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EUROPEAN ON-LINE MAGAZINE - September 2015

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COLUMNS

FLASH NEWSDirectly from Manufacturers and Transport Companies.

IN THE FOREGROUND

DIRECT LINK

ADSA sell/buy section.

SOLARISThe electrical Urbino in

Berlin and Paris.

BUS MARKETBus registrations in Europe increased.

HYDROGEN BUSOne million kilometres

with PostBus.

INDCARThe Next coach based on Man, Mercedes and Iveco chassis.

TPLThe UITP recommendations

for the European bus system.

SCANIA The Citywide LE with parallel

hybrid drive system.

VDL BUS & COSCHThe Citea double-decker

debuts in Germany.

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SPT INVESTS IN OPTARE SOLO BUS

UK public transport company Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has purchased 14 Optare Solo buses.

The vehicles will be used on various subsidised local bus servi-ces across the area, including on its demand-responsive service MyBus. The 7.9m, Euro 5, Slim line, Solos are all fitted with leather seats and seat belts while the six MyBus Solos feature two wheelchair bays and 17 seats, making them ideal for use on MyBus, a bookable bus service offering door-to-door transport in

urban and rural areas. These vehicles will join other Solos already purchased by SPT, including four acquired recently for the subsidised bus network on the isle of Arran (operated on SPT’s behalf by Stagecoach). •

53 YEARS WITH THE SETRA BRAND

S olaris Bus & Coach signed a contract worth €23 million with Lodz City Transport (MPK), Poland. In consortium

with Millennium Leasing, Solaris will lease forty low floor Urbino buses for ten years. The vehicle are in 12-metre and articulated 18-metre version. Each Urbino will be fit-ted with Euro 6 engine, extensive CCTV system, air conditioning, ticket vending machine, passenger information system and other facilities for blind and disabled people. The contract also includes a service package and maintenance. Deliveries of the first Solaris Urbino will start in November 2015 and will end this year. With this new tranche, the number of Urbinos sold or leased to MPK Lodz will reach 154 buses. The first Solaris bus was purchased by the operator fifteen years ago, in 2000. •

LEASING FOR 40 SOLARIS BUSES

AN exclusive Setra TopClass 500 coach joined the fleet of Munich-based Midia Tours company. It’s a vehi-

cle from the S 517 HDH range with TopSky panoramic glass roof. This is the 24th Setra coach of Midia Tours which started activity 53 years ago with a Setra S 10 from model series 10. To date the company has been operating 18 touring coaches in Munich, comprising such models as the GT-HD, HDH and DT. Six coaches are deployed in Greece. In the foreseeable future, registration of the 25th Setra, a vehicle from the ComfortClass 500, is set to mark the replacement of currently the oldest vehicle in the fleet, a S 315 GT-HD with wheelchair lift. This new coach is also to be fitted out to be fully accessible. •

ELECTRIC BUSES FOR LONDON

BusToCoach on-line Magazine - September 2015 FLASH NEWS

S panish transport company Ultramar Express took delivery of seven buses bodied on Iveco chassis by Indcar. The supply

includes three units od the Next model and four Strada buses. Two of the three Nexts, have a capacity of 33 seats while the other Next has 31 seats. On board the Strada there is space for 19 sitting passengers and a large luggage. All these vehicles were delivered by Mecanica Balear, Iveco dealer in Balears. Ultramar

Express has its own bases in the main tourist destinations. From the volcanic Canary Islands, to the Balears and the coasts of peninsular South and the Levant shore. With over 200 vehicles of an average age of 3.8 years, Ultramar offers transfers, excur-sions, ground transportation to cruise, coverage of events, conferences and incentives, as well as customized solutions for golf tourism. •

TOURING GOLD WITH WHEELCHAIR PLACESS panish coach operator Monforte based in Lugo, Ga-

licia, acquired two Touring Gold HD coaches by No-gebus. The two vehicles are 12,96 long and bodied on Mercedes OC500 chassis with Euro 6 engine. They are featured with 59 seats with Monforte specifi-cation, Hispacold hair conditioning, bi-xenon and LED lights, preheater, refrigerator under the driver, strongbox. The equipment also includes pre-installation platform and five pmr lanes. •

INDCAR FOR TOURIST SERVICES

GO -Ahead London announced that they are to in-troduce 51 emission-free, pure electric buses on

routes 507 and 521. The vehicles will be built on BYD chassis and powered by BYD’s technology-leading elec-tric drivetrain.

