Since 2017, exclusively EMIL electric buses have served Regensburg’s old town. In addition to sustainable and quiet passenger transport, they offer local companies and universities a research and development platform.
As a project partner and member of the Cluster Mobility & Logistics, the technology specialist Bertrandt has taken the opportunity to use this platform for a broad build-up of expertise. On the old city route, raw sensor data is collected using LIDAR image processing and is further processed for central research fields such as object recognition. These will support autonomous driving in urban environments in the future.
The company AVL Software & Functions, in cooperation with the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule, equipped one of the five Emil buses with an alternative drive concept and received financial support for this project from the Stadt Regensburg.
The Regensburg-based company Dyphox was also able to use the electric buses as a development platform for a new line of business. Surfaces in the buses that are touched by hands are coated with a disinfectant developed in-house to combat bacteria and viruses. Originally developed for use in clinics, doctors' offices and care facilities, Dyphox now wants to use the special coating of the same name in other public areas.
Partners
- AVL Software & Functions GmbH
- Bertrandt Technologie GmbH
- das Stadtwerk Regensburg GmbH
- Dyphox GmbH
- OTH Regensburg
- Stadt Regensburg