Procurement and tendering of e-buses

organization managers share the position that with the 20% - 80% business scheme the municipalities could deploy the e-buses in a business model that relies on public and private funding, and therefore link sustainability of e-bus fleets on enhanced local promotion and management/operation of local e-bus fleets.

The favourable elements of the above programs are that these require the existence of sustainable urban transport/mobility strategies or already elaborated/implemented initiatives that point in this direction.

South Transdanubia: Zero-emission is targeted by national policies; local strategic documents - such as Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs), Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) - rely on the national targets. The current goals of Hungary are indicated in the National Clean Development Strategy (draft version). As far as bus and coach traffic is concerned, a special support scheme is currently being developed for the replacement of buses performing local public transport tasks by purchasing new buses, mainly electric buses, taking into account the provisions of the Clean Vehicle Directive. Hungary's new bus strategic concept, the Green Bus Program was announced in the government decree 1537/2019 on the tasks related to the new bus strategy concept of Hungary and the Green Bus Model Project. (IX. 20.).

4.2 An overview of the good practices on Procuring and tendering Each partner has collected good practices in their region or country in the field of procurement and tendering.

Turku: Steering public transport procurement towards Clean Vehicles Directive Summary: To prepare for the requirements of the Clean Vehicles Directive tendering process is changed to award directive compatible vehicles in offers with extra points.

Hamburg: Conditional delivery of e-buses, including a practical test phase Summary: The procurement of E-buses procured by the VHH in Hamburg includes a test phase. All e-buses must drive a total distance of 2.000 km without errors before the procurement is completed.

Gozo: Pilot project with an electric bus before the procurement of a large fleet of e-buses Summary: In Malta, a pilot project was done to test an electric bus in a specific local context before the procurement of a large fleet of e-buses. This helped the transport operator to identify the challenges of an electric bus operating in the Maltese roads (issues related to the hilly terrain, high temperatures and frequent stopping due to traffic) and to analyze 28