Nantes Métropole has contracted IVECO BUS to supply new electric buses on the Naolib network.
This project will be led by Semitan and financed by Nantes Métropole. It has a budget of 62 million EUR for a projected order of 70 electric buses.
Pascal Bolo, President of Semitan said:With the acquisition of these new electric buses, Semitan continues to support Nantes Métropole in its desire for an energy transition towards more sustainable mobility. For the company, this represents a challenge in terms of project management and maintenance, on one hand, to adapt the existing technical and operations centres to this new energy source without disrupting the daily operations of the Naolib network, and, on the other hand, to maintain these new vehicles, involving an evolution of technical skills within Semitan.
Under this contract, IVECO BUS will supply 12-metre GX 337 ELEC models and 18-metre GX 437 ELEC models from the HEULIEZ brand.
Initially, around 30 standard electric buses will enter service from late 2025 at the Saint-Herblain Technical and Operations Center (Cetex).
Giorgio Zino, Head of IVECO BUS Europe Commercial Operations said:Our expertise in clean vehicles allows us to maintain the trust of Semitan and Nantes Métropole. We thank them for choosing our latest generation electromobility offer, which represents a relevant and high-performance solution to meet the challenges of the energy transition. We are very proud of this new success, which reinforces a strong and long-standing partnership with our GX and URBANWAY natural gas solutions and now our GX ELEC models.