All 51 buses will be bodied by ADL, incorporating their Enviro200-like midi bus design. The new vehicles, which Go-Ahead London expects to put into service by August 27, 2016, will be the single largest fleet of full size electric buses in Europe. This follows an announcement from Transport for London (TfL) earlier this month that it would electrify central London routes 507 and 521 as part of its drive to make all of its single deck buses emission-free by 2020. The new deal, worth £19 million, includes a full on-site repair and maintenance programme for the term of the contract. •

RAMPINI ELETTRIC BUS IN UMBRIA

S ince early June have been in regular service in Foligno, Italy, four Alè electric buses provided by Rampini. The Alè Electric

bus is powered by a Siemens engine (85/150 kW) and fitted with lithium ferrite battery (180 kWh). Measuring 7.7 meters, it has a

maximum capacity of 44 passengers, including 9 sitting passengers and wheelchair platform. The vehicle is featured with air conditioning for the driver and forced ventilation for passengers. The batteries allow a range of 130/150 km in the urban cycle. The maximum speed is 62 km/h. In addition to the electric version, the small Ale is also available in the hybrid and diesel variant. •

ELECTRICAL IRIZAROVER THE PYRENEES

THE public transport company Transporte Urbano Co-marcal (TCC) based in Pamplona, Spain, added

to its fleet new buses, including four hybrids. The latter are the Volvo 7900 with diesel-electric traction system. The other vehicles are a pair of on MAN chassis and three on Scania. All the buses are 12 meters long and accessible to persons with disabilities. The body is produced by Castrosua. With these new buses the fleet TCC amounts to 139 buses with an average age of 7.5 years. Of these, almost half (sixty) is Scania branded. •

EVERYTHING FOR TCC OF PAMPLONA

I rizar announced the sale of six electric buses to the Centrale d’Achat du Transport Public (CAPT). The vehicles will be de-

livered to RTM Marseille between the end of this year and early 2016 and will operate on the Marseille’s busiest routes. The con-figuration of the six electric buses is low floor with two double doors and an electric ramp at the central door. On board there is space for 27 sitting passenger, one person with reduced mobility and 49 standing passengers. Irizar also signed an agreement with the RATP group for the testing of an electric bus in Paris. This is part of the 2025 Bus project which aims to make 80% of Paris’ bus fleet electric and 20% running on biogas. •

200th OTOKAR IN TUNISIA

BusToCoach on-line Magazine - September 2015 FLASH NEWS

N orway is a new market for Scania gas-powered buses. The Swedish manufacturer delivered to to passenger transport

company Nobina 36 Scania OmniExpress 3.20 LE Euro 6 buses. All these vehicles will replace the older buses operating in the

Ski area, southeast of Oslo. The buses can be fuelled with compressed natural gas, CNG and biogas. Nobina is the largest bus transport company in the Nordic region. The company has 7,000 employees and operates 4,000 buses in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. •

SCANIA OMNIEXPRESS WITH CNG ENGINE

T unis-based transport operator Société de Transport Confor-table Interurbain Tunisie (STCI) took delivery of the 200th

bus of the Navigo range by Otokar. The vehicle is part of a 10 units delivery and will be operating in regular lines between Tunis and the South regions of the North African country. The buses were delivered by Sotradies, the local distributor of Oto-

kar. STCI is a private company with a leading position in interurban transportation in Tunisia. Amount to two million the kilometers covered each year. •

E xpected in autumn 2016, the International Bus and Coach Trade Fair (FIAA) held in Madrid, Spain, is postponed to spring 2017. «The objective of this change of dates”, told represen-

tatives at IFEMA, «is to further enhance the international status of the event, with better positio-ning of the fair in the circuit of European of buses and coaches exhibitions». The appointment is on May 23-26, 2017, always in the halls of the Madrid’s exhibition center. Starting from the 2017 edition, the FIAA will continue to be held every two years in odd years. •

