Cost Effective Electric Bus (CELEB)
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The biggest issues for electric buses to overcome before mass adoption are range and cost, with the biggest
barrier being the cost and weight of the batteries. The ability to run for 18 hours and 200 miles is the
benchmark against which electric buses will be measured if they are to move beyond being niche products
within the bus industry. Equipmake and Capoco believe that the solution to this problem is a ground up
redesign of the vehicle, to significantly reduce the unladen weight, along with the introduction of new, non
electrical, energy storage technologies and management systems to reduce the battery requirement for the
vehicle. Existing electric buses have reduced passenger capacity compared with their diesel powered
equivalents due to the weight of the batteries required for 150 – 200 mile daily range. The result of this project
will be a cost effective electric bus with a real world range which will meet the needs of bus operators, without
the need for in service recharging.
| Equipmake Limited | LEAD_ORG |
| Equipmake Limited | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
| Capoco Design Limited | PARTICIPANT_ORG |
Subjects by relevance
- Coaches (cars)
- Electric cars
- Costs
- Batteries
- Effects (results)
- Electric vehicles
- Accumulators
- Vehicles
- Electricity
- Ability to move
- Measurement
Extracted key phrases
- Cost effective electric bus
- Big issue
- Bus industry
- Bus operator
- Mile daily range
- Real world range
- Unladen weight
- Battery requirement
- CELEB
- Mass adoption
- Energy storage technology
- Niche product
- Vehicle
- Management system
- Passenger capacity