An integrated approach to implementing opportunity charging for electric buses: A case study of Rotterdam

The introduction of electric buses (EBs) is required in order to achieve global greenhouse emission goals. However, operating an electric bus fleet (EBF) requires careful consideration of both the mobility and energy systems in charging strategies. In literature and in real life many cases show careful consideration of only one of the systems...

Opportunity charging: A case study based on real-life public transportation scenarios

Emissions caused by regular vehicles with fossil fuels are problematic for the environment. The integration of electric vehicles in public transportation can potentially cause zero emissions. This paper will focus on the implementation of electric buses together with inductive chargers at bus stops. These chargers will charge the bus battery...

Opportunity Charging of Electric Buses Directly from a DC Metro Catenary and Without Storage

A typical approach to harvesting the excess braking energy of a railway car has been to use a storage system. However, research momentum has been growing in the direction of integrating smart loads like EV chargers into traction networks, and this can offer a more efficient and economical solution to the harvesting of braking energy. This paper...

Charging Infrastructures for Electrified Buses: Comparison of Overnight, Opportunity and Flash Charging

Because of increasing awareness amongst people that 퐶푂2 emissions are impacting our environment and climate negatively, governments around the world are taking an increasing amount of measures to try and mitigate this. The transportation sector is identified as one of the sectors whose pollution will only grow in the future. This particular...

Electric vehicle charging strategies for Urban freight transport: concept and typology

Charging services play an important role in encouraging the growth of the electric freight vehicle (EFV) market. Understanding charging strategies and their influence on charging behavior is crucial in the deployment of charging services. Unfortunately, existing charging strategy definitions and types are incoherent and incomplete. This...

Decarbonisation of Urban Freight Transport Using Electric Vehicles and Opportunity Charging

The high costs of using electric vehicles (EVs) is hindering wide-spread adoption of an EV-centric decarbonisation strategy for urban freight transport. Four opportunity charging (OC) strategies—during breaks and shift changes, during loading activity, during unloading activity, or while driving on highways—are evaluated towards reducing EV...