Power Vehicle Innovation
| Industry | Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder(s) | Ponticelli Frères |
| Headquarters | Gretz-Armainvilliers, France |
| Key people | Michel Bouton (CEO) |
| Products |
Trucks Buses |
| Services | Maintenance |
| Revenue | €30M (2010) |
| Employees | 140 (2010) |
| Parent | PVI Holding |
| Website | pvi.fr |
Power Vehicle Innovation or PVI is a French truck and bus manufacturer, based in Gretz-Armainvilliers near Paris, France, specialized in electric powertrains.
History
PVI is a former subsidiary of Ponticelli Frères. Its current stockholders are the Marcel Dassault Industrial Group, the financial institution Centuria Capital and a business management holding company (Sovibus). PVI has been the first company in France to market Electric buses, like the Oréos 55E, which is used by the RATP on a touristic bus line in Paris, the Montmartrobus. More than half of the French electric buses in circulation in 2003 have been distributed by PVI.[1]
Products
PVI manufactures and distributes the following electric vehicles:
- Oréos 2X, 22-places urban electric bus, with an average range of 120 kilometres
- Oréos 4X, 49-places urban electric bus, with an average range of 120 kilometres
- 26T electric chassis, heavy electric truck used for household waste collection, streets cleaning, etc.
Furthermore, PVI integrates electric drivelines in the Renault Maxity Electric (Renault Trucks,) a 3.5T delivery vehicle dedicated to urban environments.[2]
Notes and references
- ↑ (French) http://www.avem.fr/index.php?page=bus, AVEM bus page
- ↑ http://www.renault-trucks.co.uk/news/015-maxity-electrique.html, Renault Trucks press release about the first Maxity Electric in circulation
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