Heuliez Bus delivers two articulated e-buses to Voyages Vandivinit
Heuliez Bus has delivered two articulated e-buses to Voyages Vandivinit. The transport operator, based in Luxembourg, has already taken delivery this summer of a first batch of battery-electric buses (they were Volvo 7900 Electric). The largest order so far achieved by Heuliez Bus for the articulated e-bus comes from Netherlands. It is worth mentioning that […]
Heuliez Bus has delivered two articulated e-buses to Voyages Vandivinit. The transport operator, based in Luxembourg, has already taken delivery this summer of a first batch of battery-electric buses (they were Volvo 7900 Electric). The largest order so far achieved by Heuliez Bus for the articulated e-bus comes from Netherlands.
It is worth mentioning that the e-buses made by Heuliez (CNH Group) are branded since 2020 as Iveco E-way range. And the 12-meter Iveco E-way bus achieved a record performance of 527 km a single charge.
The vehicles delivered to the transport operator are equipped with a 200 kW electric traction motor and a Li-ion NMCG battery system of 250 kWh for mixed used (both depot charging and fast charging through pantograph) to provide an extended range.
Heuliez e-buses (12-meter) in Aix-Marseille-Provence
Recently, in Provence (France) an order for 50 battery-electric buses was awarded to Heuliez Bus. These 12-meter vehicles are to be put in operation by Keolis Pays d’Aix in the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolitan area by the end of 2022. Delivery of this batch of 37 vehicles will take until late 2021.
Heuliez Bus resulted one of the three winners of the largest call for tender on e-buses issued in Europe so far, in Paris and is already delivering vehicles in the French capital city following a previous tender. In early 2020 Heuliez Bus delivered 11 GX 447 Elec in Norway. Large order has been received also in the Netherlands.
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.
