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It will take a bit of time, but they will get here. Volvo’s bringing in some Australia-friendly electric bus tech matched to a suitable Volgren body and it will eventually be used on a Perth CAT bus route by early 2022. That’s the short of it.
Along this? We’ll see one of the 4 electric buses much earlier, at the 2021 UITP World Public Transport Summit in Melbourne, which will be held mid-to-long-overdue next year [UPDATE: 14-17 December 2021].
When ABC magazine published online a 10.00am embargoed announcement about the Volvo electric buses on Thursday, July 2 earlier this month (might have been 9.59am and 46 seconds … but hey, who’s counting, right?) stating these Volvos were coming next year, the reader response was pretty intense, it must be stated.
It’s not like “tattooing a Volvo badge on your forehead and riding an oversized wooden Dala horse in the middle of an Ikea store doing a 1970s ABBA song that hit Mamma Mia” or something, but close enough anyway.
The last-minute announcement that Volvo will deliver its first electric buses in Australia (4 electric buses with locally manufactured 2.5 m wide Volgren bodies) as a component of its 900-car origin agreement signed in March 2019 with Western Australia Public Transport The Operator of the Transperth Authority (PTA), was huge. And since he wasn’t talking about that annoying coronavirus, it was probably also an added bonus! Good news for once, apparently.
The first of those buses to Perth is expected to make its debut against a foreigner at the 2021 UITP World Public Transport Summit, Volvo said.
After this event, at some point, this first Volvo-Volgren electric bus and 3 similar buses will go to Western Australia to begin mandatory integration efforts before starting operation in early 2022, as planned through Volvo and the PTA, they confirmed.
This all happened because the Volvo-PTA agreement of March 2019 includes provisions for the advent of alternative engine cars on Perth’s public transport bus network when generation has become Volvo’s Australian bus range, Volvo said.
“We are extremely happy to be with PTA in Perth for our first buses in Australia,” said David Mead, vice president of Volvo Buses Asia Pacific and interim general manager of Volvo Buses Australia.
“Our relationship with the PTA now spans more than a decade, and in the coming years, the City of Perth will be a Volvo city with one hundred percent of Volvo’s bus fleet.
“Volvo’s contract with the PTA included a generation roadmap that allowed the PTA to diesel, electric, electric, auto-charge and electric battery cars over time.
“The PTA can access the variety of equipment available and adapt the generation to direction and needs,” Mead explained.
ABC mag contacted Mead of Volvo Bus Australia for more detailed data on the new electric buses and what it would mean and could mean simply writing about other electronic bus activities in the Australian market.
We know that Volvo has electric buses operating in the world, so will the Australian edition be a new design and a new design or will it be based on pre-existing technology?
“The Volvo electric chassis is in the established Volvo generation already deployed in Europe. Volvo buses have long been identified as leaders in electric mobility and sustainable public transport. Volvo’s electric transmission has shown itself to be the backbone of Volvo’s complete electric buses in Europe, where they have been operating since 2015,” Mead confirmed.
In terms of dimensions, how long can the Volvo chassis be built?
“The Volvo electric chassis can be built from 10.8 to 12.5 meters in Australia and can be equipped with a 2.5 m wide frame completely compatible with the manufactured ADR, optimized for Australian conditions.”
How many engines do you have?
“Volvo’s electric chassis can be custom designed to have one or two electric motors connected to a two-speed transmission. The selection is based on the type of operation of the bus. The maximum force is 1x or 2x two hundred kW [engines ] and the maximum torque is 1,900 Nm on the engine shaft. This is optimized for intelligent vehicle driving functionality,” Mead said.
Most importantly, what batteries does the Volvo electric chassis use?
“The Volvo electric chassis comes with Lithium-ion batteries, with a maximum of five batteries providing up to 470kWh storage capacity. The bus driveline runs on a traction voltage system with a nominal voltage of 600V DC. The traction voltage system is also used to power various auxiliary loads, such as the air compressor and the air conditioning compressor. The energy for the traction voltage system is stored in the lithium-ion batteries located on the roof of the bus. The battery can be charged externally and on-board by regenerating energy released during braking,” he explained.
So what about the earth, we asked Array …
“The Volvo 4×2 electric chassis allows you to build cars with a full low floor. This for greater accessibility to passengers to offer a true urban bus experience.
What load formula can you have in the Volvo?
“Each bus can run the fast charging formula with the Combined Charging System (CCS) for unloading loading and/or pantographs (opportunity loading) on the road or at the terminal stations,” he said.
With the PTA agreement and now the end of 2021, we mean the UITP’s necessarily a boast of Volvo’s localized electronic bus technology, when will the Volvo electric chassis be purchased in Australia from other operators?
