MENA Congress Speakers Focus On Electric Bus Trend

In the second session of the MENA Transport Conference, the speakers stated that the global trend is towards using electric and electronic vehicles after the negative environmental impacts of vehicles and buses powered by fossil fuel.

Li Jianguo, product manager at Zhengzhou Yutong, said, “There is a dire need for transporting people via electricity-powered transit means. He pointed out that the sales of electric buses in China have increased in recent years, especially after the Chinese authorities took serious measures to reduce the environmental pollution and encourage communities to use the clean energy.

In his paper, “Electric Bus Era”, Li Jian reviewed the advantages and services provided by Yutong electric buses. He explained the intelligent systems that connected electric buses electronically to many other transport systems such as metro, taxi and bicycle.

Jochen Fitzg, the director of ZF German Company, presented his paper “Electrical Mobilization of Urban and City Bus Applications” and gave a brief explanation of services offered by his company in the field of electric bus industry. He explained the advantages that the electric buses have given to the community, and highlighted its intelligent and modern systems that assist the driver and the control rooms of the operating companies.

Alex De Jong, Director Of Public Transport Business at DL Bus Dutch Company, addressed the electrical systems used in the electronic buses in many Dutch cities. He explained the simple ways that intelligent systems can recharge the bus at stations in close proximity or at the main station from which buses start. He pointed out that many transport companies began plans for replacing traditional vehicles by electric vehicles. The benefits are no longer limited to the environment only, but also include savings in spending, quality control, and operations.

Ulrich Schmidt, executive director of Germany’s Initpellen GmbH said in a paper on the effects of running electric buses that the recent studies in Europe supported all recent research on areas of clean energy. “There are encouraging government legislations, and the trend has taken place after the government and private sectors have identified the positive effects of using electric in powering buses.”