BUSTOCOACH EUROPEAN ON-LINE MAGAZINE - June 2015

EUROPEAN ON-LINE MAGAZINE - June 2015

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OPTAREElectric buses put into

operation in York.

HIGH TECH STOREBridgestone, ZF, Allison, TomTom.

COLUMNS

FLASH NEWSDirectly from Manufacturers and Transport Companies.

BUS MARKETSales of buses in

Europe rise by 17.1%.

IN THE FOREGROUND

DIRECT LINK

ADSA new sell/buy

section.

CASTROSUA The New City awarded

for design and solutions.

IRIZAR Sale of the 7,000th

Irizar PB.

OTOKARThe Navigo T makes space for luggage.

UITP 2015You will see the best for

public transport.

DAIMLER BUSES At the UITP exhibition

with mobility solutions.

IVECO BUS CNG buses for

EXPO 2015.

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BIOGAS FOR OMNIEXPRESS

V andea, France. Here is presently being tested a Scania OmniExpress 320 fueled by biogas. The biogas is locally ge-

nerated by ten farmers at four farms. They have produced biogas since April 2014, which is injected into the gas network of the city of Mortagne-sur-Sevre. “With its large population and economic growth, Vendée is consuming more and more energy,” said Yves Auvinet, President of the Vendée County Council. “This test is part of our action plan to substantially increase local energy production.” Initially the bus will be used on a 30-kilometre school route and then it will enter service on a regular 200-kilometre line. The bus can board 55 seated passengers and a wheelchair. It carries eight 150-litre gas tanks, which is sufficient for a 500 kilometre journey.•

TEMSA WINS IN LITHUANIA

THE official premiere of the first Volvo’s electric bus in Gothenburg, Sweden, is scheduled

for June 15. The vehicle will debut on route 55 that will be served by three all-electric buses and seven electric hybrids, all from Volvo Buses. The buses are equipped with battery packs quickly charged with renewable elec-

tricity at the end terminals. Energy consumption is about 80 per cent lower than that of corre-sponding diesel buses. The new route is the result of “ElectriCity”, a cooperative venture which develops, demonstrates and evaluates innovative solutions for future sustainable public transport. Volvo’s electric bus is 10.7 metres long and can carry up to 86 passengers. It features electrical power sockets to recharge passengers’ mobile phones and onboard Wi-Fi. The central driver’s seat contributes to high passenger capacity. Series production of all-electric Volvo buses is sche-duled for 2017. •

THE ELECTRIC VOLVO FOR GÖTHENBURG

L ithuanian transport company UAB Kautra put into service five Temsa HD 12 coaches. The vehicles are powered by

a new generation Euro VI engine. This model is 12.27 metres long and 3.6 high. The seating capacity is up to 55 passengers (59 on the 13 metres version) while luggage capacity is up to 9m3 (11m3 on the longer version). The engine is the DAF MX 11 Euro VI (320 or 430 hp). Additional features include

wheelchair lift, kitchen, WC, audio and video systems. UAB Kautra is a loyal customer of Temsa since 2003 with 120 Temsa coaches in operation. •

IRIZAR SHUTTLE FOR AIR PULLMAN

BusToCoach on-line Magazine - June 2015 FLASH NEWS

S chlienz Tours GmbH & Co. KG from Kernen near Stuttgart is investing four million euros in the expansion and modernisa-

tion of its current fleet, the largest sum to be invested since the company was established in 1932. German operator took delivery of three touring coaches of the Setra and Mercedes-Benz brands.

The handover ceremony took place at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart for an S 516 HDH of the Setra TopClass 500 series, a two-axle Mercedes-Benz Travego and a three-axle Travego M. The Travego accommodates 42 passengers on comfortable LuxLine touring se-ats, while the Travego M offers 48 such seats. Passengers on board the S 516 HDH benefit from plenty of room for their legs and arms and the TopSky panoramic glass roof. The Setra TopClass 500 vehicle features exclusive 2+1 seating. This means three instead of four seats in a row. All three vehicles from Daimler’s present bus range have the most cutting-edge safety systems currently available in the industry on board. These include the Lane Assistant (SPA), adaptive cruise control (ART) with emergency braking assist and Attention Assist (AtAs) Additional vehicles will follow in the fleet Schlienz Tours. •

THEY LIKE SOLARIS IN LATVIA

ON April 28, took place in Liepāja, Latvia, the official presentation of the first 30 Solaris low-floor Urbinos

