Reduction of the carbon footprint through fleet electrification and other alternatives

CONTEXT:

Alsa (https://www.alsa.es/sobre-alsa) is the leading operatorin the Spanish road passenger mobility sector. With more than 100 years ofexperience and a vocation for continuous innovation, Alsa is integrated inMobico Group, an international public transport operator that manages buses,coaches and railways in the UK, EU, North America, North Africa and the MiddleEast. As an integrated operator, it is able to meet the different mobility needs of the public by providing awide range of regional, national, international, urban, occasional (coach hire)and tourist services. In addition, Alsa specializes in the management of busstations, service areas and vehicle maintenance areas. Alsa currently has a modern fleet of 6,262buses, which in 2023 transported 588 million passengers, served by a competentteam of 17,137 professionals. (https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/about-alsa).

OPPORTUNITY:

Alsa has several challenges. This one is focused on reduction of the carbon footprint through fleet electrification and other alternatives (applied to both trains and buses).

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Startups or spin-offs with innovative mobility products/services, whose value proposition (TRL 7 to 9) has potential impact on the company's business, in the area described above.