2015 starts with a new award for Irizar Group. The recently launched
100% electric urban bus receives the 2015 Bus Award in Spain.
This prize, instituted by the road-transport sector magazine Viajeros [Passengers], prizes the
excellence of new coaches and buses and is recognised as the most important award in the
Coach and Bus categories at state level.
The jury, formed by 29 entrepreneurs of the urban passenger transport sector, technical
specialists and experts in the automation field, has decided to grant the recognition as the best
urban bus of the year to the Irizar i2e.
The award giving ceremony took place last Wednesday 28th January in the Rosales Hall of the
Princesa Hotel in Madrid during a well-attended event gathering entrepreneurs, members of the
main sectorial associations and institutional representatives.
This recognition is another step in the record of Irizar Group and a direct consequence of its
commitment to reinforcing the brand by means of constant innovation, technological
development, environmental sustainability and mobility at the service of its clients and the
citizens. With this, Irizar Group is strengthened as the leading brand among European bus and
coach manufacturers.
“We are very proud at receiving this recognition because we know the great technological and
economic effort made in the creation of the Irizar i2e, the first 100% electric urban bus
presented on the European market with completely Irizar Croup technology. We are sure that
this milestone will mark a before and after in the history of the Croup”.
This is the fifth time that an Irizar vehicle receives this award and the first in the Bus category.
The first recognition was in the first edition of these awards in 1995 and the model was the
Irizar Century. In the year 2000, the awarded model was the Irizar P8 coach and in 2005, the
New Century once again was Coach of the Year in Spain. In 2011, the Irizar i6 was recognised as
the best coach of the year.
The first 100% electric urban bus with technology developed by Irizar Group was delivered to
the city of San Sebastian in July last year. In August and October the next two units were
delivered to the city of Barcelona, that way we became the first European company to deliver
buses in the ZeEUS project.
The i2e is the fruit of the strategic commitment for innovation in sustainable mobility of the
group and has arrived with the intention of being positioned as leader in urban mobility with this
firm commitment of contributing to sustainability and environmental improvement in cities.
The Irizar i2e that way becomes a reference in sustainability and eco efficiency aimed at urban
mobility, responding to current and future needs for transport in cities and it is the first Irizar
urban bus completely developed with our own technology.
The product is the result of the joint work of the Irizar Group companies together with
technological centres of the Basque Technology Network.
In addition to Irizar, the other companies of the Group have joined their efforts to promote the
Irizar i2e. Hispacold, manufacturer of acclimatisation equipment; Jema, specialised in electronics; Datik, technological company developing intelligent transport solutions; Masats, manufacturer of accessibility systems, and CREATIO, R&D centre of the Group.
After the durability tests of the product, the Irizar i2e is presented as a European technology
bus, reliable and prepared for transiting our cities, contributing its benefit of zero emissions.
The Irizar i2e has been designed to offer autonomy between 200 and 250 km with only one
charge at the end of the day. Just five hours of charging guarantees between 14 and 16 hours
of driving in dense urban and interurban working conditions, with an average speed of 17 km/h.
The data registered in the case of the first buses in San Sebastian and Barcelona and of the
tests performed in the Madrid EMT and the Marseille RTM guarantee these levels of autonomy.
In order to optimise energy consumption, it incorporates pioneer technologies created by Irizar.
Eco Assist is a system that helps the driver in real time and contributes to optimising the driving
and reducing vehicle energy consumption and increasing its range.
