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This video was brought to you by a Battery planner cam power Marcus Beale Steinberg and Bill componente We are now sitting in an electric bus Follow me challenge right now and with Me today I have Michael from Um in English which is quality Europe Bus yeah but in in Deutsche it's called Yeah But I separate this out from the one Classical challenge because otherwise it Will be too long The video but I just have some some Questions and I think also many of my Viewers would have the same questions Um so let me see where these are so this Bus we are sitting in right now it's Just a short person and maybe some People might get the wrong impression That huh You guys only have this electric small Bus but Have bigger buses right yes so this is Just one example a demonstration vehicle For the European customers Uh because in the past we very often had The 12 meter buses to that standard size For for two bigger buses and then Customers came to us yeah we know that You can do 12 meter buses can you also Do short buses so this bus when we Started to decide to build it we said Okay this time we make a short bus which Is 8.5 meter and yeah now people asking
Do you have big buses so whatever you do It's not the right one so with this one Here the short bus yeah Um how big is the battery this bus is Right now equipped with a battery of 268 Kilowatt hours and out of this 215 Kilowatt hours are usable okay and then How fast can they charge them it can Charge with uh 450 amperes which is Roughly uh 250 to 280 kilowatt depending On the voltage of the battery during the Charging curve so it means that actually For the 1000 kilometer challenge we are Doing now it's not even the fastest bus Because Michael you said that you Actually had a better one that was not Available we were right right so the Best bus we could do this challenge is Our big long distance coach it has a Very large battery and car can charge With more than 300 kilowatts per gun we Could also use a double gun charging Then it's 600 kilowatt uh and the Battery can be up to 1000 kilowatt hours So there's nearly no charging it's only Going to the toilet and changing the Driver and just driving the 1000 Kilometers well you you mentioned the Double what was it again the double Double gun charging We have the option if customers are Asking for it to double the charging Speed by using two guns you can double Furniture the the bus window yes but but
How does it handle it when you have two Inputs uh how does the BMS handle it and What about the current yeah you have one Battery pack less than two inputs yeah So it's uh it's uh just uh making a Total maximum charging current that is Allowed and then to both the Chargers While we have a lot of charging current Available is telling them 50 each and at The later point of time one of them is Just skipped and then the single gun is Handling the rest of the charging It's quite easy but this is not a setup Let's say for for buses driving around With no specific Depot this is typically Used on a Depot with the same charger Every night Um so it's a very special customer thing But some customers are asking for it but You don't you don't split the battery in Half or something like that no no Because because many components need to Single source of power and so I cannot Decide the air conditioning is running On this the motor on this the compressor On this so it's just one big high Voltage system and that's fine okay well Of course for the charging right so it's Only wow okay interesting and then yeah What else is it this one this is a short Bus oh sorry it's a bit shaky right now Maybe because the road is a bit bumpy Yeah Um yeah so yeah
Where is this bus manufactured yeah this Is manufactured in our main plant in China all the development was done in Germany together with some other European suppliers and the assembly the Building the welding the metal things This is all done in China in south of China in the Hong Kong Bay Area so they Are they are fully assembled there and Then shipped here or how does that work Yes yes so if the customer is asking for A complete pass it's completely Assembled and tested and validated and Homologated there and then put on your Ship like a big Ferry coming to one of The north northern coast Parts in Europe And then driven on the road the last Piece of the way And then Especially now we're doing this 1000 Kilometer Challenge and what is the Energy consumption for typical well this One will be for City Driving yeah and so We have two energy consumptions that we Typically say there's one just for the Pure driving and then the second one for Hitting or cooling the driving one Depends on the vehicle size and the Topology of the customer profile for for Our 8.5 meter today it's about 0.7 Kilowatt hours per kilometer and for the Heating and cooling we have to do a Simulation because each customer is Running on a different operation our