12 of the 43 ordered at the beginning of 2015. All the buses are powered by an Euro 6 Cummins ISB 6.7 engine matched to a Voith Diwa 6 transmission. The vehicles are featured with air-conditioning as well as double-glazed windows installed as standard to protect passengers from severe seaside climate. Part of the buses are fitted with passenger counting systems. Latvia is a great market for Solaris Bus & Coach with 333 vehicles operating there in total. Recently the Polish manufacturer started the production of 300 units for the capital city of Riga (125 diesel buses and 175 trolleybuses, the latter in cooperation with Škoda Electric). Last year Solaris delivered 25 Trollinos 18 along with 35 articulated Urbino 18. •

MERCEDES AND SETRA FOR SCHLIENZ

THE two Irizar i6 coaches delivered to the Italian bus operator Air Pullman are de-

signed to shuttle services from Milan to Malpensa and Orio al Serio airports. Both are three-axle vehicles with a length of 14 meters, built on Scania chassis KEB 450 6x2 with the 13-litres Euro VI engine (450 hp), coupled to a 12-speed automated Scania Opticruise transmission. On board there are 61 passenger seats and a high comfort level equipment as on all buses in the Air Pullman’s fleet, inclu-ding toilet and Wi-Fi. In addition, one of the vehicle is also fitted with a lift for wheelchair users. •

AT THE AIRPORT WITH OPTARE

S entinel Secure Airport Parking at Leeds Bradford International Airport have added an Optare MetroCity to their transfer bus

fleet. The shuttle will operate between the car park and airport ter-minal transferring passengers and their luggage. The 10.8m Euro 5 MetroCity seats up to 26 and is specially fitted with luggage racks. Ed Hayes, Managing Director, Sentinel, said, “The stylish design of the MetroCity really appealed to us and the fact that it could be

customised for airport use made it the perfect choice for us.” •

VOLVO’S RECORD SALES IN SWEDEN

S cania’s transmission components plant in Tucumán, Argentina, has increased its exports to Europe by

600 percent. Here Scania produces a wide range of tran-smission components including pinions, crowns, shafts and synchronized gears for use in Scania vehicles. The result comes as the Tucumán plant prepares to celebrate 40 years of operation in 2016. Over the past two years the Swedish manufacturer invested USD 43 million in the plant with the aim of significantly increasing efficiency and boosting the plant’s potential production output. That effort is now yielding results. “Thanks to the changes and to the modernisation initiatives that we imple-mented, we have gone from exporting five percent of our production volume to Europe two years ago to 35 percent today”, Adolpho Bastos, Managing Director of the Tucumán plant, said. The remaining 65 percent of output goes to Scania Latin America’s production unit in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. •

FROM ARGENTINA TO EUROPE

N obina has ordered 267 Volvo buses to be delivered on the Swedish market in 2015. This is the largest order to date

for Volvo Buses in Sweden. All the vehicles are the low-entry Volvo 8900 model powered by Volvo’s 8-litre biodiesel Euro 6 engine (320 hp). The order includes 70 two-axle and 206 three-axle buses in lengths from 12 to 14.8 m. The specifica-tions are different to suit the local requirements. The buses for the region of Värmland will be dedicated to regional service with a high level of comfort while the buses for Stockholm will be used primarily in suburban operations with the focus on high capacity. First deliveries are scheduled next June. •

SPEED RECORD AT MILLBROOK

BusToCoach on-line Magazine - June 2015 FLASH NEWS

THE Swiss coach operator Brunner Ferienreisen has taken delivery of two three-axle Setra S 515 HDH

coaches. The vehicles are fitted with large Setra TopSky glass roof, panoramic cameras and 46 comfortable Setra Voyage Am-bassador touring seats. In addition, they feature the sector’s latest safety and convenience systems such as the Adaptive cruise con-trol with emergency braking assist system (ABA2), Attention As-sist (ATAS), Predictive Powertrain Control (PPC). Another coach

operator has chosen the Setra technology. It’s König’s Reisen from Wirges, Germany. The company has taken delivery of the world’s first touring coach from the Setra TopClass 500 series featuring exclusive 2+ seating. The S 516 HDH provides passengers with plenty of room with 29 touring seats as well as a glass roof. It’s a 5-star luxury coach featured with Setra Ambassador touring seats with extra-wide seat cushions and ergonomically shaped seat backrest shells in fine leather. •

