The standardised operating cycles for hybrid buses and the adaptation of the vehicle models are intended to serve as a recommendation for evaluating such drive concepts. The project laid the foundations for a subsequently envisaged field trial using buses capable of quick charging:
- Gaining of experience from fleet use of serial hybrid buses on different lines with varying terrain and differing operating conditions
- Objective and independent accompanying analysis of the scheduled service deployment, focusing on fuel consumption
- Generation of standardised operating cycles for hybrid buses, which take comprehensive account of their characteristics
- Creation of vehicle simulation models for deriving deployment recommendations for other lines
- Utilisation of the vehicle simulation models for optimisation of the vehicles to be used
- Working up of principles for an »auto-learning« energy management system
- Deriving specifications for the later conversion of vehicles for recharging operation, including storage system sizing
- Planning the technology and infrastructure to be used for electricity supply points as preliminary work for the subsequently planned field trial