FRANCE
Iveco has premiered its new Crossway Elec interurban electric bus at AutoCar Expo in Lyon, adding a second electric model to its Crossway range.
“The addition of the Crossway Elec to our range, alongside the already available Low Entry version, demonstrates our ability to offer electric solutions in all missions,” said Head of Commercial Operations at Iveco Bus Europe Giorgio Zino. “This new Crossway Elec is a ground-breaking vehicle. It will enable Iveco Bus to also drive operators forward in their electric transition for school and inter-city transport. With deliveries starting in 2025, the Crossway Elec offers transport operators an effective solution, and well before the 2030 CO2 reduction target milestone.”
The new electric vehicle incorporates many key elements of the existing Crossway range, including an electric powertrain identical to that of the Low Entry Elec model. Available in 12- and 13-metre versions, the new bus offers a choice of three to six battery packs. A three or four pack configuration, with two batteries on the roof and one or two in the rear compartment, without impacting the luggage space, is particularly well-suited for school services, Iveco says, which rarely require more than 200km per day. In the five or six pack versions, the additional batteries are installed in the luggage compartments, reducing the available height in the luggage space.
Equipped with six packs, the bus has a total energy storage capacity of 415kWh for a range of around 450 to 500km.
The batteries are 69kWh NMC units, assembled by FPT Industrial, and the bus is driven by a Siemens 290kW Elfa III motor with 3000Nm of torque. It is recharged via a CCS Combo 2 socket and like other models in the range will be produced at the firm’s Vysoke Myto plant in the Czech Republic.
The bus can accommodate up to 57 people in the 12-metre version and up to 63 passengers in the 13-metre version. Equipped with four batteries it offers up to 6.2m³ of luggage capacity in the 13m model and 5.1m³ in the 12m version.
In Lyon, the company displayed a 13-metre-long example equipped with four battery packs.
