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411 electric buses up for grabs in Rome

ATAC has issued a long-awaited tender for as many as 411 electric buses. Being more specific: 396 12-metre and 15 18-metre vehicles. The tender is partly financed by the carrier’s budget funds and partly by the NextGenerationEU. Estimated value for the operation? 368.58 million euros. The dead...

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Depot-first autonomy for European smartbuses

For more than a decade, autonomous buses have been “almost ready.” Demonstrations with safety drivers began around 2015, and ten years later, this is still largely what we see. The reason is not a lack of ambition – it is physics, safety, and economics. Autonomous buses on city streets a...

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411 electric buses up for grabs in Rome

ATAC has issued a long-awaited tender for as many as 411 electric buses. Being more specific: 396 12-metre and 15 18-metre vehicles. The tender is partly financed by the carrier’s budget funds and partly by the NextGenerationEU. Estimated value for the operation? 368.58 million euros. The dead...