THE FIAA MADRID IN 2017

VDL BUSES IN THE DANISH STREETS

VDL Bus & Coach will supply 55 Citeas LLE to the Danish transport company Umove A/S. VDL

will also provide maintenance and repair of the buses during the contract period. Starting December 2015, the buses will be in service in Copenhagen and Helsingør. The 15 Citeas for Helsingør will have 38+3 seats and space for 40 standing passengers while the 40 Citeas for Copenhagen will have 33+3 seats and also space for 40 standing passengers. The buses will be featured by bright interior colors, cantilever seat design, climate control system with additional heating and cooling capacity. The Citea LLE is a low-entry bus with a low unladen weight thank to the lightweight concept which reduce fuel consumption and emissions. •

OPTARE METROCITY IN WALES

NEW Adventure Travel (N.A.T. Group) based in Car-diff, South Wales, placed an order for a further ten

Optare MetroCity buses. The 10.8m single door MetroCity buses have seating for up to 40 passengers. “After several months of operating ten Optare MetroCity buses on city centre routes across Cardiff we are extremely impressed with their performance and fuel economy”, said Kevyn Jones, Managing Director at N.A.T. Group. N.A.T. Group is one of South Wales’ leading transport providers with over 75 buses and coaches in their fleet. •

EUROPEAN REGISTATIONS JANUARY-JUNE (ACEA source)

MARKET Jan-June2014

Jan-June2015

%Change

AUSTRIA 528 485 -8.1%BELGIUM 513 601 17.2%BULGARIA n.a. n.a. n.a.CROATIA 70 77 10%CZECH REPUBLIC 465 539 15.9%DENMARK 180 157 -12.8%ESTONIA 90 147 63.3%FINLAND 337 184 -45.4%FRANCE 2,498 2,970 18.9%GERMANY 2,564 2,709 5.7%GREECE 125 80 -36%HUNGARY 256 205 -19.9%IRELAND 113 182 61.1%ITALY* 1,181 1,379 16.8%LATVIA 100 148 48%LITHUANIA 92 90 -2.2%LUXEMBURG 104 150 44.2%NETHERLANDS 306 263 -14.1%POLAND 684 929 35.8%PORTUGAL 143 178 24.5%ROMANIA 352 710 101.7%SLOVAKIA 229 168 -26.6%SLOVENIA 83 75 -9.6%SPAIN 839 1.321 57.4%SWEDEN 502 519 3.4%UNITED KINGDOM 3,620 4,403 21.6%EUROPEAN UNION 15,974 18,669 16.9%ICELAND 49 57 16.3%NORWAY 455 504 10.8%SWITZERLAND 289 278 -3.8%EFTA 793 839 5.8%TOTAL EU+EFTA 16,767 19,508 16.3%

*) Anfia estimate, based on data of the Italian Ministry of Transport.

Bus registrations in the EU rose to nearly 17% than in the first half of the past year. Demand was primarily driven by Spain and the UK, followed by France and Italy

Good performance of the European bus market in the first half of 2015. Accor-

ding to the periodic survey of the ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Asso-ciation, the vehicles over 3.5 tons registe-red between January and June increased by 16.9%. These are 18,669 units compared to 15,974 registered in the first half of 2014.The Western European countries are all posi-tive about the current situation. In the limeli-ght there is Spain, enjoying a revival after the dark years of the crisis. Here buses and co-

aches registered in the first six months of the year increased from 839 up to 1,321 showing a progress of 57.4%.The United Kingdom as well shows an incre-ase of 21.6% with 4,403 registrations against 3,620 in the previous semester. France incre-ased by 18.9% with a total number of 2,970 registrations. Italy recovers 16.8% bringing 1,379 buses to the road (1,181 in the first half of last year). Slow but steady and always ahe-ad, Germany comes with 2,709 vehicles and an increase of 5.7%.

BusToCoach on-line Magazine - September 2015

FIRSTSEMESTERSPRINT

Northern Europe inste-ad turns negative. The Netherlands are going backwards (-14%) as well Denmark (-12.8%) and Finland (-45.4%). The only exception is, Belgium (+ 17.2%) and Sweden (+ 3.4%).The difficult trend is also experienced by East Eu-rope, in markets such Hungary (-19.9%), Slo-vakia (-26.6%) and Slo-venia (-9.6%) while Cro-atia and Czech Republic advanced (respectively +10% and +15.9%).The desperate situation is prevailing in Greece (80 vehicles registered, -36%), but taking into considera-tion it could not have been otherwise with the techni-cal default of the country.In Central Europe, Poland stands out with 929 buses against 684 (+ 35.8%) and, in particular, Roma-nia doubles the registra-tions (352 against 710), reaching the highest per-formance in this first half with a growth of 101.7 percentage points. •