MICRO HYBRIDWRIGHTBUS

UK bus operator Docherty’s Midland Coaches has taken delivery of a StreetLite from Wrightbus, the third of its

existing two vehicles over the last few years. The new vehicle is 9.5 metres in length and is powered by a 160ps Cummins engine with a four speed Voith gearbox. Internally it has 37 seats, is fully seatbelted and has a CCTV system installed. A key factor in Docherty’s decision making was the inclusion of Micro Hybrid technology on the vehicle, which was designed and developed by Wrightbus to capture excess energy generated from the bus’s braking system. The energy is redistributed to fuel the pneumatics, hydraulic and electrical systems which would otherwise require additional power from the engine. “The Micro Hybrid system offers us a potential 10% reduction in fuel consumption and savings on an anticipated 15 year operational service life and and this therefore played an important part in our selection this new StreetLite for our fleet”, said Neil Docherty, Managing Director for Docherty’s. •

SETRA IN GERMANY AND MORE

A gas powered bus set new world record in a test which took place at Milbrook’s proving ground

in Bedfordshire, UK. The bus set a speed record at 76.785mph and reached a top speed of 80.78mph. Nor-mally speed limited to 56mph, the bus was painted

black and white like a Friesian cow because it runs on bio methane Compressed Natural Gas produced from cow manure. Its fuel is made from animal waste which is broken down in a process called anaerobic digestion to produce biogas, which is then liquefied and sto-red in seven tanks fixed inside the roof of the bus. The record bus was back in service the following day in Reading, a town in Bedfordshire. •

Registrations of buses over 3.5 tons rise by 17.1% within the borders of the European Union. Improvement are marked in Spain, Italy and the UK

Good news concerning the bus market comes from Europe. In the first quarter

of 2015, there is a significant increase in registrations of vehicles over 3.5 tons. Ac-cording to the periodic surveys of the Eu-ropean Automobile Manufacturers’ Asso-ciation (ACEA), registered buses between January and April amounted to 12,175 against 10,398 reported for the first four months of 2014. Thus, we can see a 17.1% increase.The increase involves the majority of the

27 European states of the EU.Among the main EU markets stand out Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom. The Iberian market is the one with the highest performance, growing 74.2% with 939 registered buses to 539 ones in the first quarter of 2014.More limited but still noteworthy the per-formance of Italian market that totalled 1,017 units against 799, marking an incre-ase of 27.3%.The market is developing well in the UK,

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MORE BUSESSOLDIN EUROPE

where regis t ra t ions rose by 15.7% totalling 2,866 units compared to 2,477 units before.France and Germany follow at a certain some distance: the for-mer with 1,938 buses compared to 1,768 (+ 9.6%) and the lat-ter with 1,830 buses compared to 1,719 (+ 6.5%).In Northern Europe stands out Sweden that gathered 249.3 percen-tage points (from 75 to 262 buses).However, Greece is going down with only 38 registrations and a negative balance of 17.4%.The bus sector is not the only one to in-crease in Europe. In the first quarter of the year all market segments show the growth, from commer-cial vehicles up to 3.5 tons (+ 13.1%), trucks over 3.5 tons (+11.9 %) till trucks over 16 tons (+ 17%). •

New Bus & Coach Registrations in the EU (Acea source)

EUROPEAN REGISTATIONS JANUARY-APRIL (Acea source)

MARKET Jan-Apr.2014

Jan-Apr.2015

%Change

AUSTRIA 293 341 16.4%BELGIUM 267 410 53.6%BULGARIA n.a. n.a. n.d.CROATIA 35 59 68.6%CZECH REPUBLIC 338 366 8.3%DENMARK 80 89 11.3%ESTONIA 60 87 45%FINLAND 109 127 16.5%FRANCE 1,768 1,938 9.6%GERMANY 1,719 1,830 6.5%GREECE 46 38 -17.4%HUNGARY 153 116 -24.2%IRELAND 95 136 43.2%ITALY* 799 1,017 27.3%LATVIA 53 105 98.1%LITHUANIA 69 58 -15.9%LUXEMBURG 85 119 40%NETHERLANDS 264 161 -39%POLAND 471 560 18.9%PORTUGAL 116 133 14.7%ROMANIA 249 277 11.2%SLOVAKIA 182 102 -44%SLOVENIA 56 39 -30.4%SPAIN 539 939 74.2%SWEDEN 75 262 249.3%UNITED KINGDOM 2,477 2,866 15.7%EUROPEAN UNION 10,398 12,175 17.1%ICELAND 25 30 20%NORWAY 191 196 2.6%SWITZERLAND 188 183 -2.7%EFTA 404 409 1.2%TOTALE EU+EFTA 10,802 12,584 16%

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

The new model of the Iberian manufacturer received the Red Dot Award which is considered the International Oscar for design and product innovation

C astrosua group (Harsha, Insular, Cidsa) is among the winners of the Red Dot

Award, a prestigious award created in 1955 by “Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen” with the aim to recognise the quality and in-novation of de-signers and ma-nufacturers in the creation of new household and professio-nal products. This year 4,928 proposals came from 56 coun-tries.The Iber ian manufacturer has won the ‘Oscar’ for de-sign and pro-duct innovation thanks to the New City model, a Castrosua’s new proposal for city transport.Safety, functionality and comfort are the priorities of the designers in the develop-ment of the vehicle which is characterized by the front and rear LED lights whose C-shape is the symbol of the brand’s identity.

