Zhongwen Launches Battery Swap Electric City Buses
16 June 2011
www.chinabuses.org: To speed up the construction of the battery swap stations, Shandong Power Supply Company strengthens its cooperation with Shandong Zhongwen Yixing Electric Automobile Co.,Ltd (Zhongwen for short) and changes the original charging mode of the electric city buses, equipped with the smart power cell packs. Such innovative battery swap electric city buses are more convenient in the market operation.
According to the technician from Shandong Zhongwen Yixing Electric Automobile Co.,Ltd, the battery swap electric city bus features with the fast battery replacement in eight minutes while about three hours in the past. In the meantime, the charging functions have not been affected. “Our designed maximum speed of the conventional electric city bus is 80km/h and the constant driving range comes to 190 to 210 kilometers. As for the battery swap one, the constant driving range reaches 150 to 170 kilometers.” Also, there is no big change of interior capacity and battery space.
The related director of the power supply company shows that battery swap electric city buses will gradually replace the conventional electric city buses after the operation of the battery swap stations.
Source : www.chinabuses.org
Editor : Andrea
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