Supercapacitors On-Board Light Rail Vehicles: Enhanced Energy Storage Systems for Improved Vehicle Efficiency. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Electric powered vehicles are in use in many cities for the benefit of public transportation. Although they allow for significant reductions in terms of emissions, their efficiency can be markedly improved. Modern vehicles can feed back to the grid up to 40 % of the energy supplied to them. This energy can be sent to other vehicles on the line provided that they will consume it simultaneously; but this is infrequent for tram networks where the ...