Andermatt runs its mobility on the same water that powers the valley
A 100% electric fleet charged on regional hydropower, reaching any pickup point in the valley within fifteen to twenty minutes — in a geography where terrain, not distance, sets the travel time.
- Setting
- Alpine valley resort
- Service model
- Tourism & seasonal
- Fleet
- 100% electric, regional hydropower
- Booking
- App, web and phone
Results
Charged on hydropower generated in the region.
Any pickup point in the valley, despite the terrain.
Capacity that follows the season rather than a fixed timetable.
The challenge
In a valley, the map lies about how long anything takes
Alpine geography breaks the usual assumptions. Two points a short distance apart on a map may be separated by a climb, a pass or a single road that switches back on itself. Fleet sizing and travel times based on straight-line distance are simply wrong.
A resort also swings hard between seasons and between day and night, so a network fixed for one pattern is wrong for every other. The answer had to work for a commuter at seven in the morning and a hotel guest at midnight, on the same fleet and the same rules.
What we deployed
An electric fleet sized around terrain rather than distance
- 01Electric fleet
Vehicles charged on regional hydropower.
- 02Terrain-aware sizing
Fleet and travel times modelled on real road geometry, not straight lines.
- 03Valley-wide zone
One service area covering the settlements and the resort.
- 04Seasonal configuration
Hours and capacity adjusted between seasons.
Regionally powered, genuinely
The fleet charges on hydropower generated in the region, which makes the sustainability claim specific rather than rhetorical — the energy and the service come from the same valley.
How the assignment rules workOn site
Riders pick a named virtual stop in the operator’s own app. 
The service meets the train rather than competing with it. 
The driver sees the zone, the next stop and the break clock in one view.
Daniel ZumoberhausSenior Innovation Consultant, Andermatt Swiss Alps AG“A train can never really go to everybody’s home, to everybody’s workplace. That’s where mybuxi came in — a solution that helps us be part of the system, not replace it.”
“In Switzerland we are quite proud of our system — we talk about 95% punctuality. But here, in the middle of the Alps, we don’t have that density of people, so we don’t have that density of opportunities. If we can convince people living here to leave the car in the garage, that is a small impact on the environment we would really like to foster.”
Similar challenges
The problem isn’t specific to the Alps
What makes Andermatt hard is not the size of the valley. It is terrain that makes straight-line distance meaningless, and demand that swings between seasons and between day and night — a commuter at seven in the morning, a hotel guest at midnight.
Mountain resorts, islands and any territory where a pass, a climb or a single road sets the travel time face the same problem. Where it holds, so does the model: a fleet sized around real travel times, one set of rules for every season, and electric vehicles where the energy is local.
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