Sometimes some some are doing like 16 Hours per day others are doing in the Morning four hours and evening four Hours for school kids Some are operating on very warm or very Cold areas so there's no no statement I Can give as a fixed number because every Customers are different different okay Yeah but that was the city but what About the the what do you call it the Coach bus or the Long Haul yeah the long Distance coaches Um they typically Need 0.8 0.85 kilowatt hours per Kilometer so only a little more because They don't have the stops all the time So it's a very continuous driving and This is also energy saving well are Those the big buses or how long are they The coaches typically start at 10 meter So this is a very short coach okay and The most of them is 12 or 13 meter and The very few ones are 14 or 15. 15 is by The homologation limit in Europe the Maximum uh and yeah most customers have To drive or 13 meter buses but is that How many seats are you talking about That Yeah this depends on the let's say Star or VIP rating how many seats the Customer would like to offer how many Leg room so the 12 meter bus is between 38 and 45 people sometimes 50 if you Want to do the Ryanair chairs it is a
Customer so it's a full size but Basically yeah wow and you can go really Long yeah you know as an example in Thailand from from Bangkok to Chiang Mai That's a 700 kilometer Loop yeah and With a fossil bus fossil tour bus they Usually stop halfway for about an hour Just for for the past Yeah but you couldn't even go that one Non-stop yes That's crazy so the technology is Already out there and it's available and You can buy it right today right it's Not future it's just existing technology And then how um uh how long do you have To wait if the customer orders one today Yeah it depends if it's a completely Existing design and and specification Combination it's about six months uh Which includes two months just of Shipping time uh and if the customer has Uh requirements that we need to modify Something then it takes a little bit Longer it depends on how much impact it Wants to have okay so yeah you have to Know that at least in Europe each city Bus is unique so you will not find the Second bus with the same equipment in The same specification in the Second City every city is doing their own bus Whatever I just have to wrap my head around this So if the buses can already go a Thousand kilometers or 600 kilometers
Why are they not being used more in long Long trips and the problem at that point Right now is the charging infrastructure So if you're running buses in the city Bus operation work your Depot in the Night you have a fixed charging spot Everything is fine on the long distance The The same problem like a truck we are Just very big and we will see later on The charging stop that some of the now Big Park charging packs they have Drive-through Lanes like for trailers For passenger cars or trailers this is Uh this we can also use but if you have More bus and trucks this will be just Not be enough so right now we see that The charging parks are set to set up for Large Vehicles also with the new Charging gun so buses and trucks will Have more faster more powerful for Charging gun and then this bottleneck is Solved and then then the suppliers will Bring lot more vehicles to the road Right now we see the long distance coach Only if you have a specific application This means you drive every day the same Route for example from from back into Oslo and back and you can charge in the Night on your Depot or whatever Or for example if you do like VIP tours Around Berlin or a guy wrong of your From the cruise ships you you unload the People drive them to guys in the bar and
Back something like this so This Is Possible Um the customer That has travel groups like the school Kids going to the north on one day and Then the seniors going to the to the Alps on the second day this is very Challenging right now and I don't see This as an application in 2023 but maybe In two years oh okay yeah yeah but wow So they they can't actually go far Um but so I'm wondering Investment price here this one must be More expensive but uh right is it I mean In percentage how much more expensive is It than this one Um let's say the initial price is about Double Depends a bit on the market and the Configuration the battery size but let's Say it's about double the price from a Diesel bus But you're safe on the on the TCO the Total cost of ownership and then it will Pay off very soon some countries offer Subsidies then it's even faster but on It original price is about double from The diesel fossil okay but then I mean We should know it by now that electric Cars well even buses they're way cheaper To run yeah so if you try to break down That for example we mentioned the Consumption was 0.7 kilowatt hour or 700 Watt hour per kilometer how does
