The Wrightbus electric division, Rightech, has announced a strategic collaboration with Ferronordic as its official after-sales partner in Germany. With 800 employees worldwide, Ferronordic is gaining an increasing reputation for the sale, repair and maintenance of various types of machinery, trucks, engines, spare parts and attachments. The company is an official dealer of Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks in Germany and has 20 service locations across the country, which the manufacturer hopes will secure support for the Rightech RT75 electric truck. Ferronordic's technicians have been trained in Rightech's electric truck systems and diagnostic tools and are to guarantee service quality at manufacturer level, regional accessibility and fast response times.
„Our agreements with Ferronordic in Germany and Sapphire Vehicle Services in the United Kingdom show that we
support the product with the best service partners on the market. We have chosen Ferronordic because we both are committed to sustainability. The partnership supports the mission of both companies to drive the introduction of emission-free commercial vehicles across Europe," explained CEO Jean-Marc Gales.
Rightech will handle the entire vehicle sales, while Ferronordic acts as the point of contact for ongoing service and support for customers. Gales promises fleet operators "reliable, local service from day one".
Electric 7.5-tonner with Isuzu cab
The 7.5-tonne truck was introduced earlier this year. All Rightech sales are combined with a Wrightbus warranty as well as a service and maintenance package, which is also supported by the largest fleet of mobile technicians in Great Britain. In addition, OEM sales and marketing
teams, telematics software and route optimization tools are to be provided. The service agreement with Sapphire Vehicle Services for the United Kingdom complements Wrightbus's existing three workshops in Ballymena, Bicester and Warwick with 19 regional workshops. The contract with Ferronordic, in turn, expands this service network to a large part of Germany and thus complements Wrightbus's regional service hub in Brühl. There are also contracts to support sales in France and the Benelux countries.
Ryze Power, part of a portfolio of net-zero companies led by Wrightbus owner Jo Bamford CBE, is also intended to provide robust charging infrastructure and expertise, while W-Tech, the technology and research centre founded by Wrightbus in collaboration with Queen's University Belfast, is to help bus and truck operators optimize routes for
maximum efficiency within the fleet.
Alliance with Chinese manufacturers as the basis
A strategic framework agreement with two Chinese manufacturers forms the basis for the new products, even though Wrightbus engineers have spent more than 30,000 hours bringing the fleet up to the Wrightbus standard, as the manufacturer emphasizes. In this way, every element has been independently tested, homologated, designed and validated.
„Wrightbus has been committed to emission-free transport long before anyone else. Our hydrogen double-decker bus was the first of its kind worldwide, and we have 2,000 electric buses in operation, traveling millions of kilometers in Great Britain and Europe and achieving an operating availability of 98.6%," explains Gales, who has worked in the automotive industry for four decades in the areas of trucks, passenger