The windshield, with its surrounding desi-gn, improves the driver’s visibility alongside with the ergonomics of the vehicle’s cockpit that provides optimal working conditions for the driver.

This model in-cludes impro-vements in its active safety system, such as an optical and acoustic signal fo r mov ing doors and re-tro illuminated pushbu t tons , among others. The New City can be mounted on any chassis, either with die-

sel or CNG propulsion and lengths ranging between 10.5 and 18 meters.The New City, which was launched a few months ago, already has 15 units operating in Gijón and Vigo, northwestern cities of Spain.The award ceremony of the Red Dot Awa-rd’s winners will take place on June 29 in Essen, Germany. •


CASTROSUAAWARDED FORTHE NEW CITY

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More articles about Irizar: www.bustocoach.com/en/node/487/articoli-costruttore-europa

THE Irizar PB being for 14 years on market, celebrates its 7,000th

unit produced. The milestone vehicle manu-factured at the Irizar Ormaiztegi headquarters, Spain, was deli-vered to Tran-sdev Portugal, Portuguese sub-sidiary of the European group carrying 3.3 bil-lion passengers per year with a fleet of 48,000 vehicles.The vehicle is part of a batch of 14 coaches built on two-and three-axles. Ten of these are built on Merce-des OC500 E6 chassis with an Irizar PB 1335 body. They are 12.92 metres long and 3.67 metres high. Two more vehicles are also on a Mercedes OC500 E6 chassis but in a three-axle version with PB 1537 body. In this case length and height are respectively 14.98 metres and 3.87 metres.

The 7,000th Irizar PB coach has been sold to Transdev Portugal. The vehicle is part of a batch of 14 coaches built on two-and three-axle Mercedes and Volvo chassis

THE 7,000thIRIZAR PBCOACH

All the coaches are equipped with 53 or 65 seats depending on the length, front de-stination sign and WC. The upholstery is leather covered and complete with central

armrest, foo-trest, table and magazine rack on the back.The Irizar PB model was lau-nched in 2001 f o r r e g u l a r and occasio-nal transport. Over the years it has become the f lagship of the Iberian producer with its unique de-sign and stren-gth in terms of quality, safety,

reliability and efficiency.In addition to the 7,000 unit, around 3,000 have been sold in Irizar’s other production facilities in Australia, Brazil, South Ame-rica and South Africa, with the highest demand in Mexico. •

More articles about Optare: www.bustocoach.com/en/node/1455/articoli-costruttore-europa

THE city of York, northern England, has been focusing on electric

drive. Since the successful introduction of a fully electric fleet in the new Poppleton Park&Ride last June, it is further expanding a new fully electric fleet of the Optare-bran-ded buses at Monks Cross Park&Ride. Half a dozen of Versa EV buses replaced the diesel buses being pre-viously in service.The vehicles were provided by Optare to the First Bus ope-rator who manages bus transportation at Monks Cross Park & Ride. Six Versas EV are topped up during the day using rapid

Further buses powered by electric drive from the Optare Versa range entered into operation in York, the UK. There are six units with fast charging

OPTAREELECTRIC BUS IN YORK

chargers located at the P&R terminal whi-ch enable a range of 120 miles (nearly 200 kilometers) per day.The new fleet has been made possible by Green Bus Funding which was awarded to First Bus by the Department for Transport.

“There are over 80 Optare electric vehi-cles now currently in service across York, Harrogate, London, Nottingham, Coven-try, Scotland, Swi-tzerland and Holland and we anticipate the fleet at Monks Cross will also prove to be another example of electric vehicles deli-vering a commercially viable public transport solution”, said Enrico

Vassallo, CEO of Optare PLC. “As the leadi-ng manufacturer of electric buses in the UK, we are particularly proud to be able to con-tribute to improved air quality in our local area by supplying buses that are running on local routes to where they are manufactured in Sherburn in Elmet near York.” •