Everyone that is very efficient as a Side note I used to drive my model X on The trailer Which is way smaller and it usually Consumes around 350 to 400 watt hour per Kilometer and here we have a freaking Bus Okay Price so uh 700 watt hour per kilometer And then what is the electricity price In Germany for example yeah it's uh it Was very high last year and now it's Coming back to around 30 cents per Kilowatt hour okay so new contracts are Signed around 30. uh so you have a 100 Kilometer price of about 21 Euro or per Kilometer and 20 cents 20 cents per Kilometer yeah and then versus diesel Yeah diesel bus usually it also the Precise and the road and everything and It's about 30 to 40 liters let's say 30 Liters as the comparable value for Today's run And if you call the diesel price from One Euro 50 it's about 45 Euro or 45 Euro cents per kilometer okay so Dumbbell yeah it's already there we save Money per kilometer driven yeah but then What about maintenance yeah maintenance Is a very big point on the diesel bus we Need a lot of filter changing oil Changing regularly those parts same on The passenger electric cars it's just Not existing this means the price for
The maintenance is very low there's a Few liquids you need to change after a Few years so based on mileage suddenly Air filter it filters which is not drive Train relevant and yeah for sure tires Doors so stuff that I use also on the Digital bus but the pure drivetrain is Nearly maintenance free and then how Often do the the diesel buses need Service under the service interval yeah They also have small and big ones as far As I know so I'm not that diesel expert To be honest it's about I think the Small one 10 to 15 000 kilometers and The big one 20 to 30 000. oh but that is Often yeah but it depends on the brand So I'm as I said it's not not my perfect Knowledge well but it sounds to me like Diesel buses they need service monthly Yeah something or maybe even more of Them yeah but then what about the Electric and how often do they need to Go in for service Um yeah and as I said for the drivetrain It's mid and it's free so Um there's just uh the system will check Itself and there's a problem it will Tell you check this check that we call This predictive maintenance so the Computer is collecting all the values And deciding based on fleet experience This one doesn't look okay please have a Look on it before it breaks down on the Road
Um and um yeah that does it so there's No regular service like this like you Know from the fossil car And then uh well I can't show you guys Right now but for for the driver's Perspective now uh you know you have the Re what you call it the reincorporation Yeah yeah But does it just look and feel just like A regular bus for the driver they don't Need any special training do they yes They need a little bit of training for To do this Um What is the English word if you drive Very carefully and you look long on the Distance This one they need to yeah keep in mind A little bit more that this is way more Efficient than just driving Like like a piece of wood with full Throttle and full braking a little bit Um The other hand all the operation is like A regular bus or bus let's put it like This and since we have no gearbox we Have no vibrations anymore No no gaps between the Gear changes so It's not like doing that so is it just Single gear yep it's a single gear so They are very happy about this move Driving Yeah but what we notice is for example On the highway driving out of this bus
If you have very steep hills you know From from the fossil trucks they have to Shift all the time every time they shift They have no talk and so they will get Slower and slower and slower our bus is Just driving It's overtaking them and you have no Loss of power so it's incredible how Fast you can overtake Yeah I noticed that we have another Driver here driving for us and he Hammers like a typical German drummer And he does that punch just like the Buses in in Oslo I noticed so when it Comes to more specular I forgot to ask You some of the specs on Where is the drive where is the motor Place we are sitting a little bit in the Back now yeah so the motor is right Below us uh it's behind the rear axle in This past we have some some stairs Because it's too short to cover all the Technology if we have the 12 meter buses They are completely flat and then the Motor is shifted below one of the C Pros So it's still a piece of central motor And then with a with a drive joint which Is having two Joins to come in line with the axle okay So but this is uh okay the drivetrain is Roughly beneath us here right yep but Where is the battery located then yeah In this bus we also ran out of space so Half of the battery four battery packs
