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Bremen's first e-bus goes on route
On 17 August, the first full electric battery bus was put in regular service by Bremen BSAG (public transport operator) after an official welcome address by the Senator for Environment, Construction and Transport Dr. Joachim Lohse and Hajo Müller, CEO and COO of BSAG.
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Electric roads to charge your car as you drive
Plugging your electric car into a charging station could become a thing of the past as researchers are developing electric roads that can charge your car while waiting at a traffic light or even on the move.
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Setting the core indicators to assess the achievement of ELIPTIC goals: the ELIPTIC Consortium and User Forum meet in Gdynia
The ELIPTIC Consortium meeting and User Forum meeting brought together over 60 representatives in Gdynia, Poland from 8 to 10 June 2016.
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Save the date: ELIPTIC at TrolleyMotion Electric Bus Conference
Join ELIPTIC in Berlin on 1 June 2016 at the 5th International E-Bus Conference titled “Clean and quiet eBus: Improving quality of life in our cities” which is organised by TrolleyMotion.
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Great success of the first ELIPTIC - CiViTAS webinar
The first ELIPTIC - CiViTAS webinar took place on the 29th of April 2016. The webinar was entitled “Optimised braking energy recovery in electric public transport systems” and it is the first of a series of three scheduled throughout the ELIPTIC project.
The webinar was attended by more than 30 professionals belonging to public transport operators, the industry sector and academy from all over Europe. The topic of braking energy recovery technologies as an opportunity to increase the energy efficiency in public transport systems like metro, light rail/tram or trolleybus networks was presented. Different technologies in this field are part of the work in the use cases of Pillar B “Innovative...
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Creating new generation of buses
From 18 to 21 April Warsaw held the most important event in Europe for transport research - Transport Research Arena 2016 (TRA 2016). The 6th edition of TRA focused on innovative solutions for the mobility of tomorrow and served as a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience between the worlds of science and business. “The primary objective of the implementation of innovative transport solutions is to connect people together”, said Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport, opening the conference. “The most burning need for the European Union is to create a transport that is reliable, cost-effective and sustainable. To do so, an appropriate selection of priorities should...
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Do not forget - First ELIPTIC webinar: Optimised braking energy recovery in electric public transport systems on 29 April 2016!
Join us for the first webinar on Apr 29, 2016 at 10:00 AM CEST. You can still register here!
Braking energy recovery technologies are an opportunity to increase the energy efficiency in public transport systems like metro, light rail/tram or trolleybus networks and will be presented during the first ELIPTIC webinar from 10:00 to 11:30 CEST on 29 April 2016. Different technologies in this field are part of the work in the use cases of Pillar B “Innovative energy storage systems to increase operational efficiency” of the ELIPTIC project.
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Save the date: ELIPTIC at TRA 2016!
Join ELIPTIC in Warsaw from 18 to 21 April at TRA 2016. Transport Research Arena is the most important transport research event in Europe, gathering every 2 years the key stakeholders: researchers, experts, operators, industry and policy-makers. You can learn more about this event here.
ELIPTIC will be presented by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen on Wednesday 20 April during the session “Electromobility Deployment in Cities”, 8:30 - 9:45.
Also on Wednesday 20 April, do not miss the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and University of Gdansk presenting ELIPTIC at the European Commission exhibition stand, 12:00 - 12:15.
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How Transport for London selected their demonstration site to charge e-buses using underground rail network
Transport for London (TfL) plans on delivering an ELIPTIC demonstration to show the use of the London Underground (LU) electrical distribution network to support the overnight recharging of single deck electric buses.
Bus services in London are managed by TfL but delivered under contract by private companies. The network comprises around 700 bus routes, 79 bus stations, 78 bus depots and ~19500 bus stops served by approximately 8500 vehicles (Fig 1). Most bus garages and stations are privately owned. This coupled to the complex geography of the bus and London Underground network has posed a number of challenges in terms of identifying a suitable demonstration site.
Bus routes in Central...
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First ELIPTIC webinar: Optimised braking energy recovery in electric public transport systems
Join us for a webinar on Apr 29, 2016 at 10:00 AM CEST. Register now here!
Braking energy recovery technologies are an opportunity to increase the energy efficiency in public transport systems like metro, light rail/tram or trolleybus networks and will be presented during the first ELIPTIC webinar from 10:00 to 11:30 CEST on 29 April 2016. Different technologies in this field are part of the work in the use cases of Pillar B “Innovative energy storage systems to increase operational efficiency” of the ELIPTIC project.
