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Zaragoza’s buses go fully electric
City of Zaragoza has made an official announcement that all new purchased city buses will be fully electric.
The mayor of Zaragoza Jorge Azcón, announced this week that none of the 68 buses that are scheduled to be renewed until 2022 will be combustion. Instead, the city will take over a fleet of 68 electric buses, which will mean an outlay of 46 million euros. Currently, Zaragoza has four electric buses and 111 hybrid buses, among others, reports Explica.co.
Although the cost of buying new buses is 12 million euros more that if its combustion counterparts were purchased, mayor Azcón considers that long-term savings will be generated because “its operating cost is lower” and “its maintenance is simpler”. The next step is adapting the garages to be able to load the buses.
The idea is not only to save costs in the long term, but to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In the words of the city council, for each diesel bus replaced, 1,700 tons of CO2 will be saved.
“It is estimated that, when the entire fleet is replaced by electric vehicles, Zaragoza will save more than 621,000 tons of CO2 emissions”, Zaragoza City Council stated. “The necessary procedures have already been initiated so that the AVANZA garages, the concession company, have enough charging points before the arrival of the first new vehicles, something that should happen over the next year”. Photo Explica.co
