Volvo Buses has secured its largest all-electric order with 30 versions to be delivered to GS Buss, a subsidiary of Göteborgs Spårvägar and Public Transport Authority Västtrafik.
Västtrafik, the public transport provider in the Västra Götaland region, has high sustainability targets including carbon dioxide emissions to be cut by 80 % by 2020. It also aims to have 95 % of all transport using renewable energy by 2025.
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More than 60 Volvo hybrid buses are already operating in Gothenburg. Since 2015, route 55 has been operated by Volvo all-electric buses and electric hybrids as part of the ElectriCity framework. As of 25 June two all-electric Volvo high-capacity buses have also been operating on part of route 16.
The buses will have 200 kWh battery capacity and will be charged at the route’s end stops and in the depot. GS Buss will be responsible for the charging infrastructure. The buses will be delivered in the third quarter of 2019.
Bus route 60 is one of Västtrafik’s most heavily trafficked routes in Gothenburg. In 2017 there were more than 6.2m journeys on this route and an additional 0.7m journeys on route 59 and 62.
“It’s great to put more electric buses on the road in Volvo’s home city,” said Volvo Buses president, Håkan Agnevall. “Now many more people in Gothenburg will be able to travel without causing noise and emissions on one of Gothenburg’s most heavily trafficked bus routes.
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By GlobalData“Electric buses create entirely new possibilities for urban planning since we can bring public transport closer to people, even indoors.”
Volvo will provide all maintenance for both the vehicles and their batteries at a fixed monthly cost.
Volvo recently announced the sale of 23 electric buses to Leiden in the Netherlands and another 17 to Oslo. Volvo has now sold electric buses to the UK, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Singapore and Sweden.
In addition to the all-electric Volvo 7900 Electric, the Volvo Buses range of electrified vehicles encompasses hybrid buses and electric hybrids (plug-in hybrids).
Volvo has sold more than 4000 electrified buses globally.
