Volvo Buses has received an order for 90 electric buses from Belgium, its largest ever order for complete electric solutions.
The order comes from the operator TEC Group for the two Belgian cities of Charleroi and Namur. The order includes 90 Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrids and 12 charging stations. Delivery and installation will begin in autumn.
The order from TEC Group covers 55 buses for Charleroi and another 35 buses for Namur. ABB will supply four charging stations to Charleroi and eight charging stations for Namur.
After the delivery, the TEC Group will have ordered in total 101 Volvo electric hybrids and 15 ABB charging stations.
“This is extremely gratifying!” says Volvo Buses President Håkan Agnevall. “The order is a new milestone in our electromobility drive and confirms the competitiveness of our offer. We can see that more and more of the world’s cities are choosing electrified city bus traffic in order to deal with poor air quality and noise.”
