Daimler Buses Solutions is converting HTM bus depot to electric drives

Daimler Buses Solutions, the latest subsidiary of Daimler Buses launched in June 2023, is electrifying the bus depot of HTM Personenvervoer NV in The Hague. The project covers the entire “e-system” and thus the installation of all 41 charging stations with a total of 122 charging points, providing the charging management, the software and the operating concept, as Daimler Truck states. Commissioning is scheduled for the third quarter of this year.

As part of the overall package, Daimler Buses will be delivering at least 95 battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro city buses to HTM.

Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH specialized in the design and construction of e‑infrastructure. In this case it is setting up the entire e-infrastructure together with local partners ABB E-mobility and Batenburg Techniek. The software for charging management will be supplied by Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH together with the experts from IVU Traffic Technologies AG, selected by the German group as charging management preferred provider.

Daimler Buses Solutions to install 122 charging points in The Hague

The plan is to create “fast lanes” at HTM’s depot, enabling rapid charging of the electric city buses during the day, and thus during operation, using powerful charging stations with an output of 360 kW, as the OEM states. In the evenings, when buses are not in use, the power can be split between several buses: this means that up to four buses per charging station can be charged overnight at 90 kW. A total of 28 charging stations will be installed at the depot in The Hague, capable of simultaneously supplying 109 electric buses with energy. In addition, the plan is to install 13 charging stations at three other sites run by the operator. In total, 122 charging points will be installed.

Dietrich Müller, Managing Director of Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH, says: “Our key expertise is the development of innovative and customized e-systems from a single source. Together with our customers, we create ideal conditions to operate electrified bus fleets directly on site. That’s why we operate throughout Europe.”