| Abstract |
In order to plan networks for electric buses it is necessary to merge the low transport capacity with
their own logistic features. Observing the experiences in Italy it is possible to define some aspects of
the problem, as the models of batteries and the battery charge management.
The electric bus market situation presents a small offer in the number of manufacturers and in the type
of vehicles. The real application range of this transport technology, which at the moment exists rather
only in Italy, is still not clear. Public administrators consider electric busses like a good solution for
many uses; on the other hand running companies have to find the optimum services for them. So it is
necessary to plan good electric busses networks, able to merge the low transport capacity with their
own logistic features (battery recharge and consequent service scheduling). It is moreover to highlight
that the traction batteries technology has increased in Italy because of experiments on hybrid vehicles,
even of big dimensions (12 meters). |
