Advisory Report on Energy Usage and Energy Efficiency in Transportation
Table 4.5 Available car options for COMOS Car Model
Segment
Range
Charging Time
Renault ZOE
B
NEDC Driving Range = 209km
3 kW (single-phase 16 A Wall-Box)= 9 hours 22 kW (three-phase 32 A chargepoint) = 1 hour (80% battery charge level) 43 kW (three-phase 63 A charge point) = 30 min (80% battery charge level)
Renault Twizy
B
ECE -15 UTAC = 100km
3.5 hours (From 0% to 100%)
Nissan Leaf
B
EPA = 117km
N/A
Source: http://paultan.org/2014/09/23/comos-launch-next-month/
Hitherto, there are four separate initiatives from both private and public agencies on electric busses spearheaded by MAI, GreenTech Malaysia DreamEDGE Sdn Bhd. and. Sync R&D. MAI in collaboration with Bustech, Australia, ARCA Corp Sdn Bhd, AutoCRC, Austalia, and Swinburne University of Technology to develop an electric bus system as well as energy dense lithium batteries that will enable longer range per charge cycle. Trial runs of the high energy density lithium-ion batteries are currently underway and it is expected the prototype to be made available by the first quarter of 2015. Plans are in place to have the batteries manufactured locally. The first bus is planned to roll off the production line in July 2015, with trials to begin in September to be deployed initially in Putrajaya and Langkawi owing to their simple routing. ARCA Corp is said to invest RM200 million over a period of four years, with an expectation that the E-bus will be commercially available throughout the country in 2016. GreenTech Malaysia in partnership with AMDAC (M) Sdn Bhd launched its first electric bus in August 2013 followed by a six-month pilot project to test the feasibility of electric-powered buses as a mode of
public transportation in the Klang Valley. The vehicle was used in the recent Sukma Perlis Games to ferry people to stadiums as part of efforts increase public awareness on electric mobility. The China made 29-seater 325kW BDY K9 electric bus can ferry up to 70 passengers is able to travel 250km to 300km per charge. 20 charging stations are placed throughout the bus route in Klang Valley. The bus will be making inroads as Sunway BRT has ordered 15 units and Panorama Melaka has placed an order of 40 trial busses.
Figure 4.22 IGEM-AMDAC BYD K9 e-bu. Source: http://paultan.org/2014/10/20/byd-k9-e-bus-amdac-setfirst-deliveries/
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