FRANCE: Limoges has taken delivery of two battery trolleybuses made by Iveco and Škoda Electric.
Last year Iveco won a contract for two trolleybuses with an option for four more. The articulated vehicles made to Iveco’s Crealis design feature traction equipment from Škoda, which has also undertaken final assembly.
The air-conditioned vehicles use batteries to operate on off-wire sections. These are recharged from the overhead wires and offer a range of up to 15 km.
FRANCE: Solaris Bus & Coach is to supply 22 battery trolleybuses to Saint-Etienne, the manufacturer announced on January 17. The €17m order includes options for two more vehicles, and is Solaris’ first trolleybus order for the French market. Škoda will supply the drive system for the 12 m long ...
TROLLEYBUS: Iveco presented its Crealis battery trolleybus at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 trade show in Hannover. Assembled by Iveco in the Czech Republic in June, the 18 m long vehicle uses an Urbanway chassis and bodyshell with electrical equipment from a Škoda Electric’s prototype Škoda 35 Tr trolleybus. ...
