Successful first year of IVECO BUS tailored services package for the 13 full electric city buses in SYTRAL Mobilities’ fleet in Lyon - France
IVECO BUS offers a complete turnkey ecosystem, providing tailored expert services with its electric buses.
SYTRAL Mobilités, the city of Lyon public transport authority, chose this solution for the purchase of 13 full electric city buses. These vehicles have been operating in the Keolis Lyon fleet since November 2021 with the benefit of a comprehensive maintenance plan.
Vénissieux, 22nd February 2023
To offer its customers a global electric mobility solution, IVECO BUS offers a range of associated services, which include the supply and installation of charging systems and a comprehensive maintenance plan. SYTRAL Mobilités chose this solution when it purchased its first fleet of 13 electric buses in 2021.
Marco Franza – Global Head of Bus Customer Service, stated: “This successful collaboration with SYTRAL Mobilités is providing us with valuable experience that we will be able to apply in developing similar tailored services to customers in different markets.”
The 2-year comprehensive maintenance plan includes monitoring and maintenance of the 13 buses, as well as monitoring of the charging of vehicles at the depot and maintenance of the charging systems installed by IVECO BUS.
The package is comprehensive of:
- equipping a dedicated area for the 13 buses in the TCL des Pins bus depot;
- on-site support from an expert technician at the depot 5 days a week provided by local dealer LVI (DOP St Priest);
- overseeing the monitoring of the depot’s energy requirements.
This tailored service package fully meets SYTRAL Mobilités’ operational, monitoring and maintenance requirements, as well as supporting its aim to optimize the TCL des Pins depot’s energy consumption.
IVECO BUS
IVECO BUS is a brand of Iveco Group N.V., a global leader in commercial and specialty vehicles, powertrain, and financial services, listed on the Borsa Italiana in Milan.
A major player in the field of public transport, and among the leading bus and coach manufacturers in Europe, IVECO BUS designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of vehicles that meets all the needs of public and private operators:
- school, intercity and tourism coaches;
- standard and articulated city buses, including BRT dedicated versions; city midibuses
- minibuses for all passenger transport missions.
IVECO BUS benefits from a strong expertise in alternative energies vehicles and is now capable of offering a complete range running on compressed natural gas – fully compatible with biomethane – and in the electromobility field, to suit every kind of transport need. Thus, IVECO BUS positions itself as a reference partner to face the numerous challenges of sustainable mobility.
IVECO BUS employs over 5,000 people across four production units, in Annonay, France, Vysoké Myto, Czech Republic, Brescia, Italy and in Rorthais, France with its electromobility center of excellence.
The extensive IVECO BUS and IVECO service network guarantees assistance around the world wherever an Iveco Bus vehicle is at work.
For further information about IVECO BUS: www.ivecobus.com
For further information, please contact:
Isabelle FILLONNEAU
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