On the running costs of battery-electric and fuel cell buses

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No, we’re not just throwing around random numbers, nor are we setting odds like bookmakers. That?0.55 and 1.27 followed by the euro symbol refer to the cost per kilometer of electric and hydrogen buses?in service for SASA Bolzano. A new study found that, for the same mileage, FCEB operating costs are 2.3 times higher than those of BEBs.

Let’s break it down. The Eurac Research , based in Bolzano, conducted a study (FULLY AVAILABLE HERE) as part of the LIFEalps project, funded by the EU under the LIFE IP program of the European Commission. The study, published in the Journal of Energy Storage, contains insightful data on the?efficiency of battery electric buses and fuel cell buses?and on their energy consumption with a focus on running costs for the two technologies (not the TCO, then). The SASA fleet comprises 21 zero-emission buses (ZEBs), accounting for 7% of the total fleet.?

Since not all operational and logistic costs are publicly available, the study adopted the following publicly declared costs for consistency: i) €13.80 per kg H2 for public refueling and €0.40 per kWh for charging on public streets. What about energy consumption? “The average monitored tank-to-wheel (TTW) efficiency for the two different FCEB models was 10.07 kg H2/100 km and 9.31 kg H2/100 km, while the monitored TTW efficiency for the two BEB models was 137 kWh/100 km and 153.80 kWh/100 km”, the study reads. According to Eurac’s calculations, the operating costs for BEBs and FCEBs end up being...

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Even owning a smartphone does not guarantee an inclusive experience. Therefore, a ticketing solution that is solely dependent on these devices to deliver ticketing services instantly excludes some people from the network

Philippe Vappereau ,

General Manager at Calypso Networks Association (CNA)on?Intelligent Transport

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Source: Financial Times , via?Linkedin post by Marc Frost / Mark Frost