Voith will current two merchandise at IAA Transportation 2022 in September that promote a cheap and sustainable mobility shift for heavy-duty vans and buses: the newest Voith Electrical Drive System (VEDS) and the Plug & Drive H2 storage system.
VEDS. Since introducing it in 2019, Voith has continued to develop its electrical drive system, gaining a footing in additional industrial car segments. For buses, the portfolio consists of the HD (heavy-duty) variant, which is especially appropriate for double-decker and articulated buses with its 340 kW IPMS motor. As well as, Voith provides an MD (medium-duty) variant with an output of 260 kW, which is optimized particularly for solo buses and completely inner-city makes use of.
Prospects worldwide recognize the effectivity of this method, which was just lately confirmed by the impartial UTAC institute. With an effectivity stage of 0.69 kWh/km, the Wrightbus StreetDeck Electroliner is essentially the most environment friendly e-double-decker on the earth. The VEDS performs a major position on this success.
The VEDS idea helps battery techniques from a variety of producers and can also be enabled to be used in fuel-cell-electric car drivetrains. Resulting from its compact design, the VEDS requires no further set up house in chassis designed for combustion engines. It’s subsequently very straightforward to transform present car fleets with typical diesel, hybrid or gasoline drives.
With the VEDS HD+, the corporate can also be introducing its first drive idea for heavy-duty vans. Particular configurations for waste assortment automobiles, innercity logistics or long-distance transport purposes guarantee environment friendly driving with each use.
The core of the system is a brand new modern automated four-gear electrical transmission. This makes optimum traction obtainable for each driving scenario and beneath any load situation. On the similar time, it ensures that the electrical motor is at all times operated at optimum effectivity.
For the drive system of the VEDS HD+, clients can select between two Evo-named electrical motors with high outputs of 330 and 390 kW respectively.
The VEDS HD, VEDS MD and VEDS HD+ meet the necessities of ISO 26262 (Automotive Useful Security) and the brand new necessities of Automotive Cyber Safety (ISO 21434). This internationally relevant commonplace protects the car in opposition to exterior manipulations and ensures its performance by stopping unauthorized entry to electronically managed driving and braking techniques, for instance.
Plug & Drive H2 storage system. Prospects obtain every little thing from a single supply, from the tank nozzle to the gasoline cell inlet, together with a patented set up system to accommodate the hydrogen tanks. Voith makes use of pre-impregnated fibers, so-called TowPregs, as materials for the tanks, which Voith manufactures itself.
The manufacturing makes use of a particular winding course of that allows optimized winding layers. This permits increased storage quantities of H2 with none compromises by way of security, even with excessive pressures within the tank. Right here Voith focuses on 700 bar know-how to make sure lengthy ranges even with restricted set up areas. Mixed with quick refueling instances—it takes about ten minutes for full refueling—this ends in higher financial effectivity for the operator, in comparison with typical techniques.
The Plug & Drive H2 storage system is primarily designed for heavy-duty industrial automobiles, development automobiles and comparable purposes, the place the usage of battery-electric ideas doesn’t make sense from a cheap or technical perspective. Voith additionally ensures sustainability and recyclability all through all the lifecycle.
