Since June final 12 months, the city neighborhood has been working a fleet of 107 autos which are purely battery-electric and run on biofuels. Following the introduction of 35 GX ELECs, Iveco has now obtained an extra order for the supply of twelve H2 buses from Cannes. As soon as delivered, the buses will function on the Palm Bus community.
The hydrogen buses are the twelve-metre-long mannequin with the cumbersome title Heuliez GX 337 H2 Linium. The gasoline cell bus was unveiled in October final 12 months because the E-Method H2. The mannequin is provided with a 310 kW electrical motor and a gasoline cell system from the Hyundai model HTWO, which has an output of 100 kW. 4 hydrogen tanks with a complete capability of 31 kg H2 are situated on the roof. A 69 kWh battery pack, which may also be charged through CCS, serves as power storage. Iveco specifies a variety of as much as 450 kilometres.
The twelve H2 buses are to be refuelled on-site. David Lisnard, President of the city neighborhood, has determined that hydrogen shall be produced in a manufacturing plant but to be inbuilt Cannes from 2025. In response to Iveco, it is a “first within the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur area.” As soon as accomplished, 41 buses will have the ability to be refuelled with hydrogen. Nonetheless, there isn’t any data on how this variety of H2 buses shall be realised.
“We’re very proud to have been chosen by the Cannes Lérins City Neighborhood for the provision of those 12 new GX 337 H2 buses,” stated Giorgio Zino, Head of IVECO BUS Europe Industrial Operations. “This renewed belief confirms IVECO BUS’s excellence in zero-emission mobility options, and specifically hydrogen expertise.”
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