“The chassis will be ed on the market by the end of 2022. Volvo is happy to start talking about its consumers at all times. The Volvo Buses Australia team would be pleased to talk about long-term electric bus projects,” he said. .
Arguably many Volvo enthusiasts will wonder why so much delay in introducing their e-bus generation here on the Australian market. Was it by explanation or why not?
“Volvo Bus has been in the Australian market for almost 50 years. When we market a product, we know it will have to operate for 25 years under Australian conditions; we need to make sure we’re in paint conditions with local bodybuilders who know the market, we know it has to cope with hot Australian summers and we know that operators expect any Volvo product to offer availability,” Mead said, categorically.
“We know that means we have a little more paint to do. But when we take the roads of Perth, we will check the generation, we will provide our electric offer in a publicity operation from day one!”
Volgren’s chief executive, Thiago Deiro, said the Volvo-Volgren electric bus is another major step in a four-decade partnership.
“We are very happy to marry Volvo on its first electric bus to Australia. Engineering and design groups worked in combination in this task to supply the solution to the Western Australian Public Transport Authority (PTA).
“This is one of the advances in the company’s long history, as we are working with a generation that will be used in the coming decades.”
Deiro says Volgren has partnered with the PTA since 1999 and is incredibly proud that the first zero-emission bus to the streets of Perth carries a Volgren body.
“Our connection to the PTA, and with Western Australian public transport, is one of the longest and most highest successes in the history of the Australian bus industry, and it’s a partnership we’ve never taken for granted.”
“We will do our best to exceed the high quality criteria required through the PTA.”
The first 4 sets will be built in Dandenong; However, Deiro is a time when the Volgren plant in Perth will manufacture zero-emission buses for Western Australia’s roads.
“I am sure that PTA will be extremely happy with the Volgren-Volvo product. I hope to be presumptuous when I say it’s only a matter of time before we see new orders from Perth.”
“If those orders arrive and when they arrive, the site of Malaga is able to load volume and build electrical installations. We have rated other people there and physical ability; there is no need to replace the design much, so it’s just a matter of offering new equipment and education for our staff.”
The manufacturing plant in Malaga is adapting to an economic center, connected to more than 140 companies, many of which are small controlled companies in Western Australia.
Volgren estimates that approximately 150 Western Australians are hired outdoors by the company in the chain of local sources as a direct result of the paintings Volgren creates.
As Volvo explains, the sets will be fully electric cars 11.7 meters long and 2.5 meters wide with local Australian bodies designed and built through Volgren Australia. While those kits will be the first of its kind for Volvo in the Asia-Pacific region, the chassis is in generation Volvo already deployed in Europe, he says.
“Volvo buses have long been leaders in electromobility and sustainable public transport,” Mead said.
“Volvo’s kinematics chain has been shown as the backbone of our complete buses in Europe, where they have been in service since 2015.
“By delivering the product as a chassis, we can paint with long-term partners like Volgren to gather the bus in Australia.
“It has also allowed us to create a new climate for the vehicle, more suitable for Australian conditions,” he added.
Although delivery of the first electric buses to the PTA is not expected until the end of next year, the plans are in place, Volvo confirms. The implementation of electric cars reaches many more interested than a classic bus sale: Volvo says plans for this assignment began last year.
“This task is much more than buses. We have worked with the PTA in several areas, adding management simulation to create our load strategy, load infrastructure, understanding deposit capital requirements, training, protection elements, certification and compliance. means that we are creating an end-to-end evolutionary implementation plan that can be replicated in the future,” Mead explained.
Corporate problems indicate that while Volvo is widely off electric buses, the full commercialization of Australia’s localized electric bus solution will not take up position until 2022.
So it’s the delays and machinations that we want to take place before we see Volvo-Volgren electric buses in their own meat on the ground and then in service in Perth, WA, in early 2022.
Like any cat hunt, he took his time, slowly, silently and patiently, comparing, testing and reviewing the Australian market, waiting for the right time to jump.
There will be more than a few operators trying to see how this PTA delivery unfolds, and therefore also other European brands of electric buses. And not australian electric bus production entities and existing Asian brands that are offered or emerged.
Yup, interesting electric-bus times ahead… Stay tuned.
MARK: Volvo
MODEL: electric chassis concept
LONGUEUR: 11m – 12.5m
DRIVING: One or two motors, two-speed transmission; Power (max.) – 1x or 2x 200kW, torque (max.) – 1,900 Nm on engine shaft
BATTERIES: Lithium ions, up to 470 kWh
CHASIS: full ground floor
CHARGE: CCS system
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