BusToCoach on-line Magazine - June 2015 HIGH TECH STORE

TOM Tom Te-l ema t i c s

calls up IT professionals and app / software deve-

lopers for the second edition of “.connect Developer Con-ference 2015” dedicated to company vehicles’ applications. The different technical sessions will provide the opportunity to identify the best uses of the API and SDK provided by the electronic open platform TomTom WEBFLEET, stimulating the development of innovative applications and integrations. Here will be also presented the latest solutions related to WEBFLEET: the OptiDrive 360 for real-time information and alerts on predictive driving performance, the Remaining Dri-ving Times, which monitors driving times in compliance with the regulations and the Mobile Device Management which offers the possibility to remotely manage the distribution of software for the new customizable PRO8 Driver Terminal. It will also be provided commercial support, giving developers the guidelines to implement solutions for connected vehicles. The appointment is in Amsterdam on June 9, 2015. •

BRIDGESTONE

TELEMATICS

B ridgestone has presented at Au-topromotec 2015, the fair of au-

tomotive equipment and aftermarket products (Bologna, 20-25 May), the “Total Tyre Care” programme and the new Bridgestone Partner network of specialized dealers con-sisting of 100 distribution centers. The Bridgestone Partner is not just a rebranded Truck Point network service, but an evolution of Bridgestone’s European network aimed at meeting the needs of a changing market.The “Total Tyre Care” program consists of: Total Tyre Servi-ce, Total Tyre Life and Total Tyre System.The Service consists in the new Bridgestone Partner network. The Total Tyre Life allows you to extend the tire life cycle reducing total cost per kilometer without sacrificing perfor-mance and efficiency. Among the various tires on display, the new U-AP 001 for urban buses, extremely robust and offering a high load capacity.As for the Total Tyre System, the focus is on Toolbox and TPMS. The former is a software that comes with Bridgestone to get the maximum out of the tires and improve the profi-tability of the fleets. The TPMS instead allows the rapid tire pressure monitoring of the entire fleet, thereby reducing the vehicle downtime. •

ALLISON xFE

THE global leader in driveline and chas-

sis technology ZF has completed the acquisition of TRW Automo-tive Holdings Corp., an American global supplier of automotive sy-stems, modules and components based in Livonia, Michigan. TRW will be incorporated into ZF as a new division called Active & Pas-sive Safety Technology. The com-bined company operates under the name ZF Friedrichshafen AG. The operations follows a Merger Agreement for the acquisition of TRW by ZF signed on September 15, 2014. This agreement was subject to a number of closing conditions, all of which have now been met, including the approval by TRW stockhol-ders and antitrust clearances in various countries and regions such as the U.S., China, and the EU. •

ZF ACQUIRES TRW

Allison Transmission announced a new

series of bus transmis-sion models that incor-porates the latest ad-vances in fuel economy technology. Referred to as xFE, designating extra fuel economy, the fully automatic bus tran-smissions have demon-strated improvements up

to 7 percent in addition to the company’s FuelSense features. Models with xFE are new transmissions with the same space claim and ratings as current models, but incorporate optimized gear ratios coupled with the FuelSense Max package. They have been designed to enable 1st range lock up, deliver signi-ficantly more lock up operation and operate at lower engine speeds in higher ranges to further improve fuel economy. The new bus model for North America is designated as the B3400 xFE. Production began last month in Indianapolis. Outside of North America, Allison will offer three new xFE models: the T3280 xFE, T3325 xFE and T3375 xFE. •

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Energy efficiency, sustainability and much more proposals from the bus manufacturers at the 61st UITP World Congress & Exhibition

E verything is ready. The biggest event in the world of public transport, the UITP

World Congress & Exhibition, will be held at Milan Congress Centre (MiCo) on June. Over 270 exhibitors from 34 countries will exhibit their very latest vehicles, products and solutions in the 30,000m² exhibition.Sustainability, Mobility, Innovation, Lifestyle and the Economy are the sector development burning issues at the top of the event’s agen-da. In particular, safety and smart energy usa-

ge are currently a big focus in the rail indu-stry whilst a variety of IT companies will be presenting their latest passenger information, ticketing and payment solutions. The efficiency is a key focus for the bus sector, that is concentrated on energy-saving solutions for hybrid, CNG and all-electric buses.All the major European competitors such as Daimler Buses (more information pertaining to its new solutions can be found on the fol-lowing pages). Volvo will bring to the UITP


NEW SOLUTIONSAT THE UITPIN MILAN

its latest creature: a 10.7-metre bus powered by a fully electric drive. The same types of vehicles also from Turkey with the E-Bus Si-leo series by Bozankaya alongside with the new 10.7-metre Otokar Kent C and the elec-

tric Temsa MG9 ElectriCity. Solaris will bring its new Urbino which is one of the finalists at the UITP Awards 2015 in the Design Sec-tion. All that and much more in Milan from 8-10 June. •

