TEMSA unveils ‘Europe’s first electric coach’ at IAA Hannover
Electric bus manufacturer has revealed its new electric vehicle model at the IAA Transportation show in Hannover.
The new, fully electric LD SB E. LD SB E model was visited by more than 1,200 companies and thousands of exhibitors from 40 different countries during the show, with two different options of either 12 or 13 metres.
According to TEMSA, vehicle, which has a passenger capacity of 63 people, shows the expected performance in all road conditions thanks to its electric motor with a power of 250 kW. With three different battery options – 210, 280 and 350 kWh – the range of LDSB E can reach up to 217 miles (350 kilometers) under appropriate conditions.
TEMSA, which has been operating under the partnership of the Sabancı Holding and the PPF Group (Skoda Transportation) for the last two years, has launched five different electric vehicle models ready for mass production.
In recent months, TEMSA launched the TS 45E model, which it had tailor-made specifically for the US market. TS 45E, which was subject to test drives in Silicon Valley for two years, was presented to the market after successfully completing all those tests. The manufacturer has also launched two new electric vehicles in the last six months.
Speaking at the press conference held within the scope of the launch event, TEMSA CEO Tolga Kaan Doğancıoğlu, said: “As TEMSA, we are one of the companies that recognized the sustainability and digitalization-oriented transformation in our sector, at the earliest point. While we have been designing our business processes accordingly for many years, we prioritize the two issues by putting our customers at the center. We support our sustainable growth and also fulfill our sustainability promises and targets by focusing on new opportunity points, particularly electrification.
“Our electric vehicle range, which we achieved with our LD SB E vehicle, is the most important indicator of the determination of TEMSA on this journey. Today, we are one of the rare companies in the world that has launched five different electric vehicles ready for mass production in different segments. And today, we are also proud to unveil Europe’s first electric coach as an European company, with LD SB E. If you want to go north, the easiest way of it is to follow the pole star. Our north is a more inhabitable, cleaner, and safer world. And our pole star is sustainability. We continue on our way determinedly on this journey. Accordingly, we aim to make one of every two vehicles out of our production facility electric in 2025.”
