"Prime Promotionnelle 2018" of the Fonds Nova Naturstroum
On Wednesday, 30 May 2018, Voyages Emile Weber was awarded for its eMobility programme "empoweringMobility" by the Nova Naturstroum fund.
The electrification of the fleet started back in 2009 and consists of a number of projects. Some have already been implemented, others will be launched in the coming months:
- 2009: Luxembourg's first double-articulated hybrid bus;
- 2015: UREVO project (For "Urban Revolution"): Launch of three double articulated plug-in hybrid buses- a world first at the time!
- 2015: Service cars for driver change at terminal stops;
- 2015: Introduction of the first electric taxis (WEBTAXI);
- 2018: First electric citizen bus in Luxembourg runs for the municipality of Mamer ("Ruffbus Mamer");
- February 2018: Launch of the first fully electrified RGTR line (line 305 Bettembourg-Dudelange).
Other initiatives are being planned for the coming weeks. Three of them can already be mentioned:
- End of May 2018: introduction of new electric buses on RGTR line 290 (Voyages Ecker);
- July 2018: opening of a new depot for electric vehicles in Bissen;
- Early 2019: introduction of the first MAN Lion's City Electric buses.
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