New bus & coach registrations in the UE (ACEA source)

Four Solaris Urbino electric buses have been tested in Berlin. And starting from October a vehicle will be tested in Paris

THE testing of the Solaris Urbino 12 electric bus took place in Berlin

last July. There were four vehicles fitted with the Vossloh Kiepe’s electric drive system. The 160 kW asynchronous central engine guaran-tees a good and smooth acceleration and 65 km/h maximum speed. The Bombardier bat-tery set with a capacity of 90 kWh is charged through the inductive Primove system at the two terminal stops. With an output of 200 kW, the recharging process takes a few mi-nutes and enables the buses to cover the di-stance to reach the next charging station.After Berlin, the Solaris Urbino electric bus will

also be tested in Paris. The Polish producer will provide a vehicle to the RATP, the public transport authority of the French capital. The electric bus wil be equipped with a 240 kW battery and a plug-in charging system. The drive axle will be the ZF AVE 130, in which two independent electric motors are mounted

close to the wheels. This solution reduces the overall weight of the vehicle even fur-ther and allows incre-asing the space in the bus. There are 30 seats, including 16 without pedestal. Energy-ef-ficient LED lighting will be used both in-side and outside the bus. The ergonomic driver’s area offers a

higher sitting position.The Urbino electric bus will be tested in Pa-ris for a few months and will run in regular service on lines 21 and 147.The project is linked to RATP’s project to converte its entire fleet with electric vehicles by 2025. •


SOLARISELECTRIC BUSESIN EUROPE

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B erlin is testing the VDL Citea DLF 114, the first double-decker version of the Ci-

tea low floor bus range. On August the vehi-cle was delivered to the Berliner Verkehrsbe-triebe (BVG), the Berlin Transport Authority, Germany’s largest municipal transport com-pany which operates 10 metro lines, 22 tram lines, 151 bus lines, in addition to five ferry connections.The Citea DLF-114 is a two-axle vehicle of 11.4 metres. It accom-modates up to 97 pas-sengers and has two staircases to reach the upper deck. The Citea DLF-114 offers some extra equipment com-pared to the standard BVG buses: the seats on the upper deck are

The first VDL Citea low floor double-decker bus was presented in the German capital. An 11.4-metre long bus with a capacity up to 97 passengers

VDL CITEADOUBLE-DECKERIN BERLIN

equipped with USB connection, a display in-dicates the free seats on the upper deck, the floors close to the boarding areas are heated. Furthermore, the Citea DLF-114 features an innovative interior concept with a floor cove-ring at the boarding area, on the stairs and on the upper deck made in lighter colour and the seats’ fabric with a completely new one. LED

lamps on the staircases provide better visibili-ty and special hand grips at the second door offer visually impaired passengers better orientation.Like all the new BVG buses, the VDL Citea DLF 114 will initially be tested under real operating conditions to estimate the pas-senger flow, especial-

ly between the lower and upper deck, and particularly in combination with the waiting time at bus stops and the occupancy of the lower and upper deck. Starting in early Oc-tober, the vehicle is expected to be deployed on the bus lines of the Spandau borough of Berlin. •

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THE Swiss PostBus transport com-pany has achieved an important

milestone in the testing of fuel cell buses. On July 31 its five Mercedes-Benz hydro-gen buses collectively passed the threshold of one million kilometres. Since December 2011, five vehi-cles have been used in daily operation in sche-duled service and offer special shut-tle bus services at different event such as the World Economic Forum in Davos or the film festival in Locarno.In order to refuel these buses, Po-stBus has built a special service station to produce hydrogen on site. Since the project started, five buses have been supplied with 80 tons of hydrogen, 70 tons of which were produced independently by Autopostale in Brugg and the rest was delivered by third parties. The company has declared that the hydrogen

Five hydrogen buses of PostBus Switzerland Ltd. have passed the threshold of one million kilometres in the region of Brugg

ONE MILLIONKILOMETRES BY FUEL CELL

buses have led to a reduction of CO2 emis-sions equivalent to 1,200 tons.PostBus manages these resources within the “Clean Hydrogen in European Cities” (CHIC) project, which supports fuel cell bus projects in several European cities.

