2023-09 SUSTAINABLE BUS
A new issue of Sustainable Bus is out today. In this upcoming edition, we’ve curated a diverse and comprehensive range of topics that spotlight the latest developments in the world of sustainable mobility. From cutting-edge technological advancements to market insights and industry transformations, this issue promises to be a captivating exploration of the future of public transportation. What you could fine inside? Well, a market insight will offer you a detailed look at the European e-bus market, providing you with a comprehensive understanding of the mid-2023 results. The leading e-bus market in Europe is still UK: therefore, we focused our attention on that specific market with a report that sums up strategies, focus, goals of the most prominent industry players. A technology spotlight on the delicate topic of batteries, authored by Claudius Jehle, look at battery management and strategies to ensure the smooth and cost-effective operation of electric buses (with a focus on a case study from BVG). Among the pillars of our upcoming issue you’ll find a detailed journey around the European industrial bus&coach landscape. Goal? Providing our readers insights into the changing dynamics among key OEMs in the region. We’ll be then taking you behind the scenes at the Yutong factory in Zhengzhou, that we had the pleasure of visiting in June. Let’s then delve into Iveco Bus’s growing efforts in the zero-emission bus field. Finally, last but not least, a nearly-20-pages comparison between seven 12-meter battery-electric buses, gathered together in Bonn also this year by the German magazine Omnibusspiegel. You’ll find both established players and newcomers side by side: Ebusco 3.0, Hess lighTram 12m, Ikarus 120e, Iveco E-Way, Mercedes eCitaro with new batteries, Otokar e-Kent C, Quantron Cizaris 12 Ev.
A new issue of Sustainable Bus is out today. In this upcoming edition, we’ve curated a diverse and comprehensive range of topics that spotlight the latest developments in the world of sustainable mobility. From cutting-edge technological advancements to market insights and industry transformations, this issue promises to be a captivating exploration of the future of public transportation.
What you could fine inside? Well, a market insight will offer you a detailed look at the European e-bus market, providing you with a comprehensive understanding of the mid-2023 results. The leading e-bus market in Europe is still UK: therefore, we focused our attention on that specific market with a report that sums up strategies, focus, goals of the most prominent industry players.
A technology spotlight on the delicate topic of batteries, authored by Claudius Jehle, look at battery management and strategies to ensure the smooth and cost-effective operation of electric buses (with a focus on a case study from BVG).
Among the pillars of our upcoming issue you’ll find a detailed journey around the European industrial bus&coach landscape. Goal? Providing our readers insights into the changing dynamics among key OEMs in the region.
We’ll be then taking you behind the scenes at the Yutong factory in Zhengzhou, that we had the pleasure of visiting in June. Let’s then delve into Iveco Bus’s growing efforts in the zero-emission bus field.
Finally, last but not least, a nearly-20-pages comparison between seven 12-meter battery-electric buses, gathered together in Bonn also this year by the German magazine Omnibusspiegel. You’ll find both established players and newcomers side by side: Ebusco 3.0, Hess lighTram 12m, Ikarus 120e, Iveco E-Way, Mercedes eCitaro with new batteries, Otokar e-Kent C, Quantron Cizaris 12 Ev.
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TECHNO<br />
8<br />
SOLARIS WON TWO MAJOR FUEL CELL <strong>BUS</strong> TENDERS<br />
The largest H2 bus tenders so far<br />
130 UNITS FOR BOLOGNA, 90 IN VENICE<br />
From Bologna to Venice Solaris<br />
has secured contracts to<br />
provide as many as 220 fuel cell<br />
buses. The Polish manufacturer<br />
is set to deliver 130 of its Urbino<br />
12 hydrogen to TPER in<br />
Bologna, in the framework of<br />
the largest fuel cell bus tender<br />
in Europe so far (with possible<br />
addition of further 140 units).<br />
To facilitate the deployment of<br />
these vehicles, TPER has chosen<br />
the German group Wolftank<br />
as its operational-industrial partner<br />
for the consortium TPH2,<br />
which will see the operator and<br />
the supplier working together on<br />
creating an integrated hydrogen<br />
fueling system tailored to the<br />
needs of the buses. The delivery<br />
of the first batch of 37 hydrogen<br />
buses is scheduled for 2024, with<br />
the remaining units expected in<br />
2025-2026. Funding for this<br />
procurement comes from Next<br />
Generation EU scheme, with a base price of €76.2 million for the<br />
initial 127 buses.<br />
The transport operator of Venice, ACTV, has also ordered 90 hydrogen-powered<br />
Solaris buses, comprising 75 in the 12-meter version<br />
and 15 articulated units. According to the agreement, new hydrogen<br />
vehicles will be delivered to Venice gradually, starting from November<br />
2025, and the deliveries will be completed in the first weeks of 2026.<br />
30 battery-powered Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses and 4 hydrogenpowered<br />
Urbino 12 are already running in and around Venice.<br />
BATTERY ASSEMBLY BY SCANIA<br />
Scania officially opened its battery assembly facility<br />
located in Södertälje, at the manufacturer’s<br />
Swedish headquarters,<br />
in<br />
early September<br />
<strong>2023</strong>. The<br />
plant will employ<br />
550 people<br />
and is highly<br />
automated,<br />
from incoming<br />
goods throughout<br />
production<br />
to delivery. Furthermore,<br />
by<br />
locating the<br />
assembly plant adjacent to the chassis line in<br />
Södertälje, which was redesigned this summer for<br />
Solaris is set to deliver 130 of its<br />
Urbino 12 hydrogen (a model already<br />
operational in Bolzano) to TPER in Bologna,<br />
in the framework of the largest<br />
H2 bus tender in Europe so far. The<br />
first 37 units will be delivered in 2024,<br />
according to plans.<br />
large-scale production of electric vehicles, the conditions<br />
for fast and efficient manufacturing flows<br />
are in place.<br />
Earlier this year, Scania announced its decided to<br />
cease body production for Scania bus chassis in Poland<br />
but will continue offering complete buses and<br />
coaches thanks to partnerships with bodybuilders.<br />
In the meanwhile, the Swedish group is making<br />
huge efforts in electrification of trucks: the Tranton-belonging<br />
group managed to deliver 145 zero-emission<br />
vehicles (meaning trucks and buses) in<br />
the first half of this year.<br />
In April, Scania and Northvolt unveiled a jointly<br />
developed battery cell designed for heavy-duty<br />
transport. The cell is produced at the gigafactory<br />
Northvolt ETT in northern Sweden and will, as<br />
from today, be assembled into packs at the new<br />
18,000-square-meter plant in Södertälje.<br />
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