Renewal of the regional public transport bus fleet to clean fuels - purchase of natural gas, electric or hydrogen buses

Strengthening of the regional public transport zero- emission bus fleet  (Mission 2, Component 2, Investment 4.4.1a)

Italy's Recovery and Resilience Plan provides this investment, which consists in the procurement of at least 3 000 zero-emission low-floor buses and at least 1 000 charging stations for zero-and low-emission low-floor buses. Buses shall be equipped with digital features. Eligible buses are low-floor (that is, they belong to the M2 and M3 category of vehicles according to UNECE standards) and are either electric or hydrogen fuel cell.

The investment is financed by Italy’s Recovery and Resilience plan by EUR 1650 million.

The project Renewal of the regional public transport bus fleet to clean fuels - purchase of natural gas, electric or hydrogen buses is part of this investment. The project aims to purchase eight CNG-powered buses for local public transport. The purchase has been made and the vehicles have arrived.