Solaris

Otokar

Bozankaya

Volvo


D aimler Buses will present a wide-ranging proposals at the 2015 UITP Congress &

Exhibition in Milan in early June. From the solutions for high capacity public transport, to the eco-friendly engines and alternative diesel drive systems up to the development of inte-grated mobility services.In the foreground you can see the new

At the UITP in Milan, Daimler Buses will demonstrate their vision on public transport by means of the new products such as the CapaCity L having 21 metres in length and a Gas Euro VI engine for the Mercedes Citaro range. As well the strategies for propulsion of city bus of the future will be presented alongside with the innovative platforms for integrated mobility

DAIMLERMOBILITYSOLUTIONS

CapaCity L (see the article on the 2015 January/February issue of BusToCoach Magazine), in the five-door version. A ma-xi-bus from 21 metres in length with four axles and a single articulation joint, able to carry up to 191 passengers and therefo-re suited for busy city centre and feeder lines as well as for BRT systems (Bus Ra-

pid Transit). Despite its size, it is able to move easily in traffic thanks to its turning circle of 24.47 metres (turning track of 7.1 metres) with the use of the innovative ASA (Additional Axle Steering) control system providing electrohydraulic steering of the

fourth axle. At the same time, the unique anti-flexion device ATC (Articulated Tur-ntable Controller) ensures a high level of active safety.At the UITP you will see it with its aesthe-

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MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF DAIMLER BUSES ELECTRO MOBILITY

tic standards derived from the Citaro but the possible customizations are countless (design packages Metro or Tram) with dif-ferent side and roof panels, colored ceilin-gs and much more.In terms of environmentally friendly en-gines, will debut at the UITP the M 936 G powered by biogas that will be applied for Mercedes Citaro NGT starting from the next autumn. The new 7.7-litre engine has an output of 222 kW (302 hp) while delivering maximum torque of 1,200 Nm at 1,200-1,600 rpm. It was derived from the diesel version, keeping only a mono-block unit and a four valve cylinder head, adapting the Otto cycle internal combu-stion with stoichiometric air-gas mixture ratio (Lambda = 1), the most suitable to ensure low emissions and high perfor-mance. The Euro VI limits are obtained through the recirculation system of cooled exhaust gas and a three-way catalyst. The CO2 Life Cycle Assessment has been im-proved by more than 20 percent compared to that of a diesel engine. Using biogas to power the engine makes driving almost CO2 neutral.In this regard, Daimler Buses sees further scope for optimization: gas engines along-side with the diesel drive. More generally, the future propulsion scenario implies the equal importance of both, with the further improvement of diesel engines and electri-fication systems attaining the future mo-dels of all-electric Citaro E-CELL and the

INNOVATIVE MOBILITY SOLUTIONS

fuel cell-powered Citaro F-CELL, which will be implemented by 2020, based on a modular platform.It may seem a rather long time, but ac-cording to Daimler, nowadays the degree of technological maturity and the cost of electric drive are not yet able to replace the diesel engine entirely. Range, passen-ger capacity and costs have not yet reached the levels of vehicles fueled by diesel. And this is stated on the basis of experience lasting for decades in the testing and deve-

lopment of each type of propulsion.A separate discussion on the hybrid drive is seen not as an intermediate step toward the electrification but as a support system for greater efficiency of diesel engines. So, the Daimler’s solution is a Compact Hybrid optimized in terms of cost that is able to recoup the initial investment in a few years.At the UITP, Daimler will also present its platform of innovative mobility services by means of its moovel subsidiary GmbH,

w h i -ch is already

a world’s leader on the car2go market in the car flexible

sharing segment. With a special app for smartphone, available for Android devices and IOS, you can compare different mobi-lity options (public local and long-distance transport, car2go, taxi, carsharing or bike-sharing), find the optimal way to get from A to B. The moovel application is availa-ble across Germany and already integrates booking and payment in many cases.All the latest news will be available strai-ght from the event that takes place this June 8-10 in Milan. •

• O 520 Cito: 368 vehicles • Citaro F-CELL Gen. 2: 21 vehicles • Citaro BlueTech Hybrid: 91 vehicles

• Citaro F-CELL 36 vehicles > 2,150,000 km • Citaro F-CELL-Hybrid 23 vehicles > 700,000 km,

More articles about Daimler Buses: www.bustocoach.com/en/node/732/articoli-costruttore-italia

