Volvo electric buses to benefit from three charging stations

Electric charging company ABB has won a contract to supply three HVC 300P charging stations for a fleet of Volvo electric buses.

They will be operated in Harrogate in the UK, by Transdev Blazefield, a company which provides bus services, from 2018.

ABB will also supply an electricity substation for installation at a bus station in the town.

The project will use OppCharge, where buses can be charged when they wait at bus stops.

The buses will connect automatically to ABB’s HVC 300P chargers, which feature an overhead charging mast that charges via the buses’ on-board pantographs.

Charging is expected to take around three to six minutes.