SAFRA has announced the sale of 10 HYCITY® hydrogen-powered buses to KEOLIS to be deployed in the Clermont-Ferrand metropolitan area in France.
Clermont Auvergne Métropole and Syndicat Mixte des Transports en Commun de l’Agglomération Clermontoise’s (SMTC-AC) will operate the vehicles on a hydrogen line of the T2C network.
The purchase is part of the Clermont Auvergne Métropole and SMTC-AC’s global InspiRe energy transition project, with KEOLIS as prime contractor, aiming to develop an ecosystem dedicated to hydrogen, from production to vehicle fuelling at the Cournon-d’Auvergne compression and distribution station and the commissioning of 10 new buses and four retrofitted coaches.