References

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in the entire bus network of the city of Düsseldorf; 2017; commissioned by: Rheinbahn AG; contact: Mr. Jörg Klaeden (Tel.: +49/211/5821155); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of schedule-based energy balances

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in the entire bus network of the city of Leipzig; 2017; commissioned by: Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (LVB); contact: Mr. Andreas Böttcher (Tel.: +49/341/4922307); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of schedule-based energy balances

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in parts of the bus network of the city of Cologne; 2017; commissioned by: Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG; contact: Mr. Peter Hasler (Tel.: +49/221/ 5474230); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of schedule-based energy balances

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in the entire bus network of the city of Göttingen; 2016; commissioned by: Göttinger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH; contact: Mr. Thomas Zimmermann (Tel.: +49/551/38444830); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of schedule-based energy balances

Support of the introduction of battery buses on five MetroBus lines in the city of Osnabrück; 2016; commissioned by: Stadtwerke Osnabrück AG; contact: Mr. Christian Elixmann (Tel.: +49/541/ 20022360); schedule-based energy balances for the determination of parameters of battery buses and charging infrastructure; elaboration of the specification sheets (contract documents) for the battery buses and the charging infrastructure

ELIPTIC – coordinated by Free Hanseatic City of Bremen; 2015 – 2017; commissioned by: European Commission; contact (Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen): Mr. Michael Glotz-Richter (Tel.: +49/421/3616703);

Use case Leipzig: recommendations for the regular operation of electric 12 m buses with the help of schedule-based energy balances

Concept for the introduction of electric buses on one bus line in the city of Jena; 2015 – 2016; commissioned by: Jenaer Nahverkehr GmbH; contact: Mr. Falk Hamann (phone: +49 3641/414127); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of schedule-based energy balances, use of the electric supply infrastructure for trams

BEEDel – assessment of the operation of electric buses with decentralized charging infrastructure at the example of the Hamburger Hochbahn; 2015 – 2016; in cooperation with Hamburger Hochbahn AG; commissioned by: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI); contact: NOW GmbH (phone: +49 30/ 311611600); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of schedule-based energy balances

Assessment of the electrification of BRT route B1 in the city of Guangzhou; 2015; commissioned by: Baiyun Power Group; contact: Mr. Yi Wang (phone: +86 20/ 86608696); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of route-based energy balances

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in the entire bus network of the city of Aachen; 2015; commissioned by: Aachen municipal administration; contact: Mr. Kai Mohnen (phone: +49 241/4326138); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of schedule-based energy balances

E-MoBus – preliminary study – assessment of the operation of electric buses in the Bavarian Forest; 2014 – 2015; in cooperation with VCDB GmbH; commissioned by: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI); contact: NOW GmbH (phone: +49 30/311611600); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of schedule-based energy balances

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in the entire bus network of the Munich district; 2014 – 2015; commissioned by: MVV GmbH; contact: Mr. Detlev Metzner (Tel.: +49 89/21033253); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of route-based energy balances

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in five medium-sized cities in Thuringia; 2014 – 2015; commissioned by: Thüringer Ministerium für Bau, Landesentwicklung und Verkehr (Thuringian Ministry of Construction, Regional Development and Traffic); contact: Mr. Jörg Kallenbach (phone: +49 361/3791510); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses in the cities of Altenburg, Eisenach, Mühlhausen, Suhl and Weimar

ZeEUS – coordinated by UITP; 2013 – 2017; commissioned by: European Commission; contact (UITP): Mr. Umberto Guida (phone: +32 2/7880124); professional accompaniment of the introduction of electric buses in the city of Bonn in collaboration with SWB-Verkehr GmbH

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in the entire bus network of the city of Bonn; 2013 – 2014; commissioned by: SWB-Verkehr GmbH; contact: Mrs. Barbara Nick (phone: +49 228/7112292); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of route-based energy balances

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in five larger cities in Thuringia; 2013 – 2014; commissioned by: Thüringer Ministerium für Bau, Landesentwicklung und Verkehr (Thuringian Ministry of Construction, Regional Development and Traffic); contact: Mr. Jörg Kallenbach (phone: +49 361/3791510); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses in the cities of Erfurt, Gera, Gotha, Jena, Nordhausen

SEB – EDDA-Bus; 2012 – 2015; commissioned by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research; contact: project management organization VDI/VDE; Mr. Simon Verleger (phone: +49 30/ 310078381); development of core technologies of fast-charging battery buses in collaboration with industry, conversion of a serial hybrid bus to a battery bus, testing of the battery bus in the bus network of the Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in Niestetal; 2012; commissioned by: Verkehrsverbund Nordhessen; contact: Mr. Olaf Rohde (phone: +49 561/7094928); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of a route-based energy balance

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis (distric); 2012; commissioned by: KVG Main-Kinzig mbH; contact: Mr. Volker Rahm (phone: +49 6181/9192120); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of a route-based energy balance

Concept for the introduction of electric buses in Jena; 2012; commissioned by: Jenaer Nahverkehr GmbH; contact: Mr. Falk Hamann (phone: +49 3641/414127); recommendations for the regular operation of electric buses with the help of a route-based energy balance

ELIPTIC – coordinated by Free Hanseatic City of Bremen; 2015 – 2017; commissioned by: European Commission; contact (Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen): Mr. Michael Glotz-Richter (Tel.: +49/421/3616703);

Use case Eberswalde: simulation and assessment of three articulated bus routes in Eberswalde regarding hybrid trolley bus operation

E-Bus Skorpion – hybrid trolley buses on articulated bus routes in Leipzig – project of the Schau-fenster Elektromobilität Bayern – Sachsen (Showcase electromobility Bavaria – Saxony); 2013 – 2016; commissioned by: Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI); contact: project management organization VDI/VDE (phone: +49 30/3100780); assessment of the articulated bus lines in the Leipzig urban area regarding their suitability for the operation of hybrid trolley buses on the basis of detailed energy balance calculations

ElektroHybridBus Esslingen; 2013 – 2016; commissioned by: municipal transport service Esslingen am Neckar; contact: Mr. Harald Boog (phone: +49 711/35123223); simulation and assessment of articulated buses regarding hybrid trolley bus operation

Vehicle simulation of an electric bus on LVB route 70; 2012; commissioned by: Verkehrs-Consult Leipzig (VCL) GmbH; contact: Mr. Wolfgang Schütze (phone: +49 341/9642429); simulation and assessment of articulated bus route 70 in Leipzig regarding hybrid trolley bus operation

Use of storage systems in the trolley buses of the city of Eberswalde; 2011; commissioned by: Barnimer Busgesellschaft mbH; contact: Mr. Frank Wruck (phone: +49 3334/52250); Technical layout of storage units for a trolley bus with an energy storage system for improved energy recuperation and partially catenary-free operation; accompaniment of measuring campaigns

Consulting support for battery bus line 100/200 in the city of Hannover; 2016–2017; commissioned by: üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG, contact: Mr. Jens Ernstig (phone: +49 511/16682685); identification of section-specific energy consumption; assessment of similar lines regarding the introduction of battery buses