Are on the Roof oh yep two battery packs Are below us right and left and two more Are in the front okay Uh and then you mentioned uh what we Talked earlier it's lfp battery is it Yes okay and the feed battery but how Does that affect the handling if you Have a battery on the roof yeah that's a Good question and very often asked Question then I say imagine you have the The classic double deck bus double deck Bus you have 50 60 people in the second Deck and person on the average of 70 Kilograms typically more so it's a lot More weight than we have on the battery So yes you feel something you have to do Something with anti-roll bars with Adaptive damping ESP or ESC which is a series on All Buses but it's not that big problem Um so yeah okay it's just an engineering Challenge not a big thing but for for This one the short one the eight and a Half meter uh how big is uh how sorry How heavy is the total battery Yeah the total battery pack here is About 1.6 1.7 kilogram Wow that Wait for 1.7 ton for uh for Um 280 68 yeah wow and that means that Roughly 600 kilograms is on the top but Then uh do you know that they're empty Over recording and the the weight yeah
The driveway the weather as well so the Total empty weight for this vehicle is About 10 ton ten tons yeah quite quite On the spot 10 ton and 20 kilogram or Something Um so which means that most of it is in The back sorry in the lower end yeah so Just adding uh 500 uh 600 kilograms on The top you shouldn't affect the concern I mean the the handling that much yep Yep you also have the air conditioning On top with another 300 kilograms ah so Let's say with the batteries it's a Little bit more than one ton on the Roof Oh okay so it's it's somewhat common to Have it on regular buses anyway yeah Yeah so all the electric bus Manufacturers right now do their design With the filling the roof first and this Is not enough they feel the the rear end And it's not Not Unusual to have up to Three thousand kilograms on the roof What including the air conditioning yeah What do they put up there yeah 600 Kilowatt hours Yeah okay Um so the very big buses Um Yeah so this is technical possible Um yeah I think the buses I mean they're They're not supposed to go too fast Around courts anyway because of the Passenger Comfort right so you yeah Wow okay well interesting um I'm not
Sure there were some other questions Yeah so maybe some people on the mall so About How strong is the motor here yeah so Um in this past we since it's a Demonstration bus we had to decide what Do we want to show the customers do we Go to Mountain customers do we go to Flatland customers we had to find a Compromise so this bus is equipped with A module of 265 kilowatt Peak power and 190 continues and the talk is I think 1 500 Newton meter before the the static Gear wow Um yeah time six so around 9000 Newton Meter on the wheel wow so compared to uh For example uh yeah typical Passenger cars they will have roughly 300 Newton meter torque with around the So that that means this is a massive Tour yep yeah but we're heavy yes never Forget we are heavy yeah and even fully Loaded with the people we have to start On the hill and so we have we need this Backup yeah and then do you know also About the weight distribution between Front and rear axle is it more rare Heavy or front heavier Um we are empty so without passengers we Are more rear heavy and oh that's fully Filled by the by the defined number of Passengers it's quite equal okay but Also so it's Raven Drive it's not common For buses to be Reverend Run yes ah okay
Yes and then I've seen some rare cases In Norway some buses get stuck In Winter maybe but it's all about the Traction and good tires yeah and yeah so There are two options if you have an Articulated bus so with the bending Piece in the middle you could install Two Motors on the two rear axles and Then you have like what all-wheel drive But through axle Drive uh this helps a Lot in Scandinavia as we know and if you Have a single axle single drive then you Have to set up the snow chains at a Certain point of time but normally it's Not the big issue okay and then when it Comes to the motors They will generate some heat do you have Some heat Scavenging because in Winter I Know that you need lots of heat for when All people open the doors yeah so and at First we don't have really much heat Because the motor is running so Efficient And that little heat that we have we can Put into our heat pump system and then We use it to to support and increase the Cop of the heat pump so yeah you're Doing something similar to Tesla right Yeah not that perfect not that fancy but The basic idea is also here okay and Then also I forgot to ask you the Battery pack is it also actively cool Yeah so it means also the real part There needs to be called a cooling Loop
