Carris electric fleet reinforced with 44 "zero emissions" buses

Public transport is responsible for around 50% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, said Carlos Moedas, at the presentation of the "zero emissions" buses to the city.

"Our greatest effort has to be in transport," added the mayor of Lisbon, stressing that "the central objective for the city is that by 2027, 87% of the fleet should be totally environmentally friendly".

The 30 new standard buses and 14 minibuses, presented today in Terreiro do Paço, will be integrated into regular service routes: 732 and 760 (which run on Rua da Madalena), 706, and neighborhood routes: 10B; 19B; 22B; 67B and 73B.

Carris has "an ambitious company plan to upgrade its fleet", said Pedro Bogas, president of Carris. "We are not merely replacing old buses with new ones. We are replacing old diesel buses with new energy buses."

With the arrival of the new buses, he said, "we will quadruple the fleet of electric buses", in a paradigm shift that began at Carris "in 2020, when it acquired the first 15 electric buses", he recalled.

The "planned investment is 165 million euros by 2027", revealed the head of the municipal company. This is "the path we've been on for some time and to which we will remain committed", with "clear environmental benefits and for the thousands of people who travel on Carris every day".