Cobus 2500e
The Cobus 2500e is a battery bus . It is the first omnibus model from the manufacturer Cobus Industries from Wiesbaden with a purely electric drive . The vehicle , originally developed as an apron bus , will go into series production from September 2011 . The bus is twelve meters long and has space for 66 passengers (24 seats and 42 standing places), has two entrances and a range of around 150 kilometers. The energy supply is ensured by seven lithium-ion accumulators with a total capacity of 150 kilowatt hours . The buses are to roll off the assembly line in Porto , a northern Portuguese city on the Atlantic coast, in a small series . Alternatively, the Cobus 2500 - with either a gas drive or a low-emission diesel engine - is to be added, which is also to go into series production at the same time. The first test drive to present the electric bus took place in July 2011.
Use in regular services
From October 31, 2011, a Cobus 2500e was in trial operation on the 17-kilometer-long line 103 of Offenbacher Verkehrs-Betriebe between Mühlheim am Main , Offenbach am Main and Frankfurt - Bornheim . A separate schedule was drawn up for this vehicle , which took into account the necessary charging processes for the batteries . The trial run was originally planned until December 15, 2011. On November 23, 2011 it was announced that the trial operation would be discontinued in mid-November. The pilot project was interrupted because the vehicle itself drove without problems, but from the operator's point of view the installed heating system turned out to be insufficient for winter operation. Trial operation was resumed on February 7, 2012 with a modified heating system.
Technical specifications
The Cobus 2500e can come up with the following technical data:
| Batteries: | Lithium iron phosphate accumulator |
| Capacity : | 150 kWh |
| Number: | 7 battery packs |
| Output voltage : | 400 V = |
| Electric motor : | Brushless permanent magnet motor type Power Phase 150 |
| Maximum power: | 200 hp - 150 kW |
| Continuous output: | 134 hp - 100 kW |
| Max. Torque : | 650 Nm |
| Continuous torque: | 400 Nm |
| Maximum speed: | 5000 rpm |
| Efficiency : | 95% |
| Transmission: | 2-stage automatic transmission |
| Translation : | 1st gear 3: 1, 2nd gear 1: 1 |
| Speed: | 1st gear - 30 km / h, 2nd gear - 89 km / h |
| On-board charger, power: | 3 × 3.2 kW |
| Input voltage: | 230 V ~ |
| Charging time: | about 7 hours |
| External charger, power: | 62.5 kW |
| Input voltage: | 500 V ~ |
| Charging time: | about 3 hours |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wiesbadener Tagblatt from July 26th 2011 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information about the e.COBUS on the Contrac Cobus Industries website ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Presentation of the Contrac electric bus , press release on the Internet portal "Family focus: Family focus point for the city and district of Offenbach.", May 31, 2011
- ↑ Birgit Emnet: Noiseless and emission-free: New e-bus for Wiesbaden regular services presented ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Wiesbadener Kurier online, July 26, 2011
- ↑ Article "Electric bus drives in Offenbach" on rmv.de ( Memento from November 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Article "Electric bus back in Offenbach" OVB press release on offenbach.de ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press release of the hr ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The electric bus: Background information and facts ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: offenbach.de , June 7, 2011, accessed September 24, 2013
