In 2024, about 1.000 new electric buses and trams were registered in Italy.
As of now, only 1% of buses in circulation in Italy are electric, but Liguria is the most virtuous region in Italy with Genoa as its driving force.
In Liguria the percentage indeed rises to 5% thanks to the primacy of Genoa: in the city there are over one hundred circulating ones.
In an increasingly electric-powered Liguria Genoa has indeed a fleet of electric buses and many more on the way.
The city is definitely focusing on trolley buses and it is planning the purchase of new vehicles along with the redevelopment of many urban areas.
It is an interesting project, a new model of urban mobility, which has as its theme zero-emission transport, the increase of public greenery, and the limitation of private traffic, a competitive public transport for both students and workers and for tourists. The end of the works is scheduled for the end of 2025, as hoped by the mayor.
The Genoa transportation company is carrying out road tests from the city center to the suburbs, along the coast, in the hinterland and anywhere in between in order to find new ways to develop sustainable mobility options.
The first model of electric bus is in Genoa from 2023 and for the transportation company it is a new opportunity to test a latest-generation sustainable vehicle and deepen their knowledge of it, testing its performance especially in terms of performance and consumption. The e-bus, with its particular aesthetics, weighs about 30 tons, is equipped with lithium batteries and has a maximum range of about 200 kilometers.
Charging tests and road simulations without passengers on board are planned in these days on new electric bus models in order to collect information in terms of performance and efficiency along the routes above mentioned.
These tests are being run to deepen the knowledge of electric technology at the service of Local Public Transport in view of an increasingly green transport system.
The initiative aims to offer citizens reliable services and a higher level of safety, while simultaneously promoting the improvement of air quality. The new buses are characterized by high standards in terms of performance, safety and comfort, are a tangible sign of the company's virtuosity, in line with the new industrial plan oriented towards the important objective of the energy transition of the sector, as part of the territorial enhancement process.
Electric buses are the new generation
When the last electric buses were presented a big event was organized by the local public transport company presenting the company fleet and marking an historical and ecological conversion of the sector.
The celebration saw the involvement of schools, local institutions, civil, military and religious authorities and the event included games, entertainment and surprises for the participants, including small gadgets given out to children and adults alike.
Last year in Genoa they have also launched a new electric tram called Azenetto (donkey in Genoese) in collaboration with the historical center and the old port, for the benefit of tourists but also of residents.
By framing the QR code on board the vehicle, you can receive historical and tourist information on the places you see directly on your smartphone, and in five different languages.
This initiative is part of the Caruggi Plan of the Municipality of Genoa and the city council with the aim of bringing tourists and the Genoese themselves closer to the historic center, providing them with an original and different access route to the old city, which also passes through lesser-known but equally evocative alleyways.