WITH more than 140 participating countries Expo 2015 held in

Milan from May 1 to October 31 is expected to welcome over 20 million visitors with 53 stands and to address the main theme: “Fee-ding the Planet, Energy for Life”. CNH Industrial is among the various global partners of the event with such brands as Ive-co, Iveco buses and Case IH, Steyr, New Hol-

land Agriculture for the agricultural machi-nery segment. The latter is present with the ‘Sustainable Farm Pavilion’, where, in addi-tion to the brand and product solutions, there is a range of interactive applications, together with video installations, augmented reality and products on display, offering an oppor-tunity to the visitors to dive into the agricul-tural mechanization world and to understand


Seven CNG Urbanway buses of the Iveco Bus range used for shuttle services will be present at Expo Milan 2015. CNH Industrial, the Global Partner of Exhibition, will also deliver the Iveco vehicles for urban sanitation and freight transportation. It is also participating at the expo with its New Holland Agriculture’s Pavilion

IVECOCNG BUSES FOR EXPO 2015

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its role in the food supply chain. Moreover, another brand of CNH Industrial for transmis-sion systems, FPT Industrial, will present the top engine of the Cursor 16 range in the New Holland’s pavilion. Nine Iveco New Dailys vans and an Iveco Eurocargo truck have been provided for tran-sport and logistic purposes by DB Schenker, the Iveco client.

lia, the people mobility partner of Expo 2015, to provide transport services from and to the parking lots and within the exhibition site."These vehicles”, said Pierre Lahutte, Iveco Brand President, “running on natural gas are already very virtuous in environmental terms, and can now also be powered by biomethane, a renewable fuel produced from the biodige-stion of biomass, agricultural waste, and the

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Iveco has supplied to AMSA (Milan Environ-mental Services Company), namely 18 Euro-cargo road sweepers and seven Stralis Hi-Way trucks which will be used in areas around the Expo site.For the passenger transport sector Iveco bus has delivered to the Expo seven Urbanway buses powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). The vehicles are used by Arriva Ita-

organic fraction of waste. For Iveco and Iveco bus biomethane is a significant technological challenge due to its effectiveness in reducing CO2 emissions and its ability to satisfy the technological requirements set out by the Eu-ropean Union.”The field of biogas was discussed at Expo on May 9 at the round table event organized by CNH Industrial and the Italian Consortium for Biogas (CIB). Oscar Baroncelli, product ma-nager of FPT Industrial, joined the round ta-ble discussion and made his contribution to it. “With 25 years of experience and more than 25,000 CNG engines sold, FPT Industrial has the broadest engine range available on the market. The present possible technologies that can be adopted for the development of CNG mainly include: stoichiometric combustion, lean burn or dual-fuel CNG diesel. Since the beginning, FPT has chosen stoichiometric combustion, the only viable and cost-effec-tive solution available today that meets Euro VI emission levels. “ •


IN Italy, they added the initials BL to di-stinguish it from the already known

Navigo T with the second door on the rear overhang. The 7.7-metre long Navigo T BL is characterized by a door moved in front of the rear axle. This solution allows lugga-ge space to get concentrated in a single rear

Otokar presents a new Navigo T version with a central door definitely offering more usable luggage space. A small tourist coach equipped with every convenience

compartment; the low-entry is kept offering a better exploitation and access from the side tailgates.The capacity of 2.1 cubic metres allows sto-ring 44 trolleys of standard size: 55x40x20 cm. Four more trolleys can be loaded in the right side compartment (0.3 cubic metres) in

front of the second door.There fo re the Navigo T 77 BL has increased its dedication to the transfers of tou-rist groups excee-ding 31 passen-gers, offering all the Granturismo comfort and the minibus maneuve-rability being only 7.7 metres long and 2.3 metres wide.Apart from the second door shi-fting, the Navigo T 77 BL mainta-ins all the Navigo T features inclu-ding its restyling completed three years ago that had softened the exter-

THE 150th Otokar bus has been delivered in Italy by Mauri Bus System. It is an urban Kent C, a 12-metre vehicle with

Cummins ISB 6.7 engine delivering 285 horsepower and automatic transmission Voith. There is place for a total of 110 passengers. It’s part of a batch of three buses delivered to STIE based in S. Vittore Olona (Milan), a company which manages regular bus services on behalf of the Lombardy Region, entrusted by the Province of Milan and the Province of Varese as well as the Urban Services of Legnano, Busto Arsizio, Rho, Saronno and Seregno. •

150th OTOKAR IN ITALY

FORTY FOURTROLLEY

nal aesthetics, addressing the design of two heads and headlights. The driver location is also embellished by claret leather-look coa-ting of the dashboard, extended to the ste-ering wheel, to the seats’ headrests and to the ceiling body above the windscreen that incorporates the front LCD monitor and the digital clock with the temperature indicator.

