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Higer has been round for years in Europe, for 2025 it’s specializing in EV buses, triggers extra R&D spending
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – CleanTechnica missed the opening days of Busworld 2025 on account of logistical points and crimson tape, so it is a post-launch report on Higer unveiling its electrical V Sequence coaches for the European market at Busworld. The launch befell on October 4. The Chinese language bus maker introduced three fashions it developed over a three-year program.
The lineup consists of the V12E Professional luxurious coach, the V12E vacationer coach, and the V13E intercity coach. The fashions had been developed utilizing the Built-in Product Improvement (IPD) course of and European market analysis.
The V12E Professional is a 12.4-meter luxurious coach designed for long-distance functions. The car has a claimed vary of 500 kilometers per cost, powered by a 399.91 kWh battery pack. The battery system consists of nitrogen safety and a thermal administration air-conditioning system.
The battery carries a 15-year or 1.5 million-kilometer guarantee.
One exhibit mannequin was configured for an Icelandic buyer with 55 seats and wheelchair accessibility.
The coach operates at a noise degree 2 decibels under European requirements. Options embody aisle seats with lateral slide adjustment, premium carpeting, ambient lighting, and pull-down curtains. A wheelchair elevate is built-in beneath the mid-door step.
Higer states the V12E Professional is the primary 12-meter electrical coach with baggage compartment capability exceeding 10 cubic meters.
Modular platform design
The V Sequence makes use of a modular platform scalable from 8 to 14 meters and appropriate with electrical, diesel, and hydrogen powertrains.
Leo Zheng, Higer Government Vice President, mentioned the design achieved a 58 p.c discount in element sorts. The construction options an openable entrance wall, SMC composite bumpers, and a central entrance panel for element entry.
The coaches embody area management know-how for clever upkeep and distant analysis capabilities.
European operations
The V13E intercity mannequin might be delivered to clients in France after the exhibition.
Higer inaugurated its first European elements middle and repair station in Luxembourg on July 7, 2025. The ability was opened with Chinese language Ambassador to Luxembourg Hua Ning, Luxembourg’s Minister of Economic system Lex Delles, and different officers in attendance.
Luxembourg obtained seven Higer Azure electrical buses for intercity strains in late 2024. The elements middle was established to cut back supply occasions and improve service responsiveness for European clients.
The corporate plans to determine further elements facilities and a European coaching facility.
Gary Jiang, Common Supervisor of Higer Abroad Gross sales, mentioned international gross sales of the V Sequence have surpassed 5,000 models, with automobiles working in additional than 30 nations.
Higer has exhibited electrical buses at every Busworld occasion since 2017, beginning with a supercapacitor metropolis bus, adopted by the Azure collection in 2019 and the FENCER F1 electrical bus in 2023. The V Sequence represents the corporate’s fourth consecutive electrical car launch on the biennial commerce present.
In 2024, Higer achieved a turnover of $962 million, with 64 p.c of revenues from exports and greater than 68,000 buses working worldwide.
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