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ELECbus
ELECbus is an appealing urban transportation solution in order to reach a possible electro-mobility solution.
ELECbus is a pure electric vehicle design for the city mobility. A 12 meters length vehicle that make 80 passengers enjoy a quiet drive through the twin traction motors powered by a small battery pack. The low floor configuration makes easier not only enter the bus but also move inside.
A value of 180 hp peak tractive power makes the electric bus reach 65 kmph and overcome 16% gradeability.
An innovative power transfer system supplies energy to the storage package when the vehicle stands for passenger’s entrance and during traffic lights. The power management system combines the batteries with a stack of ultracapacitors for the peak power demand.
The specific objectives are:
To obtain a 100% electric vehicle to meet a clean solution to urban transport which provides an improvement of air quality, a promotion accessibility for population and a decrease of noise in metropolitan areas.
ELECbus takes into account an onboard energy management and optimization.
To integrate the vehicle in the city.
To obtain lightweight and recyclable systems.
To integrate a twin traction motors.
To develop a regenerative bracking system.
To integrate an alternative charging process to the conventional one while entrance of passengers.
The energy storage system would consist of batteries and ultracapacitors that are capable to provide an energy density (Wh/l) and a gavimetric energy density (Wh/kg) of 152 and 100, respectively.