{"id":4972,"date":"2019-03-01T11:49:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T10:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2019-04-30T10:22:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T08:22:37","slug":"bvg-orders-15-solaris-urbino-18-electric-and-brings-to-45-the-electric-bus-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/news\/bvg-orders-15-solaris-urbino-18-electric-and-brings-to-45-the-electric-bus-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"BVG orders 15 Solaris Urbino 18 electric and brings to 45 the electric bus fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Berlin 15 electric articulated buses<\/strong> will join the thirty 12-meter ebuses already ordered (and partially delivered). Solaris Bus & Coach<\/strong>\u00a0has been awarded a contract for 15 Solaris Urbino 18 electric. With this order BVG<\/strong> enters\u00a0the next phase of electric bus procurement<\/a> and for the first time orders fully electric articulated buses. The contract is worth around 14 million euros.<\/p>\n

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\nSOLARIS URBINO 18 ELECTRIC, WHEN THE DRIVER DESERVES THE BEST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\"Solaris\n

The first time of pantograph charged buses in Berlin<\/h2>\n

The articulated electric buses by Solaris (a company that in 2018 registered a 36 per cent low or zero emission bus sales<\/a>) will be delivered from spring 2020. The new vehicles ordered by BVG Berlin will be charged through pantograph<\/strong> at the terminal stops (a premiere in Berlin). The fast charging stations will be supplied by Siemens. <\/strong>The\u00a0vehicles will be\u00a0equipped with Solaris High Power batteries with a\u00a0total capacity of\u00a0174 kWh<\/strong>. The\u00a0drive unit will be\u00a0made of\u00a0an axle with integrated electric motors ZF.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0lighting of\u00a0the bus\u00a0both inside and\u00a0outside will be\u00a0made using LED\u00a0technology. The\u00a0operator decided to\u00a0order electric heating for\u00a0the vehicles, and\u00a0the air\u00a0conditioning will be\u00a0equipped with a\u00a0heat pump.<\/p>\n

The new vehicles are 18 metres long and offer space for 99 passengers. The electric articulated vehicles will be located at the depot in Indira-Gandhi-Strasse and will be used on line 200 (popular between tourists), BVG points out. Stopovers include the Philharmonie, Potsdamer Platz and Alexanderplatz.<\/p>\n

BVG invests in diesel and electric buses<\/h2>\n

BVG bought its first\u00a0electric bus<\/a>\u00a0units last year with a tender<\/a> won by Mercedes for 15 eCitaro and by Solaris, with its Urbino 12 electric, for the other 15<\/strong>. The vehicles will be delivered in spring 2018, even if the first units has already been presented.\u00a0Anyway, this doesn\u2019t mean the city is stopping its investments on diesel bueses, as proved by the record-breaking order for up to 950 city buses, also Citaro, signed in 2018.<\/p>\n

Federal funding for the electric bus procurement<\/h2>\n

Vehicles and infrastructure will be procured as part of the “E-MetroBus” research and development project<\/strong>. The aim of the project is to test the vehicles on high-frequency bus service in Berlin.\u00a0The “E-MetroBus” project is being funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure with a total of 5.6 million euros within the framework of the Electromobility Funding Directive, BVG explains in a press release. The implementation of the funding directive is coordinated by NOW (National Organisation for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology).<\/p>\n

The transition to electric buses in Germany<\/h2>\n

Many cities in Germany are increasingly implementing diesel bans<\/strong> in order to lower the CO2 and particulate pollutions.\u00a0In August 2018, the Federal Ministry of Transport pledged a total of 125 million euros for the implementation of projects dedicated to the improvement of air quality. Also discount on public transport tickets are included among the measures taken in order to convince citizens to use collective transportation instead of private cars.\u00a0The priority, anyway,\u00a0Wirtschaftswoche reports, is the conversion of public transport<\/strong> to electric bus<\/a>. The German weekly magazine has carried out a survey involving local public transport companies in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Frankfurt, i.e. the five largest German cities. The outcome?\u00a0They are planning to purchase at least 3,000 electric buses by 2030.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>GERMANY 2030: 3,000 ELECTRIC BUSES IN THE 5 BIGGEST CITIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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