Battery-electric bus supplier BYD was one of a number of technology firms that addressed the Transport Day at the United Nations climate negotiations (COP21) in France. The fortnight ended with a declaration by 200 countries to limit global warming to less than 2°C and improve air quality.
VDL Bus & Coach will deliver approx. 40 Citea’s SLFA Electric to the Dutch transport operator Hermes, to be entered into service in its concession Zuidoost-Brabant, in the southern part of the Netherlands. Target is to create a transition in this area from conventional buses with combustion engines to absolutely emission-free public transport within the period 2016-2025. Part of the plan is that the city of Eindhoven will have a completely electric public transport system in 2020.
The Irizar i2e, an electric bus from the Irizar Group, has been presented in the city of Paris by the RATP in an official event during the COP21 Bus Summit. The event presided by Elisabeth Borne, President and General Manager of the RATP, Jean-Paul Huchon, CEO of STIF and Anne Hidalgo, the Mayor of Paris, was held in Place Jacques Rueff and its aim was to present to the press, institutions and the public in general the project and the buses that have been selected for the testing phase within the RATP 2025 project, which aims to achieve a fleet of buses in Paris with a total of 4,500 units made up of 80% electric and 20% biogas units.
Czech transport company “ICOM transport a.s.” has taken receipt of 15 Low Entry S 415 LE business buses in Neu-Ulm. The Setra MultiClass interurban buses, part of a major order of 140 buses in all, are the first products the Czech-based group has ordered from the Ulm-based brand.
Akasol, a Germany-based provider of high-performance Li-ion battery systems, is supplying the Li-ion battery systems for eight all-electric articulated 18-meter buses, manufactured by VDL Bus & Coach, to be operated by the Cologne public transport company Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe.