ZF's electric drive system which is integrated into a low-floor axle wins the Bavarian State Award for Electric and Hybrid Mobility
AVE 130 enables purely electric buses to operate with zero local emissions and to be combined with the most varying consumption-reducing energy concepts
Passenger and fleet-friendly: ZF technology produces significant comfort and installation space advantages
The city bus system AVE 130 from ZF impressively demonstrates the potential e-mobility provides for commercial vehicles today and in the future: It is both an advanced low-floor axle and a fully-fledged 250 kilowatt electric drive. It considerably reduces consumption in hybrid or purely electric configurations. Moreover, the axle can function very well as the only drive source in buses with absolutely zero local emissions. Because of this and other benefits, the AVE 130 has now secured the eCarTec Award 2015 in the “Powertrain & Electronics” category. ZF representatives accepted the award during the official award ceremony on October 19, 2015 in Munich.
“The more people and the environment in metropolitan areas suffer from emissions and noise, the more important environmentally-friendly, alternative, and, at the same time, economic drive concepts are for public transport,” said Werner Hechberger, senior sales manager for axle and transmission systems for buses and coaches at ZF, as he accepted the eCarTec Award 2015 on behalf of ZF in Munich's Glyptothek. “Our AVE 130 electric portal axle extraordinarily meets these requirements.” The electric portal axle was developed and produced at the ZF Passau location and, to win the award, competed against strong, international competition to impress an independent, nine-member jury of experts.
