Gijón’s EMTUSA Orders Four Irizar Electric Buses as Fleet Electrification Expands

The number of vehicles that move with alternative fuels to fossil fuels has not stopped growing in recent years in Spain. It is a trend that transcends the market of private buyers: it has also come strong to public transport. In the Community of Madrid, for example, almost 55% of the 2,107 buses that currently operate the interurban lines managed by the Regional Transport Consortium (CRTM) are hybrid (817), electric (110), move with gas (224) o…

Gijón’s EMTUSA Orders Four Irizar Electric Buses as Fleet Electrification Expands

EMTUSA, the public transport operator of Gijón in northern Spain, has ordered four electric city buses from Spanish manufacturer Irizar, expanding its efforts to decarbonise its urban fleet. The order follows the recent addition of six electric buses supplied by Poland’s Solaris. The newly ordered 12-metre-long vehicles are part of Irizar’s ie model series and [...] The post Gijón’s EMTUSA Orders Four Irizar Electric Buses as Fleet Electrificati…

Irizar to deliver e-buses in Gijón, Spain - Sustainable Bus

Irizar e-mobility will provide a batch of four 12-meter Irizar ie bus models in Gijón, northern Spain. They’ll be operated by carrier Empresa Municipal de Transportes Urbanos de Gijón (EMTUSA). The city becomes the 26th Spanish city deploying e-buses from the Basque company, that has surpassed 1,200 electric buses produced. The 1,000th e-bus was delivered in September 2024. Irizar e-mobility, founded in 2016, was expected to achieve positive EBI…

The Regional Consorcio de Transporte de la Comunidad de Madrid (CRTM) is preparing a decree regulating the access of electric, hybrid or gas-operated buses to underground exchangers, since their use is booming and until now there is no explicit regulation on the matter.Continue reading...