Climate-friendly commercial vehicles at IAA Transportation 2024
NOW and the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure are providing information to visitors of the leading international trade fair for logistics, commercial vehicles, buses and the transport sector in Hanover. The new Lkw-LadeinfrastrukturMONITORING – the revised vehicle database of all climate-friendly commercial vehicle models, and new features of the eBusTOOL, will be among the presentations.
Milestone achieved: Solingen chooses electric trolleybuses in local public transport
The successful completion of the trolleybus project was celebrated at a bus station in Solingen together with Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Dr. Volker Wissing and NRW State Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport Oliver Krischer.
Results report for a joint electrical grid for light rail transit and buses
How can we combine the energy supply of light rail transit and e-buses and at the same time noticeably decrease operating costs? The intelligent direct current substation GUW+ supplies both city railways and trams, as well as charging stations for electric buses. Together with stationary energy storage systems, for example from used e-bus batteries, many new functions can be generated.
10 years of the “Innovative Drives Bus” working group
For 10 years, the “Innovative Drives Bus” working group (AG Bus – Innovative Antriebe Bus Arbeitsgruppe) has been a place where transport companies, politicians, scientists and manufacturers of vehicles and components have been discussing the transformation to climate-friendly public transport. Identifying challenges, developing solutions: which was also the topic of this year’s meeting.
BMDV provides funding support for 23 electric buses for the Hülsmann group of companies
The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) is supporting “Hülsmann Verwaltungs GmbH/ Reisefreunde GmbH & Co. KG” in the procurement of climate-friendly buses. A total of 23 battery buses will be procured with funds from the first bus funding call amounting to around 5.4 million euros. Furthermore, the development of the charging and maintenance infrastructure will be supported with about 2.1 million euros: The company will build 26 new charging stations and 5 transformer stations with a capacity of 1 MW each.
2 million euros funding for trolley buses of the future
Oliver Luksic, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, today presented funding approval of over 2 million euros to the LibroDuct AAO consortium. The research team is working on battery-powered trolley buses that connect and disconnect from overhead cables fully automatically during operation and thus can be used in route sections without any overhead lines.
BMDV launches third round of funding for climate-friendly buses
The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV – Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr) is entering the third round of funding for the changeover to buses with alternative drive systems and the necessary refuelling and charging infrastructure required for their operation. From 20.06.2023, outlines for the procurement of climate-friendly buses can once again be submitted.
