Málaga is committed to the autonomy of electric buses
The Andalusian province promotes a charging system electric buses from the ground, which allows them to be offered total autonomy. This is line L of the Malagueña Transport Company (EMT), which serves the student community of the Teatinos campus. It is a quiet and little-traveled area where buses make a 2.5 kilometer route that takes between 10 and 12 minutes.
At the end of September, a system began to be put into practice on these buses so that when they finished their journey, they could recharge their batteries again on skates, that is, three plates located on the asphalt that feed the bus's energy through the simple contact. A battery located in the ground that is proposed as a pioneering and efficient way to promote electric and sustainable mobility in Malaga.
Fast and efficient charging
It is a fast and silent charging that is invisible to the user and that allows the bus to be recharged between two and five minutes, depending on the charging need at any given time, offering total autonomy to the means of public transport, without negatively influencing the established schedules, nor delay even a minute the times that are stipulated in the conventional route.
It is a project called PALOMA (Prototype for Alternative Operation of Mobility Assets), that is, a prototype for the alternative operation of mobility assets, which is being tested to see how its influence on the electrical network, the recharging operation, which It will be the traveler's experience...
What benefits will it have?
- Low visual impact
- Lower energy expenditure
- Greater road safety
- Reduces CO2 emissions and greenhouse gases
- It is an underground charging system and does not affect the urban landscape or the rest of the vehicles, which will be able to circulate in complete safety.
To operate, it only requires the installation of a device at the bottom of the electric buses, which can be adapted to any type of manufacturer. The best thing about this type of technology is the use of being able to enjoy a lot of power in a short time and being able to respond to energy supply needs in an efficient and sustainable way. They are firm steps towards the mobility of the future that must be, without any doubt, sustainable. Electric mobility will make it possible to achieve much more digitalized and less polluting public transport, in addition to achieving greater road safety and eliminating human errors, among other things.
The PALOMA project is financed by the Feder Funds of the European Union and the CDTI (Center for Industrial Technological Development), in addition to having the support of the Malaga City Council, the University of Malaga and the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
