Design and evaluation of “Short-range Frequent-charging-type” and “Night-charging-type” BE bus

The two opposite concepts of BE bus (battery-electric bus) which were “Short-range Frequent-charging-type” and “Night-charging-type” low-floor buses, were designed and evaluated. Firstly, the current technical level of battery and charging equipment had taken into account to conduct the vehicle design of both BE buses. In additional, the ideal performances of battery and charging equipment for fully substituting the highly used diesel buses in the very densely packed city transportation routes would be clarified in the paper.