“Electromobility in CIVITAS cities”
February, 17th 2016
Walter Eßer, ASEAG
Isabell Kremers, ASEAG
Electric articulated bus
Overview:
1. ASEAG, a few key-facts
2. our activities in CIVITAS-Dyn@mo
3. initial Situation
4. the Conversion
5. next steps
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ASEAG is the largest mobility service provider
in the region, for more than 130 years
Foundation of :
First changes
„Aachener und
from tram into
Burtscheider
bus operation
Pferde Eisenbahn
Gesellschaft“
Waiver of trolley
buses and trams
Innovative concepts
for environmentallyfriendly, economic
and reliable mobility
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212
own
buses
140
rented
buses
69
lines
more than 220.000
passengers per day
2100
bus
stops
1264
km
route
network
579
employees
51,9
Mio €
turnover
66 Mio passengers per year
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Bus fleet (2016)
• solo buses:
• articulated buses:
• double articulated buses:
• CapaCity:
• hybrid buses:
• lightweight buses:
72
137
8
7
1
5
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ASEAG participates in CIVITAS Dyn@mo with WP 2.2
(hybrid buses) and made tests with:
• VOLVO 7900 Hybrid
• MAN LionsCity Hybrid
• EvoBus Citaro Hybrid
Results:
• „fuel consumtion promisses“ of the manufactures could not be
reached
• hybrid is a transition technologie (from diesel to electric …)
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initial situation:
4
1
2 3
1 Diesel Engine
2 Generator
+-
auxiliaries
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basic Picture: EvoBus
Illustration: ASEAG
3 Wheel Hub motors
4 (small) Battery System
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the Conversion
+
-
++ - -
auxiliaries
basic Picture: EvoBus
Illustration: ASEAG
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the battery:
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LiFePO4 cylindric battery cells
1152 items ≈ 1800 kg weight
air-cooled
roof – mounted
Voltage: ≈ 650 V
200 kWh electrical capacity
(usable: 180 kWh)
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Conversion of an articulated hybrid
bus into a fully electric bus
Homologation in May 2015:
within May 2015 the homologation
could be succesfully completed and
the bus was able to run in real
operation then.
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Conversion of an articulated hybrid
bus into a fully electric bus
first experience:
• range is up to 85 km ≈ 2 kWh/km
• balancing of the batterycells is very important
Noise Reduction 14 dB
(inside the bus) and 11 dB
outside
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Conversion of an articulated hybrid
bus into a fully electric bus
next steps:
Equipment with a
pantograph
Drivers Training
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The electric bus on the road
Official start: press conference
in may 2015
Events: Soccer Alemannia Aachen,
CHIO Aachen
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Electric articulated bus
Future: ASEAG strategy
• ASEAG plans to purchase five articulated busses per
year in the next three years (2016-2018)
• Busses should have a range of 300 KM an will be
recharged in the ASEAG Depot
• Alternative: to install pantographs > bus will be
recharged at selected charging stations
• not only one technology: ASEAG will find out the best
and economical solution for the city of Aachen and our
passengers
• In 2016: a double articulated bus will be tested
(if available)
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Thank you!
Walter Eßer, Isabell Kremers
ASEAG
Neuköllner Straße 1, 52068 Aachen,
Germany
walter.esser@aseag.de
isabell.kremers@aseag.de
http://www.civitas.eu
Electromobility in CIVITAS Cities • February, 17th 2016 • Cologne