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HOLON urban

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About HOLON urban

HOLON urban is a battery-electric autonomous shuttle for scheduled and on-demand passenger transport. Its Level 4 driving system combines six short-range lidars, three long-range lidars, six radars and eleven camera systems, and the vehicle is designed for public roads at speeds up to 60 kilometres per hour.

The cabin carries fifteen people, with nine seats and space for six standing passengers. A low step-in height, automatic ramp, foldable seats, wheelchair restraint, braille and audiovisual assistance support accessible travel. HOLON is testing vehicles through Hamburg's ALIKE public-transport programme and offers operators implementation, maintenance, training, remote-operation interfaces and fleet services alongside the shuttle.

Deployments

  • Customer Site

    approximately 37 km² ALIKE operating area - 2025-11-13 - ALIKE project - supervised autonomous public-road passenger-shuttle testing - HOLON urban received nationwide German public-road test approval with an onboard safety driver; first use is planned in the roughly 37 km² ALIKE operating area in Hamburg.

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  • HOLON urban

    Nmc 5akm 157 Battery System For Holon Urban - energy_storage - BorgWarner - BorgWarner will supply two 57 kWh NMC battery packs for each HOLON urban autonomous shuttle - source: borgwarner.com

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Timeline

  • HOLON receives nationwide German approval to test HOLON urban

    2025-11-13 - Regulatory - The first planned use is the ALIKE project in Hamburg, whose operating area covers roughly 37 square kilometres. During the approved tests, HOLON urban performs the driving task autonomously while an onboard safety driver supervises and can intervene. The permit runs through the end of 2026 and covers federal, state and district roads across Germany, while excluding motorways.

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