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Volvo BZR Low Entry Electric. The urban hero.
With safe and sustainable urban transport at its core, the Volvo BZR Low Entry Electric chassis enables efficient city and intercity operations – supporting a wide range of electric transit solutions. Its versatile design is backed by Volvo Group’s common architecture, ensuring high uptime and low operating costs for years to come.
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Range for any need
The modular energy storage system can hold up to seven batteries – enabling a capacity of up to 630 kWh. This means that the chassis can be tailored to a broad palette of operational needs, operating ranges and energy strategies.
Uptime and reliability
Volvo Buses has been at the forefront of e-mobility for more than a decade. Genuine understanding of people transportation combined with a solid technology platform result in unparalleled uptime and outstanding efficiency.
Driver station
Designed around the driver
The Volvo BZR Low Entry Electric is designed to make driving impressively easy, quiet and comfortable. The extensive adjustment possibilities and the ergonomic instrument cluster reduce stress and improve working comfort. Add to that the consistent and predictable behaviour of Volvo’s chassis design. It’s a workstation made to attract, recruit and retain skilled drivers and bring the driver turnover to zero.
Your perfect workstation
The comfortable driver’s environment in a Volvo BZR Electric is probably one of the best available, with world-class ergonomic design and logical layout. With a driveline fine-tuned to perfectly harmonize with the premium quality chassis design, this makes a bus with very low level of vibrations and interior noise.
| Multi-function steering wheel with media controls |
| Dashboard that moves with steering wheel adjustment |
| Digital instrument cluster |
Volvo Dynamic Steering
Volvo Dynamic Steering is a unique Volvo feature that takes most of the effort out of driving a bus. The effortless manoeuvring in roundabouts and when cornering, as well as the automatic return to the dead-ahead position, are major benefits for the driver. They significantly reduce the risk of injuries in the neck, shoulders and
arms, which helps reduce sick days and rehabilitation costs.
| Automatic return to dead-ahead position – also when reversing |
| High-torque electric motor assisting the power steering |
| 2,000 sensor readings per second to maintain directional stability |
Passenger experience
Comfortably silent
A Volvo BZR Electric is a silent and comfortable experience, for everyone. The bus welcomes your passengers silently and gently at the bus stop. Low onboard noise makes it easier to talk to others or listen to music during the ride. The silent propulsion also reduces noise for residents along the route, allowing the bus to get closer to where people actually live and work.
Charging
The best energy strategy for your route
With Volvo you can combine and change your charging methods. Quick high-power charging en route or in the depot, as well as manually operated depot charging via CCS cable. And your buses’ energy storage system can be specified to perfectly suit the capacity need of your route.
More about Volvo’s approach to charging
Charging en route
Charging en route, you can specify your buses with fewer batteries, resulting in less weight and more passenger capacity. The OppCharge system is an open architecture that gives you rapid and fully automatic charging at end stations and keeps productivity up. With no need for returning to the depot for charging, you get virtually unlimited range.
| 350 kW max charging power |
| OppCharge |
Depot charging
Depot charging can be the best strategy when you need the flexibility to operate on different routes, or when installing charging infrastructure along the route is not an option. The Volvo BZR Electric can be manually charged using a CCS cable in the depot, during breaks, off-peak or at night. The buses can be equipped with plug-in sockets in several locations to suit your depot layout. Double plug-in points are also available.
| 250 kW max charging power |
| CCS |
Volvo’s usable energy commitment
The range of an electric bus depends on several factors. Together with the operator we determine the energy demand for the route, and then we guarantee that this capacity will be available. We offer this as the usable energy commitment, and your benefit is that there’s no need to worry about batteries anymore.
More about Volvo’s Usable energy commitment
Modular energy storage
Right-sizing your energy storage
With a maximum of 630 kWh installed nominal capacity, the Volvo BZR Low Entry Electric can take on any route. For shorter and less demanding routes, the onboard energy storage can be optimised in size, which saves weight, hence allowing for extra passengers.
More about Volvo’s approach to batteries
Energy Storage System (ESS)
The Volvo BZR Low Entry Electric can be equipped with up to seven Volvo Cube battery units, each with a capacity of 90 kWh.
| Lithium-ion |
| Up to 630 kWh total energy capacity |
| 600 V |
| Automatic temperature control |
| Brake energy regeneration |
Battery Management System
A bus battery’s lifetime will substantially increase if it is managed correctly, both in operation and in charging and maintenance. All Volvo electric buses feature a Battery Management System that controls all charging and discharging processes, and which also monitors battery health and performance.
Powertrain
Powerful and smooth
Volvo’s electric buses feature powerful electric Volvo powertrains and optimised transmissions, delivering power and drivability for safe operation in the most demanding conditions. Available with either a single or dual-motor setup, it offers up to 540 hp / 400 kW. This makes the Volvo BZR Low Entry Electric an untiring hill climber and will allow for swift and smooth operation even on the tightest schedules.
| Volvo electric motor |
| 200 kW max output / 2x200 kW with dual motors |
| 20,900 Nm max wheel torque / 33,500 Nm with dual motors |
All specifications
Hill start function
The Volvo BZR Low Entry Electric is equipped with Hill Start Aid, preventing the bus from rolling backwards when starting on hills. The feature guarantees safe starts with heavy loads even on a 20% uphill gradient.
Dual motors
The Volvo BZR Low Entry single deck version has the option of dual motors to ensure unrestrained performance also in extremely hilly environments. Fully laden, it can maintain more than 50 km/h on a 6% uphill gradient.
2-speed automated transmission
Gear changing is automatic and software-controlled. During gear shifting, the transmission program uses the electric motor to synchronise input and output shafts to speed up and optimise the comfort of the gear shift.
Safety features
Towards zero accidents
Active safety systems
Volvo offers an array of intelligent functions helping the driver to drive safely, avoid incidents and protecting from injuries and damage. Excellent visibility and ergonomics help the driver to stay focused and alert.
| Collision Warning with City Brake |
| Forward Collision Warning |
| Cruise Control |
| Intelligent Speed Assist |
| Side Collision Avoidance Support |
| Front Short Range Assist |
| Lane Change Support |
| Lane Keeping Support |
| Driver Alert Support |
| Tire Pressure Monitoring System |
Safer driving
Safety is a cornerstone already in the initial phases of our product development. Drivability, road handling and a predictable behaviour is the foundation for Volvo’s holistic safety architecture, aiming at our vision of zero accidents.
| I-Coaching |
| Safety Zones |
| Coaching Zones |
| Electronic Stability Control |
| AVAS – Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System |
Sourcing and circularity
Built with the planet in mind
Sustainable thinking pervades the entire life cycle of our vehicles. Our aim is to produce sustainable buses and coaches free from substances of concern, while respecting the environment and human rights. We apply a circular development process that improves our product’s sustainability profile. And we continuously reduce waste and emissions, optimise water use, and improve our handling of solvents, oils and chemicals.
Recoverability
97%
of the chassis materials can be recovered
Recyclability
89%
of the chassis materials can be recycled
Recoverability and recyclability rates according to ISO 22628
Source: The International EPD® System; www.environdac.com
Do more with your Volvo BZR Low Entry Electric
Drivers handbook
Download the driver’s handbook for your specific vehicle as a PDF for free.
Service manuals
Are you maintaining your own fleet? Volvo keeps an online library of service manuals and wiring diagram, for your convenience.
Get access to service manuals
Find spare parts
Volvo dealers offer stock parts and can assist with special orders. For regular orders, you can also register to order parts online.
Get driver training
Volvo offers driver training, for improved passenger satisfaction, environmental performance and energy efficiency. Start today!
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