Presentation of the EleNa prototype
On Friday, 22.7.2011, the EleNa partners presented the converted hybrid delivery van to a select audience at the Stuttgart exhibition centre. The interested visitors, amongst them, a member of the German parliament, Ute Vogt, were able to test drive the hybrid transporter on the road.
The vehicle was converted to a diesel-electric drive by the EleNa project partners within the framework of a project subsidised by the Stuttgart model region for electric mobility. The transporter now has four operation modes:
- the original combustion engine
- a solely electric drive
- the boost mode
- the charging mode
The electric traction drive enables emission-free inner city and local journeys. For longer journeys the conventional diesel drive is available.
The subsidised project electric drive retrofit kits for diesel delivery vehicles, EleNa for short, is a cooperation between medium-sized companies. The presented transporter serves as a prototype and base for development of diesel-electric retrofit kit to enable a fast and economic transition to the new mobility form.
More details concerning the operation modes of the parallel drive, technical data and the participating companies are available here.
Pictures of the event (click to enlarge)
