Electric Bus Operation & Maintenance

30 March - 7 April 2021

Organisers

Asia-Pacific Bus Clean Bus Infrastructure

UITP Academy is launching an online course on Electric Bus Operation & Maintenance, starting on 30 March and ending 7 April with Shenzhen Bus Group which has achieved full electrification.

This course features 9 interactive online sessions.

With most metropolitan areas targeting zero-emission environments, an increasing number of cities and transport companies are considering a fully electric solution for their urban bus network.

In this context, the UITP Academy & Shenzhen Bus Group (SZBG) designed this training programme on Operations of Electric Buses offering a comprehensive overview on operation, maintenance and asset management of electric buses.

This training will give an insight of urban bus networks, importance of building a sustainable infrastructure, recent technologies, using the data for the operation & maintenance and implementation efficient timetable and scheduling on your routes.

SZBG is the largest and oldest public transportation operator in Shenzhen, China. After achieving full electrification (operating 6,053 e buses) in 2018, SZBG has become the largest new energy public transportation operator in the world.

SZBG also have started trialing our electric self-driving buses on open and mix-trafficked roads since 2017 with zero accidents to date.

The training and all training materials will be provided in English, and Simultaneous Interpretation (SI) from English to Chinese will be provided in this online training.

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Reach your objectives

Adapt your operations for sustainable city
Introduce the electric solution, the different types of technologies and compare their benefits and drawbacks
Understand the different type of vehicles and required infrastructure to operate and maintain
Discover the products on offer and the mainstream technology options available, competition and maturity level of the suppliers
Understand how to develop an operational and charging strategy
Learn from experience on how to plan, implement and run electric bus lines successfully
Understand how technology and data management can help optimising your operations and charging
Learn from successful major electric bus project operation & maintenance
Listen the best practices from Asia, Africa and Europe

Why choose an online course?

Interact with public transport professionals from across the world
Be time efficient, with 9 sessions over a 2-week timespan
Flexibility to join the sessions from any location in the world, at work or at home

A top-level methodology

Participate in interactive online sessions which includes an introduction by course leaders and open discussions with participants
Apply your concepts during the online workshop
Exchange your current practices and experience with your peers
Each theme will be approached as followed:
- Basic principles and conceptual approach
- State of the art development and innovations
- Good practices examples
- Interactive exchange between participants and experts

UITP Training Programmes and all related processes are certified for ISO29990:2010 – the standard for learning services for non-formal education and training.

Who is it for?

Project managers, engineers and other professionals eager to learn more about the technology, the implementation and the running of electric buses
Staff from public transport operators who works in operation and maintenance
Staff from the bus industry worldwide involved in the market uptake of electric buses
Professionals interested in obtaining a wider and international perspective on electric buses and eager to learn more from international best practice

A good level of English is a compulsory requirement to attend the training.

Inspiring trainers

Our skillful trainers are composed of international experts and professionals with extensive experience and knowledge in the strategic, operational, and technological areas of electric buses.

Programme

Sue CHAN, Head of Asia Pasific, UITP, Hong Kong SAR, China Joe MA, Deputy General Manager, Shenzen Bus Group, China

Sue CHAN, Head of Asia Pasific, UITP, Hong Kong SAR, China

James WANG, Chief Scientist Communications, in China Transit Science, China

The policy context and city strategies for the introduction of electric buses
Legislation/policy aspect: how to incentivize e-buses deployment with a focus on the EU Clean Vehicles Directive mandatory country targets and other international examples
Current state of the global electric bus market, the products on offer
Main challenges for deployment: upfront costs, operational requirements, procurement, interoperability, cooperation with energy sector.
Planification of charging infrastructure, a quite critical part when planning to deploy e-buses
The system approach and steps of an implementation and deployment process

Hans BEKKERS, Business Development Manager Public Transport, VDL Bus & Coach, The Netherlands This session will look into new technologies and auxiliaries used to run electric busses, whether it be the installation and running of charging infrastructure, the impact on information technology systems, driver assistance and standardisation of the connection or the technical evolution of the battery. This session includes:

