Initiated in 2017, the STAR project, Rapid Autonomous Transport System, which aims to develop the first autonomous bus, capable of operating under conditions similar to a real exploitation, should give rise to a prototype early 2021. The objective is to have a 12 meter bus, able to accommodate a hundred passengers in conditions optimum safety, security and comfort, to achieve a speed of up to 40 km/h, all without driver.
El alcalde Enrique Peñalosa anunció la llegada de 594 buses eléctricos para el SITP, la que se convertirá en la flota debuses eléctricos más grande de Latinoamérica. Se trataría de vehículos de 12 metros que entrarían a funcionar en el sistema integrado de transporte colectivo de la capital colombiana.
In all the electric news the hybrid system might be a bit underestimated. MAN proudly announces therefore that since 2010 it has sold over 800 of their MAN Lion's City Hybrid. Only between January 2018 and April 2019 it already sold nearly 200 buses of the hybrid model. Not only that, MAN has also high hopes of its new Lion's City Efficient Hybrid, also known as mild hybrid.
Un sistema de carga para autobuses eléctricos mediante pantógrafo flexible y automatizado es la propuesta que la compañía ABB ha dado a conocer en la feria UITP (Union Internationale des Transports Publics) 2019 en Estocolmo (Suecia), como una de las tecnologías para responder a la demanda del mercado mundial del autobús eléctrico que, según la consultora “P&S Intelligence” registrará una tasa de crecimiento del 16,6% al año hasta 2025.
With another 183 Pure Electric Buses BYD is expanding Santiago's bus fleet up to 411 buses. The Chilean Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Gloria Hutt, recently announced this new order, due to arrive in August of this year. Last December BYD together with Chilean partner Enel delivered 100 electric buses, BYD's K9FEs, operating in Santiago to the city. BYD now has a dominant share of more than 60% in the capital’s promising electric bus market.