OnA Customer Magazine The from Volvo Bus Corporation Move #2 2008 Technology for the environment The Volvo 7700 Hybrid – Bus of the future volvobus_ENG_080805.indd 1 08-09-04 13.21.48 finance for the road ahead If you are investing in a Volvo Bus, quality and safety must be important to you. So we are sure you’ll appreciate Volvo’s funding solutions too. Volvo Financial Services and Volvo Bus offer a unique combination of products and services designed for the industry that can be individually tailored to your business needs – making sure you get the best return on your investment. Contact your local Volvo representative for more information. Volvo Bus and Volvo Financial Services - together you’re in safe hands. volvo buses. when productivity counts 2 ON THE MOVE #2 2008 www.vfsco.com volvobus_ENG_080805.indd 2 08-09-04 13.22.00 The city bus of the future is here 4. Volvo 7700 Hybrid The future of the hybrid: As fuel prices rise and ambitious environmental goals Volvo 7700 Hybrid can give are being set all over the world, the world about us is you fuel savings of up to 30 changing rapidly. This is forcing us to develop alternative per cent. powertrains and opportunities for using alternative fuels. Here at Volvo Bus, we are prioritising the development of fuel-efficient powertrains, which is resulting in some of the lowest fuel consumption on the market with our new Euro 4/EEV powertrains. Now we are taking the next major step towards drastically reducing fuel con- sumption by introducing a hybrid bus which we have 8. Hybrid history developed ourselves. Canadian company STM has a positive experience from Our hybrid project has prioritised high reliability, maxi- hybrid buses in their fleet. mum fuel reduction in combination with good driveabi- lity and comfort in town and intercity traffic. To be able to offer a competitive payback time for our customers, we have developed a collective hybrid solution for the entire Volvo group using standard components as a basis, thereby ensuring high quality and volume benefits. 13. On The Road I am quite sure that with our new hybrid bus, we will Swedish company radically change people’s views of city travel by bus Säfflebussen has 7 Volvo and meet the stringent requirements for environmental 9700, “Coach of the Year emission reductions while maintaining good profitability. 2008”. For the first time, there is now a commercially practica- ble hybrid solution on the market; and with this, hybrid technology will experience a real breakthrough. Developing and industrialising new hybrid technology requires major investments. For us here at the Volvo group, there has never been any doubt that this is the route we should take. Together with our customers, we 15. Workshop on top hold joint responsibility for ensuring that the transport The Volvo Truck Centre in sector contributes towards efficient, environmentally Madrid is a popular oasis for friendly solutions in order to create a sustainable society. Volvo coach and bus drivers. Our new hybrid bus is a major step forward. 17. Extreme sailing finance for the road ahead Volvo Ocean Race is one of the toughest races around Håkan Karlsson If you are investing in a Volvo Bus, quality and safety must be important to you. So we are sure you’ll the world. President & CEO appreciate Volvo’s funding solutions too. Volvo Bus Corporation Volvo Financial Services and Volvo Bus offer a unique combination of products and services designed for the industry that can be individually tailored to your business needs – making sure you get the best return on your investment. Contact your local Volvo representative for more information. Volvo Bus and Volvo Financial Services - together you’re in safe hands. Volvo Bussar AB Address ARHK6N, SE-405 08 Göteborg, Sweden Telephone +46 31 66 00 00 Fax +46 31 66 60 27 E-mail [email protected] Web www.volvo.se Produced by Roxx Media Sverige, www.roxx.se Publisher Per-Martin Johansson Project Manager Mikael Svensson Advertising sales Maria Sveed Photo Ulrika Hallin, Johanna Asplund, Sylvain Fortier, Lasse Storheil, Oskar Kihlborg/Ericsson Racing Team, Matthias Witzany, Volvo Editor Håkan Hellström Texts Håkan Hellström, Ulrika Hallin, Michael Borg, Monica Nilsson volvo buses. when productivity counts Ad originals Theresé Adolfsén Layout Daniel P Sandin Printer Printfabriken 2008/09 www.vfsco.com ON THE MOVE #2 2008 3 volvobus_ENG_080805.indd 3 08-09-04 13.22.22 Today’s solution for future demands – Volvo 7700 Hybrid The Volvo 7700 model range A hybrid bus utilizes two power Hybrid, where the break-even point ise is now an extended family, sources: the Volvo hybrid features a estimated at around 5-7 years, depending smaller than normal diesel engine and on current and future oil costs. and its newest member is the an electric motor, both of which are As with all its products, Volvo Volvo 7700 Hybrid. This paral- operated in their most efficient ranges. Bus can offer leasing and maintenance lel hybrid city