Best Electric Bus Sound? Two Stage Gearbox Volvo BZL Demonstrator SG4007T on 282 [TTS]

Maxson Goh Films a ride on SG4007T, Tower Transit Singapore's Volvo BZL SC Auto Demonstrator on Service 282 in Clementi.

The Volvo BZL Electric is the first fully-electric bus chassis offered by Volvo, with two different component layouts designed for either single-deck or double-deck bus construction. It was officially unveiled in September 2021 and expanded on Volvo’s prior electric bus offering – the Volvo 7900e range – which was only available as an integral bus.

For the driveline, single-deck buses can be configured with a single or dual motor unit, with each motor rated at 200 kW (268 hp). The double-deck configuration is only available with the single-motor option. The electric motor(s) is coupled to a two-stage automated manual transmission, which according to Volvo, increases wheel torque at low speed and evens out current peaks, thus reducing energy usage and driveline wear.

In Singapore, local coachbuilder SC Auto Industries partnered with Volvo Buses to develop the Volvo BZL–SC Neustar City, Singapore’s first indigenously-built range of bus bodies and buses. The bus was first unveiled on 17 November 2022 at a launch ceremony held at SC Auto’s premises in Senoko.

SC Auto and Volvo designed the bus from scratch over a 12-month period, with a focus on safety and quality. On the manufacturing front, SC Auto is well-equipped to produce this new vehicle type, having had decades of experience in coachbuilding, and has dedicated one production line to the building of bus bodies on the Volvo BZL. In addition to high-tech production facilities, the company can manufacture fibre-reinforced plastic mouldings in-house, giving it self-sufficiency over importing moulded parts from third parties.

The traction batteries of the Volvo BZL–SC Neustar City are solely roof-mounted, which reduces cabin space occupied at floor level and frees up space in the passenger cabin. Furthermore, the bus incorporates design choices that facilitate easy component replacement in the field. SC Auto says the bodywork can also be supplied in both CKD and SKD forms.

Finally, the ‘SC Neustar City’ name builds on SC Auto’s success with the SC Neustar, an integral coach fully built in Singapore that launched in 2018.

As for the broader electric bus market in Singapore, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is aiming to rapidly electrify the public bus fleet. Half of all public buses will be electric by 2030, which is about 3,000 buses. In the aftersales segment, a Volvo Buses press release in June 2022 describes the efforts of its local distributor (ComfortDelGro Engineering) in preparing its technicians to service these new vehicles.

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