An insight into vehicles (battery, plus-in hybrid, trolley, fuel cell) and infrastructure (overnight and opportunity charging, types of pantographs, in-motion charging)
Stae of the market from indusrty perspective
Updated electric bus product overview: latest models and trends
Figures and market numbers
Driveline – Batteries – auxiliary components & HVAC – technology & maintenance – infrastructure costs

Bart KRAAIJVANGER, Manager Zero Emission Program, Connexxion, The Netherlands

The AML and ZOB cases of Europe, NL

Chris LIANG, Operations Manager, Shenzhen Bus Group, China

LI Zixiao, VP of Transportation Development, Huawei Technologies, China

LI Qianqian, Head of the Marketing & Investment Department, New Energy Company, Shenzhen Bus Group, China

Requirements and performance: standardization, interoperability.
Impact on operations: LCC, Maintenance, data, autonomy and performance.
Contractual framework: system approach, share of risks, commitment.
International experience in operating electric buses.

Fernando APARICIO, Business Development Director and Associate, ADN Mobile Solutions S.L, Spain Sonia MENENDEZ, Chief Service Officer, ADN Mobile Solutions S.L, Spain Managing successful efficient driving on bus operators has been a must for combustion vehicles. Urban EV fleet present a new challenge and possibilities for improving energy consumption and overall performance. Homogenizing driving styles according to vehicle makers and incorporating a continuous improving methodology can decisively contribute to a predictable operation, minimizing potential issues. This session will show how to walk the way in a successful approach.

Eric NÖH – Head of Sales Public Transport, PSI Transcom GmbH, Germany Energy consumption, charging and overall performance need be monitored and managed in the most optimal way to ensure efficient and seamless electric bus operations. How to intelligently use data to achieve such performance will be presented and discussed in this session. Continuous improvement by integration of smart data (feedback loop) for the optimisation in operational simulations is thereby the key.

ZHONG Ruikun, Manager of Power Battery Products, Contemporary AmperexTechnology Co., Limited (CATL), China

Technologies cell type
Behaviour
Management systems
Lifetime
Standards
Safety
Thermal management
Models

Trainers

Anne-Laure LE MERRE

Consultant Regional & Suburban Rail

Europe

UITP Team

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Joseph Ching Yuen MA

Business Development Advisor

SAPTCO, Saudi Arabia

James WANG

National Chief Scientist Communications in China Transit Science

Founder of Shared Mobility Laboratory, China

Hans BEKKERS

Business Development Manager Public Transport

VDL Bus & Coach, Netherlands

Bart KRAAIJVANGER

Manager Zero Emission Programme

Transdev Group, Netherlands

Chris LIANG

Operations Manager, International Development Dept.

Shenzhen Bus Group Co., Ltd., China

ZX (Zixiao) LI

Vice President, Transportation Development Department

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China

LI Qianqian

Head of the Marketing & Investment Department

New Energy Company of Shenzhen Bus Group, China

Fernando APARICIO

Chief Commercial Officer

Bledsystem, Spain

Sonia MENENDEZ

Chief Service Officer

ADN Mobile Solutions S.L, Spain

Eric Nöh

Head of Sales Public Transport

PSI Transcom GmbH, Germany

Ruikun ZHONG

Manager of Power Battery Products

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), China

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UITP Academy is launching an online course on Electric Bus Operation & Maintenance, starting on 30 March and ending 7 April with Shenzhen Bus Group which has achieved full electrification.

Reach your objectives

Why choose an online course?

A top-level methodology

Who is it for?

Inspiring trainers

Programme

Welcome & Introduction to the course

Expectation Analysis

Session 1: An electric solution for urban bus networks

Session 2: Vehicles, infrastructure, auxiliaries, state of the market

Session 3: Case Study: Implementing and optimizing large e-bus fleet operations

Session 4: Electric Buses in China – Operations & Maintanence

Session 5: Case Study – Insight into technologies

Session 6: Operation of electric buses

Session 7: The impact of driving behaviour in the performance of EV bus fleet

Session 8: The power of data in electric bus operations

Session 9: Batteries for electric buses