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TMB Barcelona puts a BYD articulated e-bus on trial

TMB is testing an articulated electric bus from the BYD, 18.75m long, simulating regular service on lines H16, V15 and H12. A few days ago the first Solaris fuel cell bus was launched in operation in the city (also 2 18-meter models will be delivered). TMB plans to have 25% zero emission buses in it...

TMB to buy 250 new buses (116 electric) thanks to a EIB programme

European Investment Bank (EIB) is granting a 73.5 million euros loan to public transport company TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona). The money will be used to buy 254 new buses. 116 of them will be electric buses. The new vehicles will be delivered according to a timeline that should be con...

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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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TMB Barcelona puts a BYD articulated e-bus on trial

TMB is testing an articulated electric bus from the BYD, 18.75m long, simulating regular service on lines H16, V15 and H12. A few days ago the first Solaris fuel cell bus was launched in operation in the city (also 2 18-meter models will be delivered). TMB plans to have 25% zero emission buses in it...

TMB to buy 250 new buses (116 electric) thanks to a EIB programme

European Investment Bank (EIB) is granting a 73.5 million euros loan to public transport company TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona). The money will be used to buy 254 new buses. 116 of them will be electric buses. The new vehicles will be delivered according to a timeline that should be con...