After an agreed period over five years, the testing plan will ends up in Decem-ber 2016. As part of the en-vironmental su-stainability and the reduction of CO2 emissions, PostBus takes into great ac-count the testing and use of alter-

native propulsion technologies: 31 PostBus hybrid diesel buses are in operation across Switzerland. In 2016, the company also wants to start a long-term trial of three electric buses deli-vered by different manufacturers. The noti-ce for these vehicles was announced in the spring time. •

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The “Vehicles” section in the website provides data sheets for all types of buses available on the market,

inclusive of photographs, as well as historical profiles and manufacturer’s details.

Equally comprehensive information can be found in the “Components” section.

There are also the Directories dedicated to the market of “Used buses”, including sale ads, professional sales agents across the Europe landscape and quotes for all

types of vehicle models.

BusToCoach on-line Magazine - September 2015 HIGH TECH STORE

CONNECTIONSTICKETING 2

TOM Tom Tele-matics has

reached 500,000 subscri-bed vehicles becoming the first provider of fleet management solutions in Europe. «The platform WEBFLE-ET allows companies to to work better as a team by connecting back office staff with their drivers and vehicles out on the road in more than 60 countries», said Tom Tom Telematics in a press release. All systems and customer data are managed to a high standard of information security (ISO 27001:2013, re-audited in June 2015). This includes more than 600 million messages and GPS positions each day. Tom Tom Telematics serves more than 36,000 customers across the globe. •

During the UITP in Milan last June, Thales laun-

ched TransCity, a cloud-ready range of ticketing fare collec-tions solutions dedicated to public transport.

As a natural evolution of Thales’s proven solutions, Tran-sCity, a web-oriented technology, simplifies both passengers’ journeys and operators’ routine work.With TransCity travelers will be able to either use their mo-bile phones or contactless bank cards to enter public tran-sportation; or simply use traditional or contactless tickets. In addition to conventional ticket kiosks and automatic ti-cket vending machines, payments can be processed on-line with smartphones, or through the latest technologies such as nearfield communications (NFC).The TransCity line consists of five elements: customer, card, fare, traffic management and business analytics. In addition, its modular architecture allows operators to choose the com-bination of products that meets their specific infrastructure needs in the best way. •

D istribusion Technolo-gies (www.distribusion.

com) has developed the first global distribution system (GDS) for intercity bus ser-vices. The company has suc-cessfully started its work in Germany and the system is

now available in Italy. The GDS simplifies the international ticket sale via the only integrated platform that enables re-tailers to offer their customers a wide range of tickets. «We want to make a bus travel booking as easy and con-venient as it’s now for flight booking» said Julian Hauck, co-founder and CEO of Distribution Technology. «By con-necting bus operators with many travel companies in our system, we support a new approach to international custo-mers, generating additional sales and increasing the use of their vehicles. Until now, travel agencies and OTA (Online Travel Agency) had to connect to different operators and maintain multiple reservation systems. We are offering them a one-stop solution with all the long distance buses products from a single source ». •

TICKETING 1THE new Pirelli’s MC: 01

tyre is dedicated to city buses. A greater mileage and a lower rolling resistance are the main benefits of MC: 01 tyre to guarantee a high-yield investment for daily usage, which adds up to a lower cost per kilometre and a re-duced fuel consumption. The load capacity is increased, shock absorption is improved - even from the side - and extended life is a result of the MC:01 structure evolution. The innovations introduced by Pirelli engineers have affec-ted both the tyre tread and shoulder and the materials and manufacturing techniques applying all the latest technolo-gies and two exclusive patents. The improvements compared to MC88 are significant on all fronts: from mileage to rolling resistance, from comfort to adhesion on dry and wet surfaces, and finally to retrea-dability. As part of tyres dedicated to the passenger urban transport, the MC: 01 joins line H: 01 Coach, the Pirelli solution for transporting people in long and short distance. •

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The International Association of Public Transport defines the guidelines of the European bus system towards a higher quality of urban life and a reductionof pollutant emissions

