Project Details

Project goal

The main objectives of ELIPTIC were:

• Safe integration of ebuses into existing electric PT infrastructure:
  • (re)charging ebuses “en route” (e.g. trolleybus operated on tram infrastructure) or on the spot (battery buses/ hybrids charged from trolleybus, tram, metro network);
  • upgrading trolleybus networks with battery buses or trolley hybrids (diesel bus substitution);
• Upgrading and/or regenerating electric public transport systems (flywheel, reversible substations)
  • analyse smart energy management concepts for (existing) electric public transport networks
• Multi-purpose use of electric public transport infrastructure:
  • safe (re)charging of non-public transport vehicles (pedelecs, electric cars/ taxis, utility trucks)
  • analyse the potential of existing electric public transport infrastructure to become a backbone for smart electromobility

Results

The ELIPTIC partner cities of Bremen (DE), London (UK), Brussels (BE), Barcelona (ES), Warsaw (PL), Leipzig (DE), Oberhausen (DE), Gdynia (PL), Eberswalde (DE), Szeged (HU) and Lanciano (IT) demonstrated an immense number of electric buses and a wide array of technological approaches towards electrification. All results of the ELIPTIC project can be found on the <link https: eliptic-project.eu results external-link-new-window external link in new>ELIPTIC website.

Project partners

• City of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
• UITP - International Association of Public Transport, Brussels, Belgium
• Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG), Bremen, Germany
• Transport for London (TfL), London, United Kingdom
• Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles SSF (STIB), Brussels, Belgium
• Transports de Barcelona SA (TMB), Barcelona, Spain
• Miejskie Zaklady Autobusowe sp zoo (MZA), Warsaw, Poland
• Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB), Leipzig, Germany
• Szeged Transport Company (SZKT), Szegedi Közlekedési Kft., Szeged, Hungary
• Przedsiebiorstwo Komunikacji Trolejbusowej SP ZOO, Gdynia, Poland
• Barnim Bus GmbH, Eberswalde, Germany
• Stadtwerke Oberhausen GmbH (STOAG), Oberhausen, Germany
• Ferrovia Adriatico Sangritana SpA (FAS), Lanciano, Italy
• Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Aachen, Germany
• Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich, Germany
• University of Szeged (USZ), Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Szeged, Hungary
• University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
• Przemyslowy Instytut Motoryzacji (PIMOT), Warsaw, Poland
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
• Centre d'Innovació del Transport (CENIT), Barcelona, Spain
• Barcelona de Serveis Municipals SA (B:SM), Barcelona, Spain
• Polis, European Cities and Regions Networking for Innovative Transport Solutions, Brussels, Belgium
• Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV), Cologne, Germany
• Associazione Trasporti (ASSTRA), Rome, Italy
• Trolleymotion, international action group to promote modern Trolleybus Systems, Austria
• Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LCVP), LOWCVP, London, United Kingdom
• Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
• Vossloh Kiepe GmbH (VKD), Düsseldorf, Germany
• Ziehl-Abbegg S.E., Künzelsau, Germany
• Irizar S Coop, Ormaiztegi (Gipuzkoa), Spain
• Solaris Bus & Coach S.A., Owińska, Poland
• Rupprecht Consult GmbH, Cologne, Germany

Follower

• City of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
• City of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
• City of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
• City of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
• City of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
• City of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
• City of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
• City of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
• City of Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
• City of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• City of Tampere, Tampere, Finland