FlixBus, the long-distance bus operator in Europe, announced on April 13 that it would start trial operation of long-distance passenger transport route using full electric buses in France and Germany from April this year. This will be the first route of this kind in European area. According to media, the bus adopted by FlixBus is China’s Yutong full electric bus.

Headquartered in Munich, Germany, FlixBus claimed on the same day that it planned to open a long-distance route using full electric bus between Paris and Amiens in April this year. The distance of the trial operation is approximately 150 kilometers. The company will then open another long-distance route using full electric bus between Hessen and Baden-Württemberg in the early summer of this year.

The founder of FlixBus said that although the full electric buses are costly, and his company is convinced that this "future-oriented investment is cost-effective". "As an operator, we are releasing a clear signal, that is, the transformation of the mobility mode, is likely to happen. At the same time, the appearance of the first full electric long-distance bus also sent signals to the bus makers, urging them to accelerate innovation and develop new energy vehicles that replace conventional diesel vehicles."

It is reported that the first batch of electric bus used by FlixBus to serve the European market is Yutong ICe12 (for French market), which has 53 seats with the maximum speed of 100 kilometers per hour.