THE UITP TAKES A POSITION

TO carry 10,000 people across 1 kilo-metre by car you need 2,000 vehi-

cles, 24,000 square metres of space and 200 litres of fuel. If you are traveling by bus, (12-metre long) you can manage with 100 vehicles, 3,200 square metres and 50 litres of fuel. Few numbers to show a clear situa-tion: the public transport is an opportunity to take both for the reduction of pollutant emissions and for the use of scarce resour-ces, from fuel to public space. This is the position of the UITP, the association which represent the public transport sector at in-

ternational scale with 1,300 member com-panies from 93 countries.Last June the UITP presented a paper taking a position towards a reduction of pollutants and CO2 emissions and a higher quality of urban life. About that, it provides a series of recommendations to the European Union concerning the public transport, a sector that according to the UITP employs 1.2 million workers and generates from 130 to 150 billion euro per year amounting to 1-1.2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Europe.

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The UITP decalogue covers around ten action points aimed at boosting the pu-blic transport and making it a useful tool. Its promotion is based first of all on the support of local authorities in developing sustainable mobility where efficient public transport can form the backbone of the ur-ban mobility.There is a recommendation to expand pu-blic transport systems by investing into

more priority bus lanes reserved for public transport, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Bus High Service Level (BHLS). A higher and more regular commercial speed, not only attracts passengers but also saves fuel and produces even fewer emissions.Then, encouragement of cities to set am-bitious quantitative modal share targets to attain balanced sustainable local mobility. A shift towards a use of public transport

should be trigge-red by increasing the public tran-sport attractive-ness. Not only by increasing speed and punctual i ty

but offering modern fleets, a high level of service, easy access to information and ticketing systems, accessible vehicles and infrastructure, comfort on board. In 2009, UITP members set out the ambitious aim to double the market share of public transport worldwide by 2025. Keeping this aim in mind, they started several research projects which delivered, for example, new layout concepts of the vehicle for increased capa-city, accessibility and comfort; an IT archi-tecture enabling better integrated mobility services; a new design of bus stops.Projects and research need investments and resources. On this point the UITP recom-mends to continue to provide funding ear-marked for public transport development within the European research framework programmes and engage into a long-term research rather than into pilot projects.Another important step is the ‘clean fleet’. “The European Union, Member States and local transport authorities”, says the UITP, “should consider that a ‘clean fleet’ can be composed of hybrid, electric and alternati-vely fueled vehicles as well as by modern Euro VI diesel buses. It is the task of lo-cal authorities to determine the right mix, taking into account the feasibility in the local context”.Just about less polluting fleets, the UITP calls for funding even the European Invest-ment Bank (EIB), in order to enable an ac-celerated renewal of the oldest parts of fle-ets, leading to an immediate improvement in CO2 emissions and other pollutants. The

UITP reminds that almost 50% of the buses used across the European Union are still Euro III and pre-Euro III.Sufficient resources should be made availa-ble for the development of sustainable tech-nologies, the further testing and the market uptake of electric and alternatively-fuelled busses and related infrastructure. “The UITP considers that new propulsion technologies should be further developed and tested in order to increase their availa-bility and reliability. The purchase of alter-natively-fuelled or electrical bus should not lead to a reduction of the overall service because of budgetary restraints. The key strategy to reduce CO2 emissions in cities should be to make more people shift from individual to public transport “. The UITP also encourages Member Sta-tes to invest in green public transport and develop future-oriented sustainable urban mobility plans, supporting efforts throu-gh the European structural and investment funds.The last recommendation follows the pu-blication of the European Commission’s strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles. “The UITP and its members welcome the Commission’s ini-tiative to introduce full transparency on fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions to the sector. The new legislation shall establish a mandatory certification system of realistic CO2 emissions. Reliable data representing real emissions is an important demand of the sector”. •

RESOURCES NEEDED TO TRANSPORT 10,000 PERSONS ACROSS 1 KM N. of

passengersN. of

vehiclesSpace(m2)

Fuel(liters)

5 2,000 24,000 200

25 400 8,500 120

100 100 3,200 50

160 63 3,000 35

185 54 3,200 35

200 50 3,000 26

passenger car

8 m (midibus)

12 m (standard)

18 m (articulated

23 m (bus-train)

24 m (double-articolated)

Source: Volvo Bus Corporation, MAN Truck & Bus AG and UITP Bus Committee © 2015.

