G5e. The Type A school bus will also include a fleet man- agement system with a remotely activated cabin and battery preconditioning, he added. Active thermal management will be available for over 4,000 LFP battery cycles and will be equipped with thermal insulation to achieve ultimate performance in cold and hot conditions. Accelera is developing both LFP and Li-ion, noted Dar-
ren Liu, the company’s executive director of battery products. “There are advantages to both chemistries,” he said. “We’re working closely with OEM partners to deliver the options that will allow them to meet their long-term transition goals.” Battery cell chemistry is just one factor in the overall
performance of the battery pack, Liu added. He noted that Accelera has two LFP battery programs, BP107E and BP104E. Aimed at supporting different applications and chassis designs, the LFP packs are designed to have a longer life expectancy than other chemistries and charge quickly. Accelera also offers a nickel manganese cobalt(NMC) lithi- um-ion pack, BP97E, which has a more compact design to fit more energy in a smaller space and is the lightest weight pack in the company’s portfolio. Batteries currently used by Blue Bird include models from Borg Warner (Akasol) and Freudenberg (XALT). Based
The undercarriage of an IC Bus CE Series electric school bus used during STN EXPO East inspection training on June 1, 2024, held at Brownsburg Community School Corporation in Indiana.
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