Arriva<\/strong> company has ordered 23 electric buses by Volvo<\/strong>, that will be\u00a0deployed in the city of Leiden<\/strong>,\u00a0in the province of South Holland. Arriva Netherland, besides, is putting strong efforts in the shift to electromobility<\/strong>, as proved by the fact that, in 2011, it was among the first in Europe to order hybrid buses from Volvo for the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands. <\/span><\/p>\n
And in last two years at least a couple of orders have been placed to VDL Bus & Coach (30 electric buses among a total order of 228 Citea city buses and, later, other 2\u00a0Citea Lle-99 Electric). <\/strong>Recently, 17 units of Volvo 7900 electric bus have been ordered from Norgebuss<\/a> for being deployed in Oslo.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
Multinational public transport company Arriva<\/strong>, with operations in 14 countries across Europe<\/strong>, is one of the leaders in the introduction of alternative propulsion technologies. The order for 23 fully electric buses by Volvo Buses was signed June 28 at a ceremony in conjunction with the Volvo Ocean Race, which finished in the Hague this week (during the same event Volvo Buses unveiled its first concept of electric articulated bus<\/a>).\u00a0The new fully electric buses, with a battery capacity of 200 kWh<\/strong>, will operate in the city of Leiden in the province of South Holland. Deliveries will take place between Q1 and Q3 in 2019.\u00a0The fully electric buses are being sold as a complete turnkey package whereby Volvo takes care of all vehicle maintenance at a fixed monthly cost.<\/span><\/p>\n
The electric buses will be fast-charged using four charging stations<\/strong> which will be delivered by Abb<\/strong>. The charging stations will be based on an open interface \u2013 OppCharge<\/strong> – which means they can be used by other electrified bus makes too. <\/span>Energy consumption for Volvo\u2019s electric buses is about 80 percent lower than for corresponding diesel buses, reports the press release by Volvo Buses. <\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted to establish our first large-scale system of fully electric buses in the Netherlands in cooperation with Arriva, a pioneer in sustainable city transportation<\/strong>. The order is yet another example where also smaller cities are shifting to sustainable, electric bus systems<\/strong> as a means of solving the problems with air quality and noise in the city,<\/span>\u201d said H\u00e5kan Agnevall<\/strong>, President Volvo Buses<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n