Hitachi ABB Power, Ashok Leyland and IIT-Madras to begin e-bus pilot using flash-charging technology
By Jim Gibbins - 1st February 2021
Chennai - ABB Power Products and Systems India Ltd of Bengaluru, Karnataka State (a subsidiary of Hitachi ABB Power Grids) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ashok Leyland Ltd of Chennai to conduct trials of Hitachi ABB’s electric bus flash charging system, the first of which will take place on the University campus at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) in Chennai.
The MoU outlines a partnership to develop a pilot electric bus based on ABB’s innovative flash-charge technology, Grid-eMotion Flash (previously known as TOSA), which tops up the battery of the electric bus in just seconds, while passengers get on and off the bus at the dedicated bus stop. The main advantage of this is it avoids the need to take the vehicle out of service for recharging every few hours or having a replacement bus ready, thus minimizing the size of the fleet while increasing passenger carrying capacity.
