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On 8 March 2021, following ratification at a meeting of Renfe's administrative council, the operator announced that it will order 211 high-capacity EMUs for Cercanías, the commuter rail systems of Spain's major metropolitan areas.

On 30 March 2021 Stadler announced that it has successfully completed a three-year research project with its FLIRT AKKU battery-powered EMU (or BEMU).

In February 2021, a new Class ATR 803 FLIRT DMU destined for FNM arrived on the OETD IK test circuit at Źmigród.

One of the vehicles currently being tested on the OETD IK Żmigród circuit is the first of ten KISS double-deck EMUs for SŽ.

One of Stadler's current orders is the second batch of Class ED160 units for PKP IC.

In late December 2020, Stadler and ÖBB Infrastruktur signed a framework agreement for up to 20 new fire-fighting and rescue trains.

On 18 January 2019 BCh awarded Stadler a contract for ten five-car, 25 kV AC, 160 km/h Type FLIRT G EMUs for inter-city business class services.

On 1 December 2020 it was announced that Go-Ahead Bayern of Augsburg and TMH International (TMHI) of Zug have reached an agreement on cooperation over the maintenance of the latter’s operator fleet. 

One of the newest trains tested at the VUZ Velim test centre is the first Class 76 FLIRT for Norske Tog.

At the Źmigród test circuit are now also being tested various FLIRTs.

One of the newest vehicles tested at OETD IK facility in Źmigród at present is an Impuls 2 DMU for Koleje Wielkopolskie, 36WEhd-003.

Not only new EMUs form part of the BLS fleet rejuvenating strategy. The operator wants to ensure that its fleet can be serviced and maintained at three works in the long term so that S-Bahn Bern can continue to operate efficiently and powerfully in the future.

On 9 September 2020, BLS and Stadler presented the new BLS FLIRT EMU to the public for the first time in Erlen.

One of the types of vehicles currently on test at the VUZ test centre Velim is the new FLIRT EMU for Slovenian Railways.

Traktionssysteme Austria was contracted by Stadler Rail to maintain 254 traction motors of various Trenitalia FLIRTs.