Latest CityCat evolution set up to clean up urban environmental issues 

The latest evolution of the Bucher Municipal CityCat street cleaning vehicles has been unveiled – the CityCat V20 series. With more than 60 years of municipal experience, Bucher Municipal’s new fleet uses leading technology to tackle the growing level of environmental demands faced by companies in the urban street cleaning sector.

Poor air quality has a negative impact on our quality of life, causing many long-term health issues. The European Commission’s Clean Air package aims to substantiallyreduce air pollution by 2030.

Reviewing the efficiencies and effects of street cleaning technologies, Bucher Municipal’s new vehicles offer benefits completely unique to the market, helping to reduce environmental impact as well as increase productivity and cost-effectiveness.

Keeping urban areas and public spaces clean, while lowering fuel and energy emissions, the new CityCat V20 series is built with a specially designed, scalable in capacity Bucher Battery Pack, an all-new Smart-Con operating concept complemented by the CSense touch display, and a more efficient, energy-optimized fan. Enabling vehicles to clean everywhere from the narrowest of passages to the largest civic spaces.  

The environmental impact of street cleaning vehicles has never been a more important issue for cities and towns. Bucher Municipal’s CityCat V20 series offers reduced noise emissions, low water usage from a recirculation system and high dust suppression. Plus, with the all-electric CityCat V20e sweeper, municipal leaders can boast zero emissions and the lowest noise levels.

Further benefits include a single wheel suspension, soft-touch steering wheel and ergonomic controls for great comfort, along with a range of built-in safety features such as the ROPS tested aluminium cab. Performance has also been improved with a new fan placement, optimized air flow, pulled sweep gear and a wide diameter, straight suction hose. The floating suction intake is attached to a patented mounting mechanism, which ensures maximum air velocity for perfect sweeping results, no matter how uneven the surface.

Res Bieri, Head of Product Management & Marketing at Bucher Municipal, comments: “We are incredibly pleased to offer the new CityCat V20 series to the urban cleaning market. With a suite of new technologies developed to make street cleaning more environmentally friendly and more time efficient, the new vehicles also offer economic benefits.

Combining our articulated flagship sweepers with a state-of-the-art Euro 6d diesel engine or the innovative zero-emission Bucher Battery Pack, while keeping a low maintenance design in mind, we can achieve our goal of longer service intervals and less wear and tear, all adding up to a lower total cost of ownership. We are also proud to offer an all-new 3.5 tonne class sweeper, which can be driven with a standard driving licence and is also available as a fully electric version, for the best of both worlds.

Low emission electric vehicles are definitely the way forward. They will enable municipal companies to run a profitable business in a more sustainable world – and we have the proof right here.”

The new CityCat V20 series is available in a 4.8 tonne fully electric CityCat V20e, a 4.8 tonne CityCat V20 diesel or a 3.5 tonne CityCat VS20 diesel and fully electric 3.5 tonne CityCat VS20e. For more information please visithttps://www.buchermunicipal.com/int/citycat-v20-series