BUS FLEET BREAKDOWN BY EURO STANDARD, 2015

Source: 3iBS project elaboration based on city and regional bus service in operation in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Swedwn and United Kingdom.

ESTIMATED REDUCTION IN LOCAL POLLUTANTS WITH NEW BUSES

Source: Volvo Bus Corporation based on data from the 3iBS project, 2015.

Vehicles

BusToCoach on-line Magazine - Luglio-Agosto 2015

Spanish, medium size, good looking. This is Next, the latest model manufactured by

the Catalan coachbuilder Indcar. Unveiled last fall at the FIAA in Madrid, and at the IBE of Rimini for the Italian market., it’s a mid-size touring coach based on truck-chassis with a front engine. Versatility is one of its advantages. There is a possibility of space rearrangement moving forward the last row of seats, thus increasing the luggage capacity, which is one of the lar-gest for this category of vehicles.The structure is reinforced on the basis of Ece 66.02 Regulation. The windscreen is panora-mic, side and rear windows are double, tinted

Built in Spain by Indcar is the Next medium-sized coach based on Iveco, Man and Mercedes-Benz truck-chassis. Up to 37 passengers

and bonded.There are two doors, the front one on the overhang with spiral steps next to the driving position. The hinged door on the left is reser-ved for the driver.The vehicle package includes reclinable sad-dlery, open luggage racks with service set for each two-seat, roof air-conditioning system with indirect canalization (for side heating as well), radio-CD and microphone, heated electric mirrors.The wheelchair platform can be mounted upon request alongside with electric lift on the emergency exit.Among the optional equipment you can also

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L8IVECO CC100 4185

L9IVECO CC150 4815

Length mm 8,660 8,660 9,390 9,390 8,660 9,390Width mm 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500

Height mm 3,160 3,160 3,160 3,160 3,160 3,160Wheelbase mm 4,220 4,220 4,820 4,850 4,185 4,815

Front Overhang mm 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,625 1,685Rear Overhang mm 2,840 2,840 2,970 2,940 2,850 2,890

Luggage m3 5.67 5.67 5.67 5.67 5.67 5.67Seats 33+1+1 33+1+1 37+1+1 37+1+1 33+1+1 37+1+1

Engine OM 934 OM 936 OM 936 MAN D0836 LOH FPT Tector 7 FPT Tector 7Displacement cc 5,110 7,694 7,694 6,871 6,728 6,728

Power cv (kW) / rpm 211 (155) / 2,200 238 (175) / 2,200 238 (175) / 2,200 250 (184) / 2,200 220 (162) / 2,500 250 (184) / 2,500Torque Nm / rpm 850 / 1,200-1,600 1,000 / 1,200-1,600 1,000 / 1,200-1,600 1,000 / 1,200 800 / 1,250 850 / 1,250-2,100

Gearbox Manual 6 speed Manual 6 speed Manual 6 speed ZF 6S 1000 ZF 6S 800 ZF 6S 800GVM kg 10,500 10,500 11,990 12,000 10,250 15,000

find a rear row of sliding seats, DVD and TFT screen, refrigerator, LED headlights, a towing hook.L8 and L9 Next models are available in two lengths of 8,660 and 9,390 mm with an hei-ght of 3,160 mm and a gross vehicle weight between 10,250 and 15,000 kg.The minimum capacity range from 33 + 1 + 1 seats to 37 + 1 + 1. There is a wide choice in terms of mechanics,

ranging from MAN N 14 with a 250-hp engi-ne and a ZF 6 S 1000 transmission gearbox, to Iveco CC 100 and Iveco CC 150 with FPT Tector 7 engine delivering 220 and 250 hp (ZF transmission as well) and up to the Mer-cedes-Benz Atego fitted with the OM 934 or 936 (238 and 250 hp) matched to a six-speed manual gearbox.A further version is available for the UK market: the L9 MB 1224Lnr 4820 RHD ba-

sed on Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis with right-hand-drive.The feedback to this new Indcar model was not long in coming. Last January, just a few months later the official debut, it was awarded

in Spain as ‘Midibus of the year 2015’ by the “Viajeros” magazine. Again in January, In-dcar won the largest order in the recent years thanks to the Next: 126 vehicles to be delive-red to France. •

Even Scania switches to the parallel hybrid drive system. There is an eco-sustainable solution based on the Citywide LE model with the engine running on biodiesel

THE SCANIA PARALLELHYBRID

Since 30 years the Scania designers have been trying their hand at hybrid drives.

