World Premiere: An Air Pollution Reduction Solution Tested by Transdev, Tallano Technologies, and IVECO BUS
Issy-les-Moulineaux, April 30, 2024 – Transdev, Tallano Technologies, and IVECO BUS are joining forces to test TAMIC®, a system designed to capture fine particles emitted during bus braking. Full-scale trials will begin in the second half of 2024 on an urban transport network operated by Transdev.
Transdev, Tallano Technologies, and IVECO BUS present a solution for capturing fine particles generated by bus braking systems.
Tallano Technologies is participating with Transdev, Solea, Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, and IVECO BUS in a collaborative project under the Propulse program of the French Transport Innovation Agency (AIT). This program, under the Ministry of Transport, aims to select and support innovative mobility projects toward pre-industrialization, with strong impacts in terms of energy and environmental transition.
Studies and tests of this pollution-reduction system are currently underway, with real-world trials planned for autumn 2024.
On Wednesday, February 28, the AIT officially selected the Joseph project — led by Solea (local Transdev subsidiary), Transdev (fleet operator), IVECO (bus manufacturer), and Tallano (technology provider) — as a winner of the 3rd edition of the Propulse Program.
This project involves initially equipping three IVECO BUS vehicles currently operating in Mulhouse with TAMIC®, followed by the retrofitting of 50 additional buses as part of an air quality improvement program for Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération.
European legislation provides a framework for environmental standards on emissions from combustion engines. By 2030, it will be expanded to include a component on “non-exhaust” particle emissions — notably those generated by braking systems. The innovation developed and tested by Transdev, Tallano Technologies, and IVECO BUS aims to offer a solution that meets these upcoming requirements.
According to ADEME (the French Agency for Ecological Transition), while pollutant emissions from combustion engine exhaust have decreased thanks to the widespread use of particle filters, emissions from brake wear (as well as tires and road surfaces) are becoming increasingly predominant.
These emissions pose a public health risk. From an environmental perspective, rainwater washing over asphalt surfaces in urban areas carries microparticles of rubber and metallic, chlorinated, or sulfurous elements — notably from brake, tire, and road surface wear — into sewer systems.
Ambition of the project
The tests conducted in 2024 — a world first — will pave the way for next steps, such as certification of the depollution system once standards are defined, and industrial development of the solution. The strength of the brake particle capture system, based on Tallano’s technology and implemented by Transdev and IVECO BUS, lies in its ability to be both integrated into new vehicles and retrofitted onto buses already in operation.
