"Electric City Bus" ought to be the best option whether in "energy-saving" or "emission reduction", however, the practical situation is far from the expectation. Why? The reporter of xnyauto.com interviewed Professor Wang Binggang, leader expert of Energy-saving and New-energy Vehicles Major Program Supervision Team of National 863.
In the view of Professor Wang, the high cost of battery limits the sales of electric city buses. Therefore, battery is the key element in the cost reduction of electric city bus.
It"s said CSR Times develops the trolley bus dual-power driving system with ongoing charging mode that is able to drive the bus. During the operation, the bus is charged by the electric wire net, far from which the power enable the bus to run 30Km. The buses have been used in Hangzhou and the performance turns out to go well.