After having conquered Paris carsharing – Autolib' 's network Bluecars – Bolloré group has gained Paris 100% electric buses market, for a value going from 10 to 40 millions euros.

In a competition seeing the participation of the Chinese BYD, Solaris, Volvo Bus or Iveco Bus, the RATP ad the STIF (the Autonomous Society of Paris Transports and the Transports Union of Ile-de-France), have confered to Bluebus society – a Bolloré group branch – the implementation of ten electric buses, traveling in the French capital end of 2015-beginning of 2016. 

Starting from the micro-buses already circulating in Paris, characterized by a length of 5.40 m and transporting a maximum of 22 passengers, Bluebus will develop “standard” buses 12 m long, provided with a 180 km autonomy without recharging (or more with an intermediary recharge at terminus), and with a capacity of (minimum) 90 passengers.

This is the first electric market of this importance in Europe and a strong support to the passage to a more ecologic mobility.

On November 12th-13th-14th was held in Turin the Smart Mobility World (SMW), an international event on smart mobility seeing the participation of companies, experts and institutions (research centres, universities, municipalities, public administrations), coming from all over the world to promote increasingly connected, digital, eco-sustainable transport solutions, in the pursuit of innovation.

The event hosted conferences on the topic, the international convention “Connected Automobiles” deeper focusing on connected vehicles, exhibition booths and lots of b2b meetings organised in three events – “International Tosm&Smart. Mobility Business Meetings”, “Smart Mobility Match – EEN Brokerage Event”, “TOSM – Torino Software & System Meeting”.

The SMW represented as well a meeting point between all those wanting to contribute to the mobility future benefiting from the opportunities offered by the EU in the R&D field, such as Horizon 2020 programme.

In this context, bylogix had the chance to meet important names in the international automotive panorama, as well as representatives of electric/hybrid vehicles niches, ICT system integrators, public transport organisations, railway players, energy suppliers, companies operating in logistics and emergency services, international research centres.

Noteworthy was the interest raised by our TFT digital dashboard, which has also been installed on “HI-QUAD”, an hybrid quadricycle developed in partnership with Niccolò Cusano University (Rome) and presented during the event.

Turin Smart Mobility World (12th-14th11/2014) hosted, among the others, "HI-QUAD”, a two-seats hybrid quadricycle developed by Nicolò Cusano University in Rome, in partnership with several Italian companies, among which bylogix.

It's an innovative vehicle characterized both by technical and technological advances and by aesthetical and ergonomic improvements.

The motor, supplied by the inverters placed behind the seats, is installed on back wheels in order to make a fully electronic structure lighter. Lithium battery packs are placed under the seats and guarantee an autonomy going from 60/80 km (with just one battery pack) to 120/160 km (with two batteries packs). Furthermore, the prototype is provided with a range extender thermic motor which comes into action when the battery level is too low, so that the driver can reach the closest recharge point.

During the vehicle development, bylogix designed and implemented the del Body Control Module (BCM), for the 12 volt electronics management (e.g. doors locking/unlocking, internal/external lights, etc.).

At the same time, our company managed the IPC development, creating a digital dashboard, provided with an high resolution TFT and a real time OS.

The passage from analogical to digital allows a quicker and greater information management, as well as a different use of spaces and images (the driver can intervene on configurable parameters - e.g. brightness, clock format, language, km/miles), facilitating a better human-machine interaction.

Last October 10th Turin's Chamber of Commerce hosted the "General Electric-Torino Day", an occasion for a meeting between the American multinational corporation and the best SME in Piedmont.

After a morning of overall presentation, GE managers met 33 selected companies, including bylogix, through four “focused” round tables (discussed topics: aeronautic and “oil&gas” sector, energy efficiency, health system), and B2B meetings.

Energy efficiency, partnerships with Piedmont companies, research of funding for innovation (e.g. H2020 EU programme), industrial internet, remote and preventive diagnostics were the central topics of the “Energy & Efficiency” round table, which bylogix took part in.

During the day, Europe’s value as an essential place of investment in technologies and manufacturing was recognised several times, as well as local SMEs’ importance as a source of high level skills and  local areas’ knowledge, elements opening the path to possible commercial partnerships.

Last September 13th was held in China the first Beijing ePrix 2014 (09/13th 2014), opening race of a 10 episodes championship ending next June 2015.

Won by Luca di Grassi, the first race saw 10 cars running, provided with Spark-Renault STR01E motor and able to exceed a 225km