All electric Ebusco 3.0 with up to 500 km range revealed

Ebusco has reached a new milestone in the development of emission-free driving in public transport by applying new techniques and materials in the production of its buses.

This has resulted in a weight reduction of 33% and the ability to reach a distance up to 500 km’s with one charge.

Ebusco had broken many records with the Ebusco 2.2 already producing a very attractive bus that reaches a range of up to 450 km with a battery package of 423 kWh. With the new Ebusco 3.0, Ebusco continues to apply technologies and innovations from the aviation and aerospace industry.

The Dutch company only develops and produces electric buses and is therefore not limited in its thinking and actions by bus designs based on diesel technology and its specific limitations. In recent years, Ebusco has implemented a number of innovations, making it now the fastest growing and best-selling E-bus company in Europe.

With a multifunctional team of key experts, who have earned their spurs in the field of aerospace, automotive and electronics, Ebusco has developed an innovative fully electric bus, which largely consists of composite parts. Composite is a combined material made of at least two constituent materials with different physical or chemical properties. This makes the bus even 33% lighter than the Ebusco 2.2. without compromising on robustness, stiffness or safety. On the contrary, by departing the traditional way of bus design, safety, applicability and comfort have increased enormously. The design has been fully aligned with this new development, leaving even more room for innovative applications. This greatly increases comfort for both passengers and driver.

“This new bus heralds the definitive end of the diesel era. The Ebusco 2.2 already improved the so called Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) massively compared to the diesel fuelled buses, but with the Ebusco 3.0 nothing stands in the way anymore to speed up the tempo to make public transport more sustainable. We now are able to make the world in which we live even cleaner, safer and healthier,” according to Peter Bijvelds, CEO Ebusco.

Revolutionary design allows for more comfort due to the spacious and luxurious interior coupled with considerable noise reduction both inside and outside of the bus. The fully flat floor throughout the bus, allows for maximum window size. A panoramic window in the roof is possible as batteries are all mounted in the floor. This leads to excellent visibility throughout the bus due to the increased natural incidence of light. An increased interior width, of up to 90 cm, between the wheel arches leads to increased freedom of movement, flexibility, passenger flow and timely operation of the bus.

Outside mirrors are replaced by cameras, thus increasing the safety and aerodynamics of the bus. Automatically adjustable driver seat, dashboard and camera mirror systems ‘fit’ the driver’s workplace around the driver. Low centre of gravity due to the batteries positioned in the floor ensure excellent straight line stability and exceptional steerability.

The Ebusco 3.0 is designed for overnight charging due to its light weight and high efficiency, offering a maximum flexibility in daytime route adjustments and allowing for charging during lower night-time energy rates. A full composite body reduces maintenance costs considerably and extends the operational life span of the bus beyond 15 years. The lightweight design increases its range substantially (expected up to 500 km on 1 battery charge).

By mid-2020, the Ebusco 3.0 is expected to be ready to go into production in Ebusco’s production plant in Deurne (the Netherlands). Ebusco’s highly specialised team, with a proven track record in several industries, has developed the Ebusco 3.0 for production in large numbers.