Electric Bus Operations & Maintenance

19 - 27 September 2023

Organisers

Asia-Pacific Global Bus Clean Bus Climate and Environment Data Digital Infrastructure

An online course on Electric Bus Operations & Maintenance jointly hosted with Shenzhen Bus Group

UITP Academy is launching an online course on Electric Bus Operations & Maintenance, along with Shenzhen Bus Group (SZBG), an operator who has achieved full electrification. The course runs from 19 to 27 September and features 8 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, UITP Academy and Shenzhen Bus Group (SZBG) designed this training programme on the operations of Electric Buses to offer a comprehensive overview on the operations, maintenance and asset management of electric buses.

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

Shenzhen Bus Group (SZBG) is the largest and oldest public transportation operator in Shenzhen, China.

After achieving full electrification, with 6,053 electric buses in 2018, SZBG has now become the largest new energy public transport operator in the world.

SZBG has also been trialing electric self-driving buses on open and mix-traffic roads since 2017, with zero accidents to date.

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

Reach your objectives

Adapt your bus operations towards a sustainable city
Introduce the electric solution, the different types of technologies, and compare their benefits and drawbacks
Understand the different types of vehicles and required infrastructure to operate and such vehicles
Discover the products on offer and the mainstream technology options available, the maturity level of suppliers, the various competition
Understand how to develop an operational and charging strategy
Learn how to plan, implement and run electric bus lines successfully
Understand how technology and data management can help optimise your operations and charging
Learn from successful major electric bus project operations and maintenance
Listen to best practices from around the globe

Why choose an online course?

Interact with public transport professionals from across the world
Be time efficient, with 8 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 except Chinese participants.

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

Welcome & Introduction to the course, Expectation Analysis

08:00 – 08:45

Net zero
Embodied carbon
Scope 3
GHGs other than CO2,
Digital twinning
Lifecycle assessment (LCA)
Circularity & Systems thinking

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

Lean management is an approach to managing an organization that supports the concept of continuous improvement in order to improve efficiency and the quality for the customer. Working in a lean way means making staff on all levels actors taking ownership and engaging them in order to improve their work environment and work processes and at the same time deploying clear strategies. The primary purpose of lean management is to produce value for the customer through the optimization of resources and create a steady workflow which is centered around the real needs of the clients. It seeks to eliminate any waste of time, effort or money by identifying each step in a business process and then revising or cutting out steps that do not create value for the customer. This will allow teams to focus its effort on value adding activities. Lean management facilitates shared leadership and responsibility; continuous improvement ensures that every employee contributes to the improvement process. The management method acts as a guide to building a successful, engaged and solid organization that is constantly progressing, identifying real problems and resolving them. The philosophy has its roots in manufacturing. Lean management is based on the Toyota production system which was established in the late 1940s, however its origins date back to Henry Ford. They found that significant improvements were made in efficiency, productivity, cost efficiency and cycle time. In this session, Christiane will introduce you to the key concepts and some easy tools of lean management.

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

Understanding power demand from e-buses impacts infrastructure and operational costs and reliability
Choosing solutions and staging e-bus implementation is important to reduce overall costs and avoid rework.
How electricity sector play a role in optimising operational costs of ZEBs
Strategies that can effectively manage peak electricity demand during electric bus charging.

Session 3B: Timetable and scheduling of E-bus routes

10:15 – 11:00

Session 4: Electric Buses in China – Operations & Maintenance

08:00 – 09:15

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.

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.

Session 7: Case Study – Implementing and optimising large e-bus fleet operations

08:00 – 09:15

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

Regional perspectives on developments:

AU/New Zealand
China
Singapore
EU

Wrap Up and Closing

11:30 – 11:45

Trainers

Robert ALLENDER

Executive Director – Corporate Decarbonisation Strategy

EnergyUse Strategy Advisors (ESA), Hong Kong SAR, China

Yiğit BELİN

Head of Sales, Bidding, Business Development & Project Contracts

Bozankaya A.Ş, Turkey

Christiane JUST

Founder and President

Contexture, France

Josep Enric GARCÍA ALEMANY

Public Transport Executive and Consultant, Spain

Darek KOPER

Director & Consultant

Decarb Pathways Limited, Australia

Dr LIU Tao

Associate Professor of School of Transportation and Logistics

Southwest Jiaotong University, China

ZHENG Penglin

Vehicle Expert, Technology & New Energy Department

Shenzhen Bus Group, China

Jost GEWEKE

Business Development Manager at PSI Transcom

GmbH, Germany

Fernando APARICIO

Chief Commercial Officer

Bledsystem, Spain

Oren ARIELI

Senior Product Manager

Optibus, Israel

Maria WEDENBY AHLBERG

Head of Public Affairs

Volvo Bus Corporation, Sweden

Tomas FORSBERG

Safety Manager

Volvo Bus Corporation, Sweden

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