Power Vehicle Innovation or PVI is a french truck

Truck

A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, with the smallest being mechanically similar to an automobile...

 and bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 manufacturer, based in Gretz-Armainvilliers

Gretz-Armainvilliers

Gretz-Armainvilliers is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* * *...

 near Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

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, specialized in electric powertrains.

History

PVI is a former subsidiary of Ponticelli Frères. Its current stockholders are the Marcel Dassault Industrial Group

Dassault Group

Dassault Group, is a French group of companies led by Serge Dassault.Managing directors are Claude Dassault and Olivier Costa De Beauregard.- Subsidiaries :*Dassault Aviation;...

, 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

RATP

The RATP Group , also known as the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens is a state-owned public transport operator headquartered in Paris, France. Formed in 1948, the group has its origins as the public transport operator for the city of Paris...

 on a touristic bus line in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, the Montmartrobus.
More than half of the French electric buses in circulation in 2003 have been distributed by PVI.

Products

PVI manufacturs and distributes the following electric vehicle

Electric vehicle

An electric vehicle , also referred to as an electric drive vehicle, uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion...

s:

• Oréos 2X
  Oréos 2X
  The Oreos 2X is a 22-places electric minibus of the Gepebus line, made by PVI. The Oreos 2X is among the first electric transportation vehicles of this kind to be produced in France...
  
  , 22-places urban electric bus
  Electric bus
  An electric bus is a bus powered by electricity.There are two main electric bus categories:* Non-autonomous electric buses:**The trolleybus is a type of electric bus powered by two overhead electric wires, with electricity being drawn from one wire and returned via the other wire, using two...
  
  , with an average range of 120 kilometres
• Oréos 4X
  Oréos 4X
  The Oréos 4X is a 49-places electric midibus of the Gepebus' line of products, from PVI. Made for the operating of some urban regular lines, or also a private usage , the Oreos 4X is among the first entirely electric autobuses produced in France.This clean vehicle belongs to a new generation, more...
  
  , 49-places urban electric bus, with an average range of 120 kilometres
• 26T electric chassis, heavy electric truck
  Electric truck
  An electric truck is a truck powered by electricity.For information on trucks using a combination of internal combustion engines and electric propulsion, see Hybrid electric truck.-Semi-trailer trucks:...
  
   used for household waste collection, streets cleaning, etc….

Furthermore, PVI integrates electric drivelines in the Renault Maxity

Renault Maxity

The Maxity is a light commercial vehicle with a cab-over-engine style truck launched by the French manufacturer Renault Trucks in 2007. The Maxity is near-identical to the Nissan Cabstar, sharing the same drive-train and engine options and manufactured on the same Nissan owned production line in...

 Electric (Renault Trucks

Renault Trucks

Renault Trucks is a French truck manufacturer with its corporate headquarters at Saint-Priest near Lyon. Originally part of Renault, it has been owned by Volvo Group since 2001....

), a 3.5T delivery vehicle dedicated to urban environments.