To the roof there's a lot of cooling Circuits in this bus so we have four Cooling circuits one is for the battery One is for the traction motor one is for The passenger heating which we have the Sideboard heaters here and one is for The all the other electronic devices Because all of them are running on Different temperature levels and you Cannot combine them and that's why we Have four different cooling circuits Well yeah but okay um Technical questions Um yeah is there something something Else you want to add by the way Um Question Um Yeah I'm very happy that you are here Today that we can finally do the Challenge and I'm also looking forward To the results because we have perfect Conditions today it's about 20 degree It's not very windy so let's see if we Can beat maybe the 13 hours including The charging sessions and see how much Time we need compared to a diesel bus Because the driver also needs to rest And then we will see how much slower the Electric bus is on the long distance Oh yeah can you by the way repeat the Rules for the resting and driving in Europe yep so there are rules that the Driver has to take a break after latest
Four and a half hours of continuous Driving yes it's gone for 45 minutes This can also be split into 30 minutes And 15 minutes this is what we are going To do today because of the challenge Yeah because it's found out ours would Mean 450 500 kilometers driving this is Something we cannot do by the battery Size this bus that's why we use the Second rule of two smaller brakes and so We will do smaller brakes all the day Go back and forth do the charging and Then yeah just see how much additional Time we need to get regular stops you Anywhere I have to take but also you you Should know all the rules about this Right Michael but when you are you know Truck drivers when they stop for the Break uh legally they are not allowed to Work they cannot even tighten their Straps or do it work yeah but charging Is that counted as work when you plug in Yeah or how is that yeah as far as I Know at the moment this is an unsolved Problem Um because uh the moment you touch you Connect the gun this is for sure working Time okay but then the vehicle is Charging itself you don't have to Supervise it so from the view of a Normal thinking person I would say it's Not working time but we have to have a Rule for That official law but since More and more electric vehicles will
Come they will modify this and adapted To real life conditions no because when You are refueling that is working time Right yeah oh I see and you have to Support supervise it when suddenly the The fuel spills out we have to act you Have to do something if the charging gun Is not working Will happen okay Um but I also noticed by the way that You have a regular AC transport with the DC yeah so how how fast is the AC Onboard charger in this because yeah and This is also equipment for our Demonstration Vehicles since we never Know where we can charge and how we can Charge at the customer so we installed Two 22 kilowatt onboard Chargers a total Of 44. okay where we can use all the old Triple Chargers which you still find on Some places You can use a classic war box with 11 or 22 kilowatt so we are maximum flexible With this bus the customer on a regular Order will decide if we use just an 11 Or 22 kilowatt charger or 44 Or maybe you can also decide for the Small for the slower fast charging if he Doesn't need to the quick one because You need thicker wires and some Adaptions so this is like yeah like like Lego pieces whatever you need on your Order you just pick it and select it Okay but
Um you guys probably have some Competitors also for example vdl they Have buses right and also byd in Austin They use not the poyd yes so how is the Euro bus compared to the competitors on The market today yeah this is a good Question so where are we in the market We see our ourselves in let's say in the Middle so we are not complete Chinese so Let's say like byd like YouTube those Pure Chinese people they also adapt to The European market needs more and more Um then you have the old European ones With the European style and everything But Mercedes yeah very expensive and we Try to be in the middle so having the Advantages of the the German engineering But also with the Asian production Facility And offering the European mindset for The software for the service for the After sales and this is the niche which Is big enough because you have to know In Europe all the city buses need to be Replaced by latest 2030 to Mission free Which will be at the end of the day 99 Battery and a few fuel cell and Everything Um and this is about 70 000 buses And so There's no Market the market is so big That everyone can supply and uh still Everyone is happy because a single Player or a few players cannot fit the