bus significantly For example, when the vehicle starts or packages, enabling the customer to reduces fuel consumption and accelerates from a stop, it is the electric have the most up to date vehicles on motor that accelerates the bus to a the road at minimum capital cost. greenhouse gas emissions com- speed of 15-20 km/h. When the bus pared to conventional diesel is underway, the parallel hybrid system Lower emissions and less noise buses. combines diesel engine and electric A hybrid powered city bus produces ­­­Text Håkan Hellström Photo Arne Edström motor power to maintain speed. The lower exhaust emissions and operates electric motor can provide extra boost more quietly than the diesel equivalent. in torque. At higher speeds, the bus is The Volvo 7700 Hybrid can reduce powered by the diesel engine. CO2 emissions up to 30 percent, while The regenerative braking energy the Euro 5 engine with SCR (selective charges the battery via the genrator, catalytic reduction) in the hybrid con- energy that is normally lost as heat. figuration reduces particulate matter These measures all contribute to fuel- emissions by up to 50 percent. savings on routes with frequent braking At idling speed when the bus is and accelerations, like city bus traffic. powered by the electric motor the bus produces no exhaust gases at all. In a Superior fuel economy bus garage, this results in a big impro- The Volvo 7700 Hybrid gives fuel savings vement in working conditions. of up to 30 percent. Fuel consumption The noise level of the Volvo 7700 improvement is realised both in city stop- Hybrid is substantially lower than on a and-go traffic but also when the route diesel bus in normal traffic. When the goes to the suburbs. Given that fuel is a electric motor is engaged, for instance major part for the total vehicle fleet costs, when accelerating from a bus stop, there are big savings up for grabs! external noise is almost non-existent. A hybrid bus can alos give lower operating costs due to reduced stress Same weight and unchanged and maintenance on components such passenger capacity as brake linings and the transmission The Volvo Hybrid uses a battery to system is simpler so less maintenance store electrical energy: the parallel is required. system means that this battery can be All these savings help provide a shor- smaller than in other hybrid concepts – ter payback time for the Volvo 7700 reducing the weight addition by some SOUND DAMPING & RUST PROOFING "VTPO"#t twww.auson.se 4 ON THE MOVE #2 2008 volvobus_ENG_080805.indd 4 08-09-04 13.22.36 130 kg. The smaller 4 cylinder, 5 litre, buses. Maintenance is as straightforward being transformed into energy losses engine also helps with weight distri- on the hybrid as on any other diesel like heat and friction. To avoid this, bution. The result is that the Volvo bus, allowing for some additional train- Volvo Bus has implemented a special 7700 Hybrid weighs no more than ing for maintenance personnel. The feature: a warning click sound that the conventional Volvo 7700 model hybrid high voltage battery is simple indicates to the driver when this point but the passenger capacity is actually and secure to handle. The purchase of has been reached. increased – by up to 5 more passengers. a Volvo 7700 Hybrid includes replace- The engine is installed in the far- ment of the high voltage battery after left rear corner, as in other Volvo 7700 approximately six years. models, so the interior layout of the Training also helps drivers to get Volvo 7700 Hybrid guarantees a high the best possible results from the passenger through-flow. Volvo 7700 Hybrid and this training is The location of the battery has allo- included in the contract for supply of wed a minor restyling of the front end of the vehicle. the bus, but otherwise the exterior is very New driver aids have been inclu- similar to other Volvo 7700 models. ded: for example, as the brakes are applied the retardation energy is trans- Specifications Volvo 7700 Hybrid Easily incorporated mitted to charge the batteries up to Length: 12.0 m Diesel hybrids are easily incorporated a certain point. After that point, the Height: 3.4 m into fleets that are already using diesel energy no longer charges the batteries, Width: 2.55 m Wheelbase: 5.95 m Gross vehicle weight: 18,000 kg Suspension: Air suspension, electronic control with kneeling Brakes: EBS electronically controlled disc brakes Number of doors: 3 Boarding height: 25, 27, 27 cm Maximum number of passengers: 95 Hybrid system: Parallel hybrid Volvo I-SAM Diesel engine: Volvo D5, 5 litre 4 cylinder to Euro V emissions level Power output/Torque: 210 hp, 800 Nm Electric motor: Power output/Torque: 160 hp, 800 Nm Transmission: I-Shift, automatic gearshifting system, 12-speed splitter/range gearbox ON THE MOVE #2 2008 5 volvobus_ENG_080805.indd 5 08-09-04 13.22.42 As project manager, Per Fejde has been responsible for bring- ing together all the different parts of the extensive Volvo 7700 Hybrid project.