In November 2020 Heuliez Bus has delivered two articulated e-buses to Voyages Vandivinit. The largest order so far achieved by Heuliez Bus for the articulated e-bus comes from Netherlands. The 12-meter Iveco E-way bus achieved a record performance of 527 km a single charge. In early 2020 Heuliez Bus delivered 11 GX 447 Elec in Norway.
Equipped with a 350 kWh NMC battery adapted for depot charging (batteries on the Heuliez e-bus range are provided by Forsee Power), the buses are driven with a 160 kW electric synchronous motor. Motor supplier is BAE Systems, although the option of Siemens central motor is to be provided, according to information released by Heuliez Bus in late 2019. On the 12-meter e-bus there are up to 27 seats. The buses are produced at the Heuliez Bus factory in Rorthais, where at the end of 2019, before Covid-19 breakthrough, there were plans to produce as many as 500 buses in 2020, on third of the being electric. Now, according to the information published on the French media, 400 e-buses have been sold, half of them headed to Paris.
