King Long Motor Group and ABB have reached an agreement to jointly develop an e-bus with the world’s fastest flash-charger. The bus will use ABB’s TOSA system which recharges the battery in just seconds whilst the bus is at a bus stop. For demonstration purposes, King Long will provide the bus whilst ABB will provide the flash charging unit, which consists of a feeding station, energy transfer system and on-board charger.
“Taking less than a second for the overhead arm to connect and for battery charging to begin, ABB’s TOSA brings speed and flexibility to battery charging, making it the ideal solution for high-capacity, high-frequency routes,” says Niklas Persson, Managing Director of ABB Power Grids’ Grid Integration division.
The TOSA system is already proven in Geneva, where equipped vehicles have covered over 500,000km, whilst the French city of Nantes is scheduled to start operating a fleet of 20 similar electric buses in late 2019.