The construction of the first Scania hybrid bus prototype dates back to the mid 80s. In recent times, on the international markets the-re has been a rising tide of interest for this drive system that we saw at the UITP 2007 in Helsinki where Scania also presented its Concept bus with hybrid-series technology (motogenerator diesel plus supercapacitors and electric traction motor). Many have con-sidered this system as the most suitable one for city buses.But the market has its own laws and at the UITP 2013 in Geneva, Scania took note sta-ting that the energy storage systems (batte-ries and supercapacitors) have not evolved enough to provide a commercially satisfac-tory solution when it comes to service life and lifecycle cost. Hence the development of

Length mm 12,000 Width mm 2,550 Height mm 3,360 Seats 33+1H+1 (3 doors) Seats 37+1H+1 (2 doors) Diesel engine Scania DC09 108 Displacement cc 9,290 Power kW/cv 235/320 at 1,900 rpm Torque Nm/rpm 1,600/1,050-1,300 Gearbox Scania E-GRS895 Electric machine 150 kW/1,050 Nm Battery pack lithium-ion Voltage 650 V Usable energy 1.2 kWh Inverter 150 kW DC/DC converter 7.5 kW

SCANIA CITYWIDE LE 12 HYBRID


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1 Energy storage.2 DC/DC converter.3 Junction box.4 Coolin system for energy storage.5 Coolin system for inverter and DC/DC converter.6 Battery heater. 7 Scania Opticruise with electric machine. 8 Inverter. 9 DC link. 10 Coolant circuit for the inverter. 11 Cooler for gearbox oil. 12 Diesel engine Scania DC09 320 hp.

a parallel-hybrid system (diesel engine plus online electric motor and battery pack) pre-sented at the IAA 2014 in Hanover. The 12-metre low-entry Citywide model (and the 3-axle version of 14.8 metres) has a drive system comprising the Scania Euro VI 9-litre diesel engine in 320 hp. The engine is coupled to the 12-speed automatic gearbox Opticruise integrated with a synchronous electric machi-ne with permanent magnet of 150 kW.The 1.2 kWh energy storage is provided by a lithium-ion battery integrated in the roof structure at the front of the vehicle, housed together with DC / DC voltage converter from 650 to 24 volt (power of 7.5 kW) that replaces the traditional alternator, the heater for batteries and cooling systems for batteries, converter and inverter with a capacity of 150 kW, that is positioned in its turn at the engine compartment.

Using the Citywide LE hybrid, Scania de-clares that you can face the city and suburban traffic with the same performance, being able to easily reach speeds up to 100km / h. And as for consumption, the use of the Scania hybrid system together with a DC/DC converter, stop-start function and Hybrid Eco-roll, provides savings between 20 and 25%, or between 1, 2 and 2.5 litres per hour of operation.If we use 100% biodiesel (possibility offered by the 320 hp engine), CO2 emissions are re-duced by 65%.The Scania Citywide hybrid is working quie-tly especially at low speeds when functioning only with the help of electrical system. When the vehicle is running with low torque, hybrid

eco-roll is activated. The electric machine then takes care both of pulling away and braking, thus keeping to a mi-nimum the engine wear. Finally, the engine stress is also reduced by stopping it at bus stops when a door is open or when the gear-box is in neutral and the parking brake is ap-

plied.The Citywide LE Hybrid is also

equipped with the Scania Commu-nicator, which is the link to the Scania

Fleet Management for the collection, analy-sis and transmission of data. The vehicle and the driver data can then be fully monitored remotely via an interface. Driver assistance is provided by Scania Driver Support which continuously informs the driver on the driving style.In the three-door configuration with two double and a single-leaf door on the rear overhang, the 12-metre Citywide hybrid can accommodate 33 seats. The floor has been lowered to 350 mm of the ground till the se-cond door and two steps give access to the corridor in the raised rear part.The Citywide hybrid alongside with the who-le range is built at the Scania plant of Slupsk, Poland, with underfloor structure made in steel and body in extruded aluminum profi-les bolted and covered with aluminum rive-ted and bonded panels. The same material is also used for the two heads, in addition to the polyurethane and polyester shockproof panels. •

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