Hansea Fleet Grows to 271 MAN Electrical Buses

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• Largest emission-free bus fleet in Belgium: Hansea expands its fleet by an extra 181 autos to a complete of 271 Lion’s Metropolis E buses
• The absolutely 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 now not a dream of the long run. Hansea is spectacular proof of this: the main personal 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 absolutely electrical metropolis buses. A hit 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 develop to over 270 MAN eBuses, making it the biggest 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 glad Hansea is with our Lion’s Metropolis E and that it’s proving its value day after day.”

The autos will likely be delivered this yr and subsequent. “Sustainability is a key situation for us in addition to for MAN. The order is certainly a milestone that confirms our joint dedication to sustainability,” says Joris Larosse, CEO from Hansea. He continues: “Our objective is to totally electrify our total bus fleet by 2035. We have now relied on MAN to transform our fleet proper from the beginning. Over the past ten years, we’ve developed a trusted partnership primarily based on intense skilled cooperation.”

Most flexibility: Hansea orders 10-, 12- and 18-meter buses

Along with the environmental friendliness of town buses, reliability and adaptability additionally performed a decisive position for the Belgian firm. Because of this 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 significantly properly in slender metropolis facilities due to its excellent manoeuvrability. MAN can be supplying battery-electric 18-meter articulated buses, which present their strengths on routes with significantly excessive passenger volumes. Due to the totally different variants, Hansea can use the brand new bus fleet for a variety of purposes all through Flanders. That is extraordinarily necessary 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 provides college buses, worker transportation and coach providers.

To make sure that drivers and passengers arrive relaxed always, Hansea hooked up nice significance to in depth consolation and security gear. MAN OptiView, for instance, makes turning simpler for the bus driver, particularly in heavy metropolis site visitors. It is because the mirror alternative system makes the blind spot seen and thus ensures higher security on the highway, significantly when turning, but in addition when altering lanes and maneuvering. The gear additionally features a reversing digicam, LED headlights, electrical solar safety, a lightweight/rain sensor and a cushty driver’s seat. Passengers are additionally seated in snug 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 numerous 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 idea for the follow-up orders for initially 90 and now an extra 181 eBuses from MAN.

“It is a actual success story that we’re extraordinarily pleased with. In spite of everything, it additionally performed a key position in our turning into the market chief for eBuses in Europe final yr and the manufacturing figures for the Lion’s Metropolis E are steadily growing,” explains Oktay. Nonetheless, MAN isn’t “solely” the market chief within the total European market, but in addition number one in a variety of nationwide eBus markets — together with Belgium.

Supply: MAN