More and more electric buses are rolling through Saxony

56 e-buses in the district of Zwickau

From this year, half of the buses in use there will be electric, according to the district administration office. There is talk of 56 e-buses. After a ramp-up phase, around 70 percent of the 4.1 million kilometers per year will be driven electrically in normal operation.

District Administrator Carsten Michaelis (CDU) sees his district as a nationwide pioneer in rural areas and speaks of a "lighthouse project for electromobility in regional transport". The buses are not only environmentally friendly, but also more economical to operate, emphasized the head of Regionalverkehr Westsachsen GmbH, André Jalowy.

With regard to the environmental balance, the Ministry of Infrastructure refers to studies according to which, depending on the electricity mix, buses powered by electricity produce 40 to 70 percent less CO2 over their entire life cycle than comparable diesel buses. "Regardless of the current state of the art, the aim is to reduce emissions to zero in the long term and completely dispense with fossil fuels."