IVECO BUS wins a major tender in Germany for up to 580 buses
18 Dezember 2024 - 10:00AM
Turin, 18th December 2024. IVECO BUS, the urban,
intercity and tourist bus brand of Iveco Group (EXM: IVG), and the
BusGruppe purchasing group, the consortium comprising
Verkehrsbetriebe Bachstein, CeBus, KVG Stade, Omnibusbetrieb von
Ahrenschildt, Pülm Reisen and Reisebüro Schmidt, have signed a
5-year framework agreement for the supply of up to 580 city buses,
of which 250 will be fully electric. The total value of the
agreement is estimated at up to 235 million euro.
IVECO BUS will supply 200 CROSSWAY Low Entry
ELEC buses and 50 articulated E-WAY buses, all fully electric
vehicles designed to support the customer’s energy transition. This
is the largest electric bus tender ever won by IVECO BUS in the
German market. In addition, the agreement calls for other 330
vehicles and will include both URBANWAY Hybrid articulated city
buses and CROSSWAY Low Entry intercity buses powered by FPT
Industrial Cursor 9-litre engines compatible with select renewable
fuels.
IVECO BUS will equip the vehicles with custom
options to meet the BusGruppe purchasing group’s specific requests,
including cantilever seating, air conditioning, video surveillance,
Wi-Fi, fuel-saving functions and USB charging ports. Deliveries of
the buses will begin in 2025 and continue through to 2030.
Domenico Nucera, President, Bus Business Unit,
Iveco Group, commented: “Our winning proposal of products and
services have allowed us to expand our market reach with
unprecedented success. This latest tender cements 2024 as an
absolute record year for IVECO BUS, demonstrating our ability to
fully meet the diverse requirements of our customers and provide
the most efficient and customisable solutions for their unique
missions. We are proud that the BusGruppe has placed its trust in
IVECO BUS, and we look forward to supporting this valuable customer
with our sustainable, high-performance people transport
solutions.”
Jan Behrendt, Managing Director of
Verkehrsbetriebe Bachstein, the company which was responsible for
the tender, said: “By awarding the contract to IVECO BUS, the
BusGruppe and the other partners involved in the tender see
themselves on a good path into the future. The continuous
modernization of the fleet and now also the entry into
electromobility put us in a position to continue to develop in a
mobility market characterized by increasing competition.”
Iveco Group N.V. (EXM: IVG) is
the home of unique people and brands that power your business and
mission to advance a more sustainable society. The eight brands are
each a major force in its specific business: IVECO, a pioneering
commercial vehicles brand that designs, manufactures, and markets
heavy, medium, and light-duty trucks; FPT Industrial, a global
leader in a vast array of advanced powertrain technologies in the
agriculture, construction, marine, power generation, and commercial
vehicles sectors; IVECO BUS and HEULIEZ, mass-transit and premium
bus and coach brands; IDV, for highly specialised defence and civil
protection equipment; ASTRA, a leader in large-scale heavy-duty
quarry and construction vehicles; MAGIRUS, the industry-reputed
firefighting vehicle and equipment manufacturer; and IVECO CAPITAL,
the financing arm which supports them all. Iveco Group employs more
than 36,000 people around the world and has 20 industrial sites and
29 R&D centres. Further information is available on the
Company’s website www.ivecogroup.com
Media Contacts:Francesco Polsinelli, Tel: +39
335 1776091Fabio Lepore, Tel: +39 335 7469007E-mail:
mediarelations@ivecogroup.com
Investor Relations:Federico Donati, Tel: +39
011 0073539 E-mail: investor.relations@ivecogroup.com
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