To circumnavigate the globe by plane, a passenger’s footprint is 9 tonnes of CO2. By bus, this would be one tonne, and the difference between these two figures highlights energy efficiency, said Adrian Rășoiu, Business Development Manager at FlixBus, at the conference “Digitalization and Energy Efficiency – Bucharest” organised by Energynomics together with the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Romania – CCIpR.

“Both the way we produce energy and the way we consume it can be efficient, and this is where coaches can play a significant role. The carbon footprint of a bus is five times smaller than that of a passenger car and nine times smaller than the CO2 footprint of an aeroplane. One coach can replace 30 cars, whether petrol or electric,” said Rășoiu.

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FlixBus and the Flix Group have a network in 44 countries on four continents and carried 81 million passengers last year. This year, a Swedish investment fund, EQT, together with Kühne Holding, a Swiss transport and logistics company, acquired a 35% minority stake in FlixBus, which also operates in Romania. The deal was valued at around €1bn.

The conference “Digitalization and Energy Efficiency – Bucharest” was organised by Energynomics together with the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Romania – CCIpR, with the support of our partners: Bonatti, Datacor, Elektra Renewable Support, Elvo, Enexus Renewable Energy, Generali, HBI Real Estate, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank, Keno Energy, Personnel Select, Polytrade Global, Prime Batteries Technology, Prysmian, Schneider Electric, SolarX Power, UniCredit Bank, VARD, WALDEVAR Energy, WEBUS 4 Energy.