Tuesday 24 June 2014

TOSA electric buses use computer models to control costs



It’s one thing to invent an electric bus, a hydrogen car, or other green transportation technology, but quite another for it to work in the real world. For example, the Trolleybus Optimisation Système Alimentation (TOSA) flash-charging electric bus system may be the most brilliant idea ever, but if it can’t stay in the black, then might as well be drawn by diesel-powered horses. Scientists at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are hoping to avoid that scenario by developing a computer model that helps engineers integrate the buses into existing transport systems while keeping costs down. .. Continue Reading TOSA electric buses use computer models to control costs

Section: Automotive

Tags: Batteries, Buses, Electric Vehicles, EPFL, Public Transport

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