Amsterdam public transport company GVB will develop its electrical fleet with the acquisition of 84 new-generation VDL Citeas from VDL Bus & Coach. The company will start deploying the brand new electrical buses in 2023.
VDL will ship 30 articulated VDL Citeas of sort LF-181 and 54 VDL Citeas LF-122. VDL can be chargeable for deploying the charging infrastructure. The contract consists of an choice to purchase an extra 130 models.
GVB has been utilizing electrical buses since 2019. It has 44 presently in service, and can add 31 extra this summer time.
GVB transports roughly 938,000 passengers on a median working day by metro, tram, bus and ferry. Amsterdam’s subways and trams already run on 100% inexperienced electrical energy, and a few electrical ferries are additionally in operation. Town plans to supply utterly emission-free bus transport in 2025.
VDL Bus & Coach launched the primary Citea SLF-120 Electrical in 2013. The brand new technology of electrical Citeas options floor-mounted batteries, improved vary, a one-piece composite aspect wall and an ergonomic driver’s surroundings. The Citea product vary now consists of 4 size variants and 5 varieties.
The brand new Citeas will likely be deployed in numerous markets this yr, together with the Netherlands (Eindhoven), Finland (Kotka and Lahti), Belgium (all of Flanders), Germany (Oberhausen and Braunschweig) and France (Bordeaux).
“With the event of the new-generation VDL Citea, now we have developed a flexible mobility platform that matches the sustainability ambitions of our clients,” mentioned President Willem van der Leegte of VDL Group. “On this method, we are going to stay on the forefront of the general public transport market, the place we’re main the best way in Europe on the idea of our greater than 150 million electrical kilometers pushed.”
“Increasingly more inhabitants of Amsterdam will expertise how the droning acceleration of buses is disappearing from town and that the air is cleaner after they cycle or stroll round,” mentioned Claudia Zuiderwijk, Managing Director of GVB.
“With this order, the GVB fleet will finally be completely VDL,” says Ard Romers, Managing Director of VDL Bus & Coach Nederland. “GVB goes to section out the final diesel buses and completely change to zero-emission VDL Citeas in Amsterdam. Greater than 1,100 VDL Citeas now cowl over 135,000 electrical kilometers collectively every single day in numerous European cities and areas.”
Supply: VDL Bus & Coach
