The project focuses on the development of drive-relevant components that have received little attention in this context to date, but which are also relevant per se as a source of emissions for any form of drive energy generation and operation.
State-of-the-art, affordable, climate and environmentally friendly rail transport plays a central role in the transport transition.
There will still be a lot going on on the roads in the future: whether cars or trucks for individual mobility and goods transportation or buses and streetcars as part of local public transport - demand will remain high and usage habits strong.
The Next Generation Train (NGT) TAXI is a small, lightweight, automated rail vehicle with an overhead wire-independent drive for the reactivation and revitalisation of previously unprofitable routes in rural areas.
The FCH2RAIL project developed and demonstrated a bimodal drive system that combined power supply from the overhead line with an on-board hybrid power pack consisting of fuel cells and batteries.
The autonomous, driverless, U-Shift electric vehicle concept enables a new type of modularity by separating the driving module from the transport capsule, thus creating new intermodality, new products and business models.
