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Barcelona bus operator TMB buys 10 new
MAN Lion's City Hybrids: the fleet thus grows to 21
MAN Truck & Bus Iberia has been awarded the contract by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) for the purchase of ten more hybrid city buses. The new MAN Lion's City Hybrids will be delivered to the customer by the end of 2013. With 21 MAN hybrid buses, Barcelona will become the city with the largest fleet of this vehicle.
The 12 metre-long solo buses are powered by two electric engines of 75 kW each. This allows an even, quiet and emission-free acceleration from a stationary position with a torque of 3000 Nm. The electric drive is fed by two sources: ultra-capacitors on the roof save the kinetic energy recuperated during braking and release it again during acceleration. As a further energy supplier, an MAN D08 diesel motor with 7 litre capacity and 250 hp starts if necessary, which fulfils the strictest current voluntary EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle) emission standard. If the diesel is not needed, it switches off automatically.
Miguel Angel Alonso, Commercial Director of Buses for MAN Truck & Bus Iberia, is "very pleased at the trust that TMB has again placed in us. TMB has awarded us this contract for the second year in a row. The company thus proves that it relies on the hybrid technology from MAN not only in terms of use but also the optimum reliability achieved, which is equally as important. Our vehicles have proven themselves over months of use. TMB gives thanks to us for this with the new tender."
The Transport Efficiency Program by MAN Truck & Bus
The amount of transport and traffic on Europe's roads continues to rise. At the same time, the long-term dwindling of energy resources is making transport increasingly more expensive.As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of buses and trucks, MAN Truck & Bus makes an important contribution to the continued improvement of transport efficiency. MAN offers a comprehensive efficiency program to reduce total cost of ownership. Transport efficiency, consolidated in the fields of technology, service, the driver and future expertise, protects the environment and represents added value for our customers.
The MAN Group is one of Europe's leading industrial players in transport-related engineering, with annual revenues of approximately €15.8 billion in 2012. MAN is a supplier of trucks, buses, diesel engines, turbo machinery and special transmissions and has around 54,300 employees worldwide. MAN's business areas are all leaders in their markets.
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