Market it's too big But the you mentioned a mission free Well you guys could I mean in Germany What was it Europe or Germany the 28 Complete Europe but Why don't they go for hydrogen yeah Um let's say it's a few cities do this To be honest because of political Reasons because of Cities and Work All the the SE are the buses they go for battery Electric because it's much more cheaper It's more efficient and also the TCO is A lot better on the daily driving the Refueling Um and there's one thing that many People don't know this fuel cells have a Lifetime just by operation it's between Five thousand and eight thousand Operation hours still increasing because They also do some development but does This means in a typical bus operation Time it's one to two years and then they Have to replace the complete stack for a Couple of ten thousand Euro it's Additional maintenance cost so the fuel Cell bus will never pay off by operation Cost and it's not really going a longer Distance than a battery electric bus Because the battery capacity increased So much and we do the same 400 500 Kilometers if necessary there's just no
Advantage no reason to go for hydrogen But also when you mentioned the Maintenance so that was the you have to Replace the whole fuel cell yeah but Also you need you need to change the Filter the filter needs to be super Clean Yeah yeah and also you know Toyota or Those Passenger cars they need Maintenance every 10 000 kilometers only It should be the same for us it should Be the same but to be honest I'm not That deep into this and since 2018 we Decided not to follow this path and then Then we stopped investigating it because None of our customers is asking for it No okay so it seems to me like uh Hydrogen buses might be I didn't oh yeah Very bad idea economical wise yeah Because I hear from my followers they Always say that well hydrogen doesn't Make any sense for personal Transportation but for businesses for a Long Haul Trucking or something it will Make sense well does it make sense even For trucks no because the battery Development was so fast that every time We thought the fuel cell might catch up The disadvantages battery made the next Big step and so yeah there's no reason Anymore and if you see the the new Charging standard for the battery Electric commercial vehicles Bought up to three Megabucks three
Challenge three thousand watts of Charging power whoa and if then have a 500 800 1000 kilowatt hour battery in Your bus or truck which is As I said our coach does have it if you Look to the Swiss guys from from design Work for the tracks they have 900 Kilowatt hours in their truck and then You charge it with a couple of thousand Kilowatts from from the gun you are Ready in 45 minutes driving break to go For the second shift of the day so There's no reason anymore for its Yourself Yeah wow okay but also when it comes to Jogging by the way as you mentioned that I look at one bike You know I know my 1000 yeah an advice It's okay they're building Um a truck charger there at least yeah I Saw some there was some ABB probably 350 Kilowatt but does that mean that it's Not only for truck buses also or Um the idea what I know is uh for the Trucks and buses to have their own Charging Lanes at least Because The people running tracks and buses they Are doing this for business and not for Holiday And if they are parking and have to wait For the charging spot to be free it will Cost money yeah money the customers to Pay and so the idea is to reserve Lanes
Exclusively for the big vehicles so that No let's say Volkswagen eagles with 40 Kilowatt fast charger is blocking their Lane and uh yeah that's the idea behind And the other thing what you also may Have noticed that the bus and truck the Big ones need a lot more space Area and they also just need a different Layout for installs yeah well it's um I Think your future is looking bright and I think already that it's not even the Future it's already now here yes it Exists it's just not customers they Haven't realized it and haven't Started using them so um that's what This video is all about is to try to Make it more visible and to answer some Of the questions Maybe some people are sitting and they Could make the decisions but they just Don't know that there is a good solution Out there right right and then the good Thing is on electric Um we can simulate everything this means We have a Scooter based model from this bus and if The customer is giving us his inputs as Good as possible for the specific route Whatever weather conditions we can tell Them by a few percent exactly what will Be the range what will be the cost and Everything so before signing the Contract he knows what he's doing Yeah and this is helpful if you have to
Make a decision you are not sure you Want to have like like a backup for your Decision we can offer this and I should Also mention that they are in Oslo Municipality in Oslo for for local Driving They have plenty of electric buses I Should make a video about that so many Puzzles but they're mainly byd and vdl I've seen with the pantograph yeah you Also offer the pantograph or outside no We don't no you don't no Pantry graph is A very special thing because it's not Just like an additional charging Source It's a completely different Configuration so the pantograph needs Some space on the roof and you need Batteries that really can support fast Charging a lot more than one seed it's Like 5C and sometimes even more Um and those batteries they yeah they Will not last that long but by Design It's part of the complete vehicle Operation strategy Um you need to set up the pantographs we Hear from a lot of drivers that they Have problems hitting the station and There's been a lot of stress for them And at that time when when cities like Osco decided to make this the big Batteries were not that available not That easy so they had no choice if they Want to go electric at that time Especially in your winter time with a
