Projects
Trial Operation of an AutoTram®
Scope of Business: Electric Mobility
Focus: Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Client: Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG (DVB)
Project Term: Since 2008
Amount of Investment: Approx. Euro 10 million
Project Location: Dresden
Project Description
The task was to prepare a new type of hybrid bus/tram which combines the advantages of a conventional bus and the positive assets of the tram for serial production based on technology which has been development over the last few years for the test vehicle AutoTram® as well as the tried and tested bus technology from the company Göppel Bus GmbH. An articulation system which passengers can walk through (similar to that of two train carriages) and which can be coupled and uncoupled as required, multi-axle steering mechanism, hybrid propulsion chain, compact traction motors, cycle-proof batteries and predictive energy management will be used. The business objective is to develop, test and get ready for market the complete system and the core technology for a new modular transport system step by step. It should be customer orientated and compliant with the standards.
Development Partners:
Fraunhofer Institute for Transport and Infrastructure Systems, Göppel Bus GmbH, WITTUR Electric Drives GmbH, Technical University of Dresden, M&P Dienstleistungsunternehmen, DEKRA the German Vehicle and Operator Service Agency, the Dresden transport company DVB AG
VCDB's Scope of Services
- Preparatory and accompanying investigations with regards to transport technology aspects
- Limits of efficient scenarios for operation of overlength city buses
- Creation of an operational concept for flexible vehicles which can be coupled while in operation
- Implications of overlength vehicles for technology and infrastructure
- Technological implications of an electrical motor with intermittent off-vehicle docking stations
- Testing platform for prototypes
