Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Volvo has received an order for 11 electric hybrid buses and 2 ABB automated electric bus fast-chargers to the city of Namur in Belgium with public transport authority and operator TEC. Every year the TEC Group transports more than 250 million passengers. These benefits reduce the total cost of ownership for the city.

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Belgium Volvo Hybrid Maintenance 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

As such, transport operators benefit when it comes to maintenance work and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). In December 2019, MAN Truck & Bus delivered the first two 12-meter electric buses to the transport operators Hamburger Hochbahn AG and Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH for everyday use in the Hanseatic port city.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Electric buses offer an environmentally friendly transport alternative, especially in cities. Between 2010 and 2017, the highest numbers of electric buses in Europe were registered in the United Kingdom (~200), the Netherlands (~175), Belgium (~140), Germany (~90) and Austria (~75). Place for improvement in the electric bus sector.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

If the C40 Recharge, built in Ghent, Belgium, is any indication of what is to come, Volvo is off to a solid start with its plans to never put another drop of gasoline in any of its models beginning in 2030. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

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Recharge Volvo SUV Google 79