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- Largest emission-free bus fleet in Belgium: Hansea expands its fleet by an extra 181 automobiles to a complete of 271 Lion’s Metropolis E buses
- The totally electrical 10-metre, 12-metre, and 18-metre metropolis buses are used all through Flanders
- Sustainability, flexibility, and reliability of the eBuses, in addition to a few years of fine cooperation, persuade Hansea
Sustainable mobility is not a dream of the long run. Hansea is spectacular proof of this: the main non-public bus operator in Belgium already has 90 MAN Lion’s Metropolis E buses in profitable operation. The transport firm has now ordered an extra 181 e-buses from MAN Truck & Bus — bringing its fleet to a complete of 271 of the totally electrical metropolis buses. Successful story that started again in 2021 with the take a look at deployment of a Lion’s Metropolis E.
“With this new order, the Hansea fleet will grow to over 270 MAN eBuses, making it the largest zero-emission bus fleet in Belgium,” says Barbaros Oktay, Head of Bus at MAN Truck & Bus, including: ”We’re extremely proud that Hansea has as soon as once more opted for our eBus. The order clearly exhibits how happy Hansea is with our Lion’s Metropolis E and that it’s proving its value day after day.”
The automobiles shall be delivered this yr and subsequent. “Sustainability is a key issue for us as well as for MAN. The order is definitely a milestone that confirms our joint commitment to sustainability,” says Joris Larosse, CEO from Hansea. He continues: “Our goal is to fully electrify our entire bus fleet by 2035. We have relied on MAN to convert our fleet right from the start. Over the last ten years, we have developed a trusted partnership based on intense professional cooperation.”
Most flexibility: Hansea orders 10-, 12- and 18-meter buses
Along with the environmental friendliness of the town buses, reliability and suppleness additionally performed a decisive function for the Belgian firm. For this reason Hansea has ordered the MAN Lion’s Metropolis E within the 12-metre solo model in addition to within the compact 10-metre model, which scores notably properly in slender metropolis facilities because of its excellent manoeuvrability. MAN can be supplying battery-electric 18-meter articulated buses, which present their strengths on routes with notably excessive passenger volumes. Due to the totally different variants, Hansea can use the brand new bus fleet for a variety of functions all through Flanders. That is extraordinarily vital for the corporate, because it operates native and long-distance bus routes as a part of a contract with the general public transport firms De Lijn and TEC. Hansea additionally presents college buses, worker transportation and coach providers.
To make sure that drivers and passengers arrive relaxed always, Hansea connected nice significance to intensive consolation and security tools. MAN OptiView, for instance, makes turning simpler for the bus driver, particularly in heavy metropolis site visitors. It is because the mirror substitute system makes the blind spot seen and thus ensures higher security on the street, notably when turning, but additionally when altering lanes and maneuvering. The tools additionally features a reversing digital camera, LED headlights, electrical solar safety, a lightweight/rain sensor and a cushty driver’s seat. Passengers are additionally seated in comfy seats with high-quality seat covers and USB ports.
Pioneer from the start: first eBus in operation in Belgium in 2021
One other decisive issue for the brand new order was the various years of fine cooperation with the Belgian bus division of MAN Truck & Bus in addition to the supply functionality and the sturdy MAN service community, which Hansea can all the time depend on — simply because it has been in a position to depend on MAN’s eBuses for a few years. In 2021, the primary MAN Lion’s Metropolis E was already making its rounds in Belgium on Antwerp line 36. Hansea examined the electrical bus, which was a part of the MAN Truck & Bus eBus demo fleet, for a yr. The profitable take a look at deployment shaped the premise for the follow-up orders for initially 90 and now an extra 181 eBuses from MAN.
“This is a real success story that we are extremely proud of. After all, it also played a key role in our becoming the market leader for eBuses in Europe last year and the production figures for the Lion’s City E are steadily increasing,” explains Oktay. Nonetheless, MAN just isn’t “only” the market chief within the total European market, but additionally number one in plenty of nationwide eBus markets — together with Belgium.
Supply: MAN
