These are the first natural-gas-powered articulated buses to go into service in the country, and have 36 seats and standing room for 116 passengers. Moreover, they are equipped with four doors and a fold-out ramp for baby carriages and persons in wheelchairs at Door 2, and feature E28 engine, a particularly eco-friendly 310-hp six-cylinder CNG unit.
To take some of the load off the driver, EGO-Ankara chose the ZF EcoLife six-speed automatic transmission with topography-dependent TopoDyn Life transmission control as standard. Nine aluminum gas-storage tanks, each with a capacity of 205 liters, are located on the roof.
At the beginning of the nineties, EGO-Ankara started converting a large part of its fleet in order to improve the city’s air quality. Currently, with 1,090 MAN Lion’s Classic vehicles, the company runs the world’s biggest fleet of CNG buses and plans to acquire another 50 NGVs, besides the 250.
Source: MAN Group
