Publication

Different approaches to improve energy consumption of battery electric buses

Francesco Baldi
2018
Conference paper
Abstract

Transportation electrification is increasing and recently more focus has been directed on heavy vehicles and especially on city buses. Battery electric buses are inherently more energy efficient than diesel buses and the efficiency can be further increased by different methods. This paper evaluates the key factors that influence on the energy consumption of battery electric buses. A simulation model of a generic electric bus was developed in the Autonomie software. Simulations were carried out in different conditions including typical driving cycles and different climate conditions. Specific focus was given for minimizing the energy consumption by predictive driving. The simulation results were thoroughly analyzed in order to understand better the most efficient methods to improve energy consumption. According to the simulation results, the high level of auxiliary power (cold and hot climate conditions) increases the energy consumption significantly. There is a substantial variation of consumption between different driving cycles. This variation is mainly caused by the auxiliary power, transmission losses and mechanical braking. It was also observed that there is a strong linear correlation between driving aggressiveness and energy consumption.

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