Lot of heating then It was the only choice nowadays Batteries are big enough cheap enough That we can do the same things with the Battery electric buses fully electric Full battery with the dip on eye Charging but the city once decided for The for the planter graph thing they Invested in infrastructure so they have To follow those paths for for some time Otherwise they burn money twice okay Just remember another thing sorry I Don't have a script but I just I just Asked as we go yeah the pantographs Solution how much extra weight does it Add on the roof I have to look up the Data sheet but it's not that much oh Okay so there are two type of Photographs one is coming down from the Infrastructure to the vehicle then you Only have some like bus pass on the Vehicle this is very lightweight or you Have the pantograph on the bus Connecting the the infrastructure then It's a bit more but I have to check but my guess is at 200 300 kilograms it's not that big no okay Yeah but it still adds weight up there Yeah but it sounds to me like if you Already have a mega charger cable or Something or just ccs2 you can even get Along away with that yeah it seems like The limitation today by the way for CCS Too well it's I mean uh it might even be
More than uh than 350 kilowatts because If you have a 900 volt battery pack Transfer is five 500 amp right that's Roughly 450 kilowatt even So here we have another limit right now That Um if you have a battery package with That high voltage Um all of your components the traction Motor air conditioning the air Compressor the steering pump they all Have to run on the side voltage and most Of the right now existing components are Limited to 600 700 750 volts and new Development for the bus Market is too Expensive because we have only small Numbers compared to the tracks So we have to stick on the available Components and that's why we have here 600 650 volts typically in our buses The new charging standard the MCS the Megawatt charging will go up to 1200 Then anyway we have to make a Development and we can adapt but only For this additional 100 200 volts nobody Is spending money right now oh I see Okay Well all right but that was a lot of Questions a very interesting discussion About a eurobus yeah so um uh you guys You guys also have YouTube account or Something I think yes okay yeah so that Means that if you guys have more Questions you can just comment and then
The eurobus people will answer perfectly And my colleague will follow up with This yeah I know maybe I'll put a Website in the description perfect so Yeah I think we have to go back to pay Attention to the 1000 kilometer Challenge now and see How fast people do it yep so thank you Very much Michael And then that's going to be for now I Hope you guys enjoy the video as always Thank you for watching and talk see you Later Bye
Electric City Vehicles Cars Power
Electric City Vehicles Cars Power
The first production electric car goes on sale, the EV1 (serial number 660, donated to the Smithsonian Institution, is still active). A year later, Tesla unveils its Roadster at the San Francisco International Auto Show. This revolutionary sportscar completely changes the image of electric cars and spurs major automakers to genuinely jump into the market.
Ford unveils its Blue Oval City site in Michigan, its largest investment in EV production to date. The plant will eventually churn out about 500,000 vehicles annually, the company says.
EVs have become more than just transportation: They can provide backup power for homes and businesses during outages. And utilities are increasingly testing whether it’s practical and safe to send electricity from vehicles back to the grid.
Some experts warn that frequent use of this feature could degrade batteries faster, shortening their range, but automakers say they’re working on ways to address the issue. At the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, BMW rolled out a down-to-earth Airflow concept sedan that might hint at an electric version of its 5 Series mid-size sedan.
Tesla also has a new SUV called the Pear, due in 2024, and plans to offer it with a range of 216 miles. Its battery will be able to be recharged in 36 minutes, at which point it’ll be at 80 percent. This is less than the time it takes to fill up a traditional SUV with gasoline, and it’s an impressive figure for what is essentially a small car.
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