Development of a charging management system for a fleet of electric buses

The electric school bus is becoming increasingly popular with school transport operators and its penetration in the next few years in Quebec should be exponential. Lion Electric is the only manufacturer of large capacity electric school buses in North America and has become a leader in electrification in two years.
Autobus Laval, with a fleet of 160 school buses in the Quebec City area, is the largest operator of electric school buses in Quebec. It owns 7 electric buses and aims to acquire 25 by 2020 and ultimately own a 100% electric fleet.
The school bus is an ideal adaptation for the electric vehicle since it has stopover times to recharge during the day and night. However, Autobus Laval found that the bus exceeded its peak power requirements on several occasions, which resulted in a drastic increase in electricity costs.
Although Hydro-Quebec's rate is one of the lowest in North America, it is obvious that if this problem persists, the sale of electric buses will be heavily affected, unfortunately becoming an obstacle to their deployment.
It has become urgent for several industries to find a sustainable, cost-effective, simple and universal solution to optimize the operating costs of a fleet of electric buses. In this project, Hydro-Québec, Cortex, Autobus Laval and Lion Electric Company will collaborate with IVI to develop an optimized charging management system for a fleet of electric school buses.
This solution will promote the penetration of electric buses in the market and avoid 110,320 tonnes of CO2e emissions by 2029.

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