There is a curved wraparound design of the dashboard with the central body that provi-des a driver with a radio that incorporates CD, DVD and MP3, a digital tachograph, a horizontal panel, a multifunction display (for navigation system and rear view camera) and a climate controller.The dashboard is clearly visible through the

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Length mm 7,721 Width mm 2,265 Height with AC mm 3,230 Wheelbase mm 3,866 Luggage m3 2.1+0.3 Seats 27 / 31 +1+1 Engine Cummins ISB Displacement cc. 4,500 Power kW/cv 129/176 at 2,300 rpm Torque Nm 700 at 1,200-1,800 rpm Gearbox manual Eaton / automatic Allison GVM kg 10,000

OTOKAR NAVIGO T 77 BL

four-spoke steering wheel that aligns hori-zontally the multifunction display, flanked by the gear usual analog tools.There is a pneumatic seat for the driver while

for the passengers there are extendable and reclining seats with double padding. They are entirely fixed on the floor about 1,250 mm from the ground level (with parquet-look coa-

ting) accessible by five steps from the central door and three steps from the front door plus one at the entrance left to the hostess seat.

For the indoor comfort there are a Konvekta air conditioning system (12 kW) and Eber-spächer heater blowing through the vents on the floor ducting. As well you can find a 40-litre refrigerator next to the main door and the open luggage racks with the perso-nal set complete with air vents, lights and loudspeaker. With the transition to the Euro VI, a 4.5-litre Cummins engine, mounted

behind the front rigid axle drive delivers 176 horsepower (129 kW) and a torque of 700 Nm constant between 1,200 and 1,800 rpm. The pollutants’ reduction is entrusted to the combination of the EGR recircula-tion, VGT turbocharger with variable geo-metry, VPF anti-particulate filter and SCR system with AdBlue injection to clean exhaust gases.

The standard gear-box is the six-speed manual Eaton while the optional variant is the automatic Al-lison.The Navigo T 77 BL is marketed in Italy by Mauri Bus Sy-stem at around 145 thousand euro. • More articles about Otokar:

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IVECO - Euroclass HDVehicle Class: Class IIIYear: April 2002km 382,000Price Vat Excluded: 23,000 euroLength: 12 metresSeats: 53+1+1Engine: Iveco, Euro V, 375 cvGearbox: automated ZF As-tronic

Accessories: Retarder, A.C., Audio-video, Refrigerator.Seller: VDL Italy, Spilamberto (MO).Tel: +39 059 78 29 31 E-mail: [email protected]

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MERCEDES - SprinterVehicle Class: Class IIIYear: March 2008km 360,000Price Vat Excluded: 45,000 euroLength: 7.4 metresSeats: 19+1Engine: Mercedes Euro IV, 184 cvGearbox: manual 6 speed

Accessories: A.C., Audio-video, Refrigeretor.Seller: Masciulli Viaggi Srl, Bucchianico (CH), ItalyTel: +39 0871 382 259 / +39 335 6370 806 E-mail: [email protected]

NOGE - TouringVehicle Class: Class IIIYear: June 2013km 127,600Price Vat Excluded: 115,000 euroLength: 10 metresSeats: 41+1+1Engine: Man, Euro V, 435 cvGearbox: automated ZF As-tronic

Accessories: Retarder, A.C., Audio-video, Refrigerator.Seller: VDL Italy, Spilamberto (MO).Tel: +39 059 78 29 31 E-mail: [email protected]

SETRA - S 315 HDHVehicle Class: Class IIIYear: May 1998km 1,414,000Price Vat Excluded: 35,000 euroLength: 12 metresSeats: 51+1Engine: Mercedes Euro II, 381 cvGearbox: manual, 4+4 speed

Accessories: Retarder, A.C., Audio-video, Refrigerator, Toilette, Extra fridge, leather headrests.Seller: VDL Italy, Spilamberto (MO), ItalyTel: +39 059 78 29 31 E-mail: [email protected]

SETRA - S 315 HDVehicle Class: Class IIIYear: February 1998km 1,141,000Price Vat Excluded: 30,000 euroLength: 12 metresSeats: 56+1Engine: Mercedes Euro II, 381 cvGearbox: manual, 4+4 speed

Accessories: Retarder, A.C., Audio-video, Refrigerator, Toilette, Vehicle completely covered by red sticker.Seller: VDL Italia, Spilamberto (MO), ItalyTel: +39 059 78 29 31 E-mail: [email protected]

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