Cristal | LOHR

This 100% electric vehicle operates as a twin-use system: individual (self-service mode) and public (shuttle mode)

As cristal offers the option of being used as a public or private vehicle, offering a raft of services, it is a new way of sharing mobility, making journeys easier and ensuring optimum use of the vehicle.

This 100% electric vehicle is both compact and roomy, reducing its urban footprint while offering a large interior volume. Cristal provides 100% accessibility for people with reduced mobility and can accommodate up to 20 standing persons in shuttle mode.

Designed with public transport in mind, the cristal system is part of the full complementarity of forms of “mass” public transport (such as the underground, trams and buses), and ensures that the “last mile” is served.

It is innovative because it provides an integral offer. It is connected, shared, clean, and run by the same operator as the whole of the existing public transport network.

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« Within the spectrum of our group’s historic activities and its successes in the field of transport, cristal represents a new step towards the mobility of the future.»

Robert LOHR - Chairman of the Lohr Group

Self-service mode

Capacity : max of 5 people (including the driver). Maximum speed : 70km/h
Vehicle driven by a user with an ordinary driving licence
User pre-registered with the system operator to check fleet availability and book a vehicle,
dashboard access by the user, simple and self-explanatory,
free route: vehicle taken and returned to a station by the user,
vehicle fleet continually reorganised between stations depending on requirements through the shuttle mode

Shuttle mode

Capacity : max of 82 people. Maximum speed : 40km/h
2 to 4 vehicles coupled together,
Professional driver employed by the operator
one single driver in the first vehicle,
passengers cannot access the dashboards
Answers a planned travel requirement, at a particular time and for a specific duration,

Cristal Cabin

Permanent adaptation of the transport capacity to requirements

Elimination of the driver's position replaced by a "U" shaped seating area

Unit increase in transport capacity

Operation in shuttle mode only

Cristal cabins all remain motorised, braked and steered.
Permanent flexibility in transport capacity according to demand: 1 to 4 vehicle shuttle
cristal cabin is designed for local authorities facing considerable fluctuation in transport demand or integration constraints.

Performances

Cristal economic’

In shuttle mode the stations are permanently reorganised, with cristal vehicles rearranged according to requirements. Dual use allows the vehicles to be used more efficiently.