BUSINESS FLEET AFRICA | September 2022
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MAN & ABB present
near‑series electric truck
World’s first passenger
train powered by a
hydrogen fuel cell
In the run-up to this year’s Formula E races at the former airport
Tempelhof in Berlin, MAN and ABB made a special appearance with a
near-series version of the electric truck the company plans to release
in 2024. In order to be able to achieve its promised daily ranges of
between 600km to 800km suitable for long-distance transport, the
MAN electric truck already has the technical prerequisites for future
megawatt charging, which ABB E-mobility, as a leading global provider
of charging solutions, intends to bring to market.
“Only when sufficient green hydrogen and the corresponding
infrastructure are available well after 2030 do we expect to use H2
trucks in selected areas of application,” said Alexander Vlaskamp,
CEO of MAN Truck and Bus. BFA
In the German state of Lower Saxony, the world’s first network
utilising hydrogen fuel cell trains in passenger service has
commenced into operation. On the route between Cuxhaven,
Bremerhaven, Bremervörde and Buxtehude, 14 hydrogen-pow-
ered Coradia iLint regional trains are now in operation,
replacing the 15 diesel trains that were previously utilised along
these routes.
Since the trains have a range of 1 000km with one tank of
hydrogen, they can cover their daily mileage without a refuel-
ling stop, which saves 1.6 million litres of diesel per year. BFA
Autonomous E-Bus
starts operating
in Norway
The Turkish bus manufacturer Karsan and the
Norwegian transport authority Kolumbus have
reached the next level in highly automated driving
for public transport. An e-Atak bus is running in
regular service with Level 4 autonomy on public
roads in the Norwegian city of Stavanger. The
eight-metre-long e-Atak can carry a maximum of
52 passengers.
The e-Atak autonomous bus from Karsan
travels a 2.5km route through the heart of the city.
Not on a closed-off road, but on a public one that
even features a bicycle lane. BFA