VDL Groep

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APTS-PHILEAS Clean-HighTech PT-system
Phileas 18 m Fuel Cell Vehicles
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VDL is a consortium of companies

• VDL in the year 2010
• 79 companies
• Turnover 1,9 billion
• 16 countries
• Export 70
• 9 million sq ft production area
• 7,400 employees

• 20 companies belong to the VDL Bus Coach group
• Production in 2010 1,800 coaches buses
• Turnover 600 million

11 juli 2015
General presentation VDL Groep
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Phileas has been developed as an affordable
alternative for tram systems (SIL 2 and SIL 4
level)

• Available versions of the Phileas vehicle
• Length 60, 80 and 85
• Hybrid propulsion versions
• Parallel hybrid diesel (Allison)
• Serial Hybrid fuel cell (Ballard / Vossloh Kiepe)
• Serial Hybrid trolley (Vossloh Kiepe)
• Primove Induction 80 (Bombardier)

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Why Phileas platform for the H2 buses of
Amsterdam and Cologne?

• Innovative and futuristic design
• Light weight body construction (sandwich
  panels)
• lifetime gt 20 year
• All wheel steering
• Flexibility in design interior, exterior and
  system lay-out
• Independent wheel suspension
• Large capacity 18m (up to 140 passengers)
• Maximum weight 27,000 kg

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Specification Phileas H2 for GVB RVK
First 18 m Fuel Cell vehicle in the world!
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System lay-out of the Phileas
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• GVB Amsterdam
• 2 buses from 15 Aug.11
• Testing phase on the line

• RVK Cologne
• 2 buses from 1 June 11
• Testing phase completed
• Driving in service

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Future feasibility of fuel cell projects

• Price fuel cell and hybrid system should go down
• Life time has to raise 12,000 hours means
  approximately 2,00/km incl. hybrid 3.50/km.
  This will never affordable to the operators.
• Lot of improvements made last years in size,
  costs, weight, etc. Still not enough! Maybe
  technology should be improved.
• Very poor infrastructure of fuelling stations for
  H2.
• We are running out of time! Battery developments
  will catch up with H2 rapidly.

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