Electrification of urban and regional bus fleets

Buses in public service are used by many persons every day and run for hundreds of kilometers a week. The transfer from diesel buses to zero emission buses allows not only the reduction of local emissions, but gives visibility of zero emission solutions, allows hands on experience to the local population, and reduces fuel and maintenance cost for the operating company. In order to evaluate which technology can be applied for which bus lines and where to position which infrastructure Eurac Research is collaborating with bus operators using a digital model considering routes, landscape, climate and time tables.