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EMT Madrid has awarded a batch of 150 electric buses (for 81 million euros), the largest procurement of e-buses issued by the operator so far. Winners? Irizar e-mobility and Solaris. It has been announced by the transport company with a press release. The buses are set to be delivered in 2022 and 20...

The new Irizar ie bus is ready for the market. It features a series of technological innovations that make it a highly implemented version of the range so far commercialized by the Spanish group. The Irizar ie bus is the ‘heir’ of the Irizar i2e which was the first zero emission vehicle ...

A new ‘job’ for second-life batteries. Electric bus manufactuer Irizar is entering a partnership with Ibil in order to allow the reuse of the batteries at the end of their useful life on the vehicles (generally when the maximum capacity reaches 80 percent of the original capacity). Ibil,...

Zaragoza took delivery of 17 new Volvo hybrid buses. The vehicles have been incorporated into the Avanza fleet. The new buses bring the average age of the public transport fleet of the Spanish city to a reduction of 8 per cent, thus stating at 8.3 years. Further 18 hybrid buses will soon be introduc...

UITP Global Public Transport Summit 2019 sees the ‘consecration’ of battery electric buses and relaunches hydrogen buses (at least in the world of product novelties). Solaris presented its Urbino 12 hydrogen, that promises an autonomy of 350 kilometers. This model is not just a concept: ...

Amiens Métropole and Keolis just launched what they claims to be “the first electric BRT in France”. The service is operated by electric buses on four new rapid transit routes. The buses involved in this project are 43 model of Irizar ie tram that are now part of a fleet of 136 buses dep...