SUSTAINABLE BUS 2-2023

INFRASTRUCTURE
GO-AHEAD WITH IRIZAR E-MOBILITY
Flash charging in London
20 E-BUSES ORDERED FOR THE FIRST FAST-CHARGED ROUTE
ZERO COMPROMISE.
MOVE. TOGETHER.
Irizar e-mobility and Go
Ahead London have signed a
contract to supply 20 buses and
related charging infrastructure to
electrify route 358 in south London,
the first ultra-fast opportunity
charging route in the capital.
Chargers are to be provided by
Jema Energy (Irizar Group).
The deal was landed in October
2022, bus deliveries have began
early this year. Currently, Transport
for London fleet has around
9,300 vehicles with a fully ZE
fleet target date of 2034. Since
2021, all new buses entering
TfL’s fleet have been ZE.
Two 450kW ultra-fast chargers
for the route terminals and
100kW depot chargers capable
of charging two buses simultaneously
at 50kW for the bus
garage will be supplied. The buses
will be powered by batteries
manufactured by the Irizar Group
and will be charged between trips using two fast charging inverted
pantograph systems to be installed at Crystal Palace and Orpington
Bus Stations, allowing the buses to be charged in less than five minutes
and enabling them to perform the required service effortlessly.
After finishing the route, the buses will receive a short top up using
the depot based chargers.
The Irizar ie tram’s front end design meets Transport for London’s 2024
Bus Safety Standards in terms of front end pedestrian protection, the
manufacturer highlights.
Deliveries have began in early
2023. The Currently, Transport for
London fleet has around 9,300
vehicles with a fully ZE fleet target
date of 2034. Since 2021, all new
buses entering TfL’s fleet have
been ZE.
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Geneva’s public transport system has chosen its
future e-buses on the way to a full electric bus
fleet by 2030. As many as 119 zero emission buses
will be provided by Swiss Hess, with Hitachi
Energy in charge of infrastructure.
The same partners have already been active in Geneva
with the TOSA project, and now have been
awarded the open international call for tenders
launched on 24 March 2022, as public transport
company TPG announces.
New e-buses are scheduled to debut in the first
half of 2025. However, the operator underlines
that “the complete electrification of the TPG fleet
will only represent an increase of 0.9% in the
electricity consumption of the canton of Geneva“.
After launching the TOSA pilot project with several
Geneva partners in 2013, the TPG has been commercially
operating a fleet of 12 electric buses on
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
line 23 since 2018. To date, they have travelled
2.8 million kilometres on this route. The new deal
landed by TPG with Hess will include 65 articulated
electric buses and 54 double-articulated electric
buses. The infrastructure required to operate
this fleet on six lines of the TPG network and at
the depots will be produced by Hitachi Energy at
its Geneva site. Various options will allow for additional
orders to be placed, TPG adds.
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