{"id":15398,"date":"2021-07-29T14:29:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=15398"},"modified":"2021-07-30T11:59:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T09:59:23","slug":"ratp-paris-bluebus-irizar-iveco-solaris-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/news\/ratp-paris-bluebus-irizar-iveco-solaris-man\/","title":{"rendered":"RATP signs contracts with Bluebus, Irizar and Iveco for up to 451 e-buses. Also MAN and Solaris awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Paris, a second round of contracts – following a second maxi tender (the first one was awarded in 2019 for 400 million euros and a potential of 800 e-buses) – has been signed by RATP with electric bus manufacturers in order to achieve the goal of transitioning a consistent part of the Parisian bus fleet to zero emissions by 2025. Bluebus, Irizar, Iveco <\/strong>have been awarded contracts for up to 451 battery-electric buses. In total, 3,700 vehicles have been or will be purchased for the entire plan from 2015 to 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The consultation for the acquisition of standard electric buses, for a maximum amount of \u20ac825 million over 4 years, has resulted in \u00abthe signature of five framework agreements with Bluebus\/Bollor\u00e9, Irizar, Iveco, MAN and Solaris<\/strong>\u00bb, RATP says. The first subsequent contracts were awarded, for a period of 2 years, to cover deliveries in 2022 and 2023. These follow-on contracts represent a maximum potential of nearly 450 buses and are awarded to Bluebus\/Bollor\u00e9 (158 vehicles)<\/a>, Irizar (113 vehicles)<\/a> and Iveco (180 vehicles)<\/strong>, RATP specifies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The aim of this second massive call for tenders under the Bus2025 programme is to continue the renewal of the bus fleet operated by RATP using electric and biomethane drives. This ambition is in line with \u00cele-de-France Mobilit\u00e9s’ desire to eliminate diesel buses from its network<\/strong> and to make the \u00cele-de-France region a world benchmark for very low carbon urban public transport. 3.9 million daily journeys are made wholly or partly by bus throughout the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Concerning buses running on biomethane<\/strong>, a previous tender issued in March, for a maximum amount of \u20ac575 million over 4 years, resulted in the signature of three contracts<\/strong>: the first two were awarded to MAN for a maximum amount of \u20ac255m and \u20ac91m respectively, and the third to IVECO for a maximum amount of \u20ac229m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This new stage in the Bus2025 programme reflects RATP’s ambition to be a committed player in sustainable development. This commitment is recognised and supported by the European Commission, which recently awarded a new grant for the conversion of bus depots to electricity and biomethane operated by RATP in the \u00cele-de-France region<\/strong>. A total of \u20ac50.7 million in subsidies has been allocated to the Bus2025 programme in 2020 and 2021 by the European Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paris, a second round of contracts – following a second maxi tender (the first one was awarded in 2019 for 400 million euros and a potential of 800 e-buses) – has been signed by RATP with electric bus manufacturers in order to achieve the goal of transitioning a consistent part of the Parisian bus fleet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
RATP Bus2025 project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
MAN and Iveco to provide CNG-powered buses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
50 million euros to RATP by EU Commission for Bus2025 project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n