19 electric vehicles and 6 trolleybuses (once the trolleybus system is up and running).

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