Electric bus migration in Bengaluru with dynamic charging technologies

Ankit Kumar Begwani; Taha Selim Ustun; Ankit Kumar Begwani; Taha Selim Ustun

doi:10.3934/energy.2017.6.944

AIMS Energy

2017, Volume 5, Issue 6: 944-959. doi: 10.3934/energy.2017.6.944

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Electric bus migration in Bengaluru with dynamic charging technologies

Ankit Kumar Begwani ¹,
Taha Selim Ustun ^{2
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Department of Civil Engineering, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India
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Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

Received: 13 October 2017 Accepted: 29 November 2017 Published: 06 December 2017

Rapid but unplanned urban development coupled with economic growth has resulted in congestion and pollution concerns in Indian cities. This forced India consider taking concrete steps towards design policies that would help stir the nation towards a more sustainable future. India, along with other bigger Asian economies like China, needs to address the growing global concerns over climate change and design their framework and policies to help cut down the greenhouse gas emissions. Transportation is a major source of pollution. A shift towards a pro-public transport policy would solve the traffic congestion problems and address the emission concerns. India has a significantly higher modal share of public transportation in its major cities. Public bus transport system acts as a lifeline to the India’s poor and middle class citizens. The following study focuses on the need for a replacement of conventional fossil fuel dependent buses with Electric buses in the existing public transport bus fleet in the city of Bengaluru. A design has been developed to utilize wireless charging technologies to realize electric bus migration in Bengaluru.
- electric bus,
- induction charging,
- exhaust emission reduction,
- public transport,
- smart city,
- sustainable living,
- opportunity charging
Citation: Ankit Kumar Begwani, Taha Selim Ustun. Electric bus migration in Bengaluru with dynamic charging technologies[J]. AIMS Energy, 2017, 5(6): 944-959. doi: 10.3934/energy.2017.6.944

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Abstract

Rapid but unplanned urban development coupled with economic growth has resulted in congestion and pollution concerns in Indian cities. This forced India consider taking concrete steps towards design policies that would help stir the nation towards a more sustainable future. India, along with other bigger Asian economies like China, needs to address the growing global concerns over climate change and design their framework and policies to help cut down the greenhouse gas emissions. Transportation is a major source of pollution. A shift towards a pro-public transport policy would solve the traffic congestion problems and address the emission concerns. India has a significantly higher modal share of public transportation in its major cities. Public bus transport system acts as a lifeline to the India’s poor and middle class citizens. The following study focuses on the need for a replacement of conventional fossil fuel dependent buses with Electric buses in the existing public transport bus fleet in the city of Bengaluru. A design has been developed to utilize wireless charging technologies to realize electric bus migration in Bengaluru.

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