Students from two communes in Alba will go to school with electric minibuses. CJ Alba launched the tender for their purchase

Students from two communes in Alba will go to school with electric minibuses. The Alba County Council recently launched a tender for the purchase of two minibuses of 8 + 1 seats for students, which will arrive in Poșaga and Mogoș communes.

The Alba County Council launched on April 29, in SEAP, an auction for the purchase of two electric minibuses of 8 + 1 seats for the students of the county.

The total value of the contract is estimated at 494,830 lei, without VAT. The investment is financed by PNRR.

According to the documentation, each electric minibus will have a capacity of eight seats, of which one seat for people with disabilities (within the 8 seats, one must be set up for people with disabilities), plus one seat for the driver.

The proposed investment aims to equip pre-university education units with primary and/or secondary level classes in Poșaga and Mogoș communes with electric minibuses.

The aim is thus to improve the transport conditions of students from the disadvantaged/marginalized areas of the county so as to ensure their access to education and the protection of the environment at the same time.

Also, this investment aims at the transition to “green”, which is the central point of the European Union’s agenda for the next decade, and education systems play an important role in these efforts, which must benefit from a modern infrastructure.

Students from two communes in Alba will go to school with electric minibuses. What specs will they have

The minimum technical specifications that the 8+1-seater electric minibus must meet:

• Exclusively electric engine, with power from an electric source, operating exclusively with the help of electric current, supplied by accumulators;
• Electric motor power: minimum 75 kW;
• Driving range: minimum 200 km in the most unfavorable conditions (maximum load, temperature in the operating range at which electricity consumption for air conditioning is maximum);
• Autonomy after 3 years of operation: minimum 150 km/ charge;
• Maximum speed: minimum 70 km/h;
• Battery:
  • capacity/voltage/temperature range: min. 60.0 kWh, 400 V, – 20 / +45 degrees Celsius;
  • number of charging cycles: minimum 2,000;
  • battery charging time, from 10% to 90%: maximum 8 hours;
  • fast charging time: maximum 2 hours;
• Steering system: electrically assisted;
• Gearbox: automatic.