Siemens to provide charging infrastructure to buses in Germany 

The Siemens will provide a smart charging infrastructure to 21 fully electric low-floor buses in Leipzig, Germany. The Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) GmbH has given the contract to VDL Bus & Coach. The Seimens’s charging system will charge VDL buses on three lines as well as at the Lindenau bus depot and are scheduled to go into operation in 2021. In sustainable urban planning, the electrification of local public transportation is a major step.

The Siemens delivers a charging system to 1 electric bus along the routes as well as in the depot. Four terminal stations will be equipped with a total of five Sicharge UC 600 fast-charging units with an effective power of 450 kilowatts (kW) for opportunity charging.

The charging stations will be integrated by the medium-voltage connection, transformer and the low-voltage power distribution. This charging stations installation will take less space.

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While charging these buses will be done overnight or while other operational breaks using 21 Sicharge UC 100 charging units with charging power of up to 100 kW.

“I’m confident that, together with VDL and the Leipzig transport operator LVB, we will make the transition to electric buses with ease,” said Jean-Christoph Heyne, Head of Future Grids at Siemens Smart Infrastructure.

In both, the connection is realised by contact hoods like a streetcar. The buses will be equipped with a pantograph that is moved bottom-up for charging. The contact rails that are mounted in the hoods allows the vehicle to charge automatically.

“Switching to electric bus transport requires not only the vehicles but also an efficient charging infrastructure that guarantees reliable operation. We are pleased to have Siemens with its widely diversified portfolio and expertise as our partner in this project,” said Boris Höltermann, Managing Director of VDL Bus & Coach Germany.

“eBus depots will play a particularly important role in the cities of the future. During the planning stage, it is important to design the overall system according to the customer’s individual needs, including power supply, charging technology and control of the charging processes. This requires the best possible combination of the energy, mobility, and building worlds,” concludes Heyne.

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