Loop energy and Drabpol selected by polish electric bus manufacturer ARP e-vehicles for supply of hydrogen fuel cell systems.
Loop Energy™ (TSX: LPEN), a leading hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer, and Drabpol, Loop Energy’s value-added distribution partner in Poland, are pleased to announce Polish electric bus manufacturer ARP E-Vehicles has selected Loop Energy’s T605 fuel cell system for its new hydrogen electric bus platform.
This announcement marks Loop Energy’s third win with European bus manufacturers, and the 6th time globally. With this selection, Loop Energy is now a fuel cell provider of choice to fuel cell electric bus manufacturers addressing what is estimated to be an up to 12,000 units per year serviceable market opportunity across Korea, Australia, and Europe.
Under the agreement, Loop Energy’s 60 kW fuel cell system will be integrated into ARP E-Vehicles’ new 12 m hydrogen-electric bus designed for municipal transit service market in Europe. Anticipated to take place in Q4 2023, delivery of the first T605 60 kW fuel cell unit to ARP E-Vehicles will constitute the first deployment of Loop Energy’s new product line designed for rooftop mounting, thus specifically catering to the European bus market.
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Local support was an important requirement for ARP E-Vehicles in the tender process, and Loop Energy’s partnership with Drabpol in Poland was key to ARP E-Vehicles selection. The T605 system also integrates Loop Energy’s eFlow™ technology to offer industry-leading fuel efficiency, another leading factor in ARP’s requirements. ARP E-Vehicles expects completion of its first hydrogen-electric bus in the fourth quarter of 2023, and for commercial sales to begin in 2024.
Headquartered in Poland, Drabpol offers high-level technical support, design, implementation and market development as a value added reseller for numerous global brands in Poland, and is well positioned as a value-added supplier within dominant Polish bus manufacturing sector that supplies a significant percentage of Europe’s bus market. Drabpol and Loop Energy entered into the value-added distribution agreement for Poland in 2022.
Luigi Fusi, Loop Energy Vice President of Sales and Business Development EMEAR, said:
We are excited that ARP E-Vehicles has selected Loop Energy, further validating our products in Europe’s significant bus sector.
“We are pleased to be working with Drabpol to facilitate our market development in Poland – the hub for bus manufacturing in Europe. This announcement is yet another excellent example of Loop Energy’s partnerships enabling our expansion into different markets around the world.”
Michal Sitek, HQ Managing Director and Chief of R&D at Drabpol, said:
In our meetings with ARP E-Vehicles, it was evident that the customer recognized Loop Energy offers them an advantage in deployment, operation, ease of integration, durability and reliability, and that last part is particularly important since the tender stipulations in this part of Europe includes provisions for long-term operation.
“Combined with Drabpol’s educated and highly trained engineers to provide direct support, we are able to create a compelling product offering for ARP E-Vehicles.”
Piotr Śladowski, President of the Board at ARP E-Vehicles, said:
By 2028, bus manufacturers must fulfill the obligation within the EU for 30% of public transport to be zero-emissions.
“With Poland being the largest European producer of electric buses in Europe, we will see significant growth in the coming years. Working with Drabpol and Loop Energy will allow us to secure a technological advantage and scale production capacity of hydrogen-electric buses.”
About Drabpol
DRABPOL is a company with 40 years of tradition and competence built through patience and consistent development. Over the years Drabpol has adapted to the dynamically changing business environment, and the basis for this was business partners who are leaders in their segments. This mutually beneficial cooperation continues to this day with partners such as Continental in mulitiplex systems and displays, Konvekta in air conditioners or Dana TM4 in electric drives and controllers.
Drabpol delivers “high-tech” solutions in the scope of passive safety for land and air. Drabpol holds a representative/distributor/dealer status of a number of international brands, i.e. Continental VDO, Konvekta, Curtiss-Wright, Euroswitch, MiX Telematics, Honeywell, Universal, L-3 Harris and Garmin.
Operating as a Value Added Reseller, the company adds technical advisory, aftersales support, training and technical & technological support in implementations to the product sales and servicing. Drabpol is a reliable business partner on the world market, which is evidenced by the company’s own Code of Ethics and international TRACE certificate.
Loop Energy and Drabpol Selected by Polish Electric Bus Manufacturer ARP E-Vehicles for Supply of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA & BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND – June 27, 2023
