| Project type: |
R&D project
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| Company: |
Joined research project of SNCF, INRETS, ALSTOM, CONNEX, EDF and RATP
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| Country: |
France
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| Duration: |
Start: 12/2000
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| Project aims: |
Assessment of the technical feasibility of a hybrid vehicle with ultracapacitor storage and development of a bench demonstrator
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| Application area: |
The current project aims at testing a bench demonstrator vehicle(s)
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| Description: |
| The project studies the technical feasibility and the economic and environmental performance of a catenary-free city tram-train or tramway operating with energy supplied by on-board double-layer capacitors charged at stations.
The project is divided into 2 phases: study and bench demonstrator.
The project is partly funded by the French PREDIT programme.
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date created: 2003-02-28