Paris transport operator RATP has briefly withdrawn Bolloré model electrical buses from operation after two separate bus fires. On Friday, 29 April, a hearth broke out on a bus on line 71, in direction of the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand cease (Paris, 13th arrondissement). The bus driver instantly evacuated the passengers. There are not any accidents.
Firefighters responded in a short time and as a security measure, the François Mitterrand Library station, positioned close by, was closed from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
An investigation is underway to find out the causes of the incident. As this was the second fireplace on an electrical bus of the identical Bluebus 5SE collection of the Bolloré model in lower than a month, the RATP has made the choice as a precautionary measure, in liaison with Ile-de-France Mobilités, to withdraw from operation the 149 electrical buses on this collection.
RATP has requested Bolloré to clarify the causes of those incidents and suggest an motion plan to permit these buses to be put again into operation in full security.
RATP famous that the short-term withdrawal of those buses may trigger disruptions on some bus traces through the day. To restrict these disturbances, buses will likely be redispatched between the completely different bus facilities.
RATP has been working electrical buses since 2016 with out main incident. The corporate operates a fleet of 4,700 buses, together with 500 electrical buses from 3 completely different producers.
Every 12-meter Bluebus is provided with six solid-state LMP (Lithium Metallic Polymer) battery packs, a know-how combining excessive vitality density and optimum security, offering as much as 320 kilometers drive, based on the producer.
This know-how has been developed inside the Bollorè group by Blue Options, and is being adopted by Daimler on the eCitaro as properly. These batteries are totally produced within the Bolloré crops positioned in Brittany.
