Busworld Europe '1971–н.в.

Press Release

Munich/Düsseldorf/Vienna, October 06, 2017

Double-articulated electric buses with IMC® technology for Austria

Operators LINZ AG LINIEN recently presented their first 24-meter electric bus. The bus is one of 20 double-articulated e-buses with In Motion Charging (IMC®) technology to

be supplied by Kiepe Electric. The buses are to replace the existing trolley bus fleet in Linz and bring an almost 30% increase in capacity to 180 passengers per vehicle. Replacement of the entire fleet is due to be completed by the end of 2019.

With In Motion Charging (IMC), the batteries of trolleybuses are being recharged when the vehicle is back under overhead lines.

The buses, manufactured by Van Hool in Belgium, are powered by two centrally located low-maintenance asynchronous motors, developed and produced by TSA (Traktionssysteme Austria GmbH) in collaboration with Kiepe Electric in Austria.

In October 2017, interested operators can see the Linz model for themselves on the Van Hool booth at the Busworld trade fair in Kortrijk, Belgium.

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Project Characteristics:

- World premiere: First Van Hool Excqui.City as a 24 m long IMC bus

- First double-articulated bus in Austria

- Passenger capacity of 180 allows more economic electric mobility

- IMC500 / “IMC Ready”

- Ready for retrofit with more powerful batteries

- All-inclusive maintenance contract

- Anti-icing system (AIS) integrated into the current collector head

Vehicle Data:

- Design / model Double-articulated electric bus; Exqui.City 24T (Van Hool / Kiepe Electric)

- Vehicle size 24 m length x 2.5 m width x 3.5 m height

- Passenger capacity 180 (53 seated, 127 standing, 2 wheelchairs)

- Electric drive 2 x 160 kW asynchronous motors on the 2nd and 3rd axle

-Electric motor control Air-cooled IGBT inverters

- Energy storage unit Lithium-iron phosphate battery with more than 26 kWh installed energy and 20 kWh usable energy, 90 kW power

- Charging concept In-motion charging (IMC®) at 75 kW (another 75 kW optional)

- On-board power supply 9.6kW DC 24V / 35kVA AC 400 V

- Current collector system Automatic lifting and lowering

- Special features Anti-icing system (AIS): A sprayer is integrated into the current collector head to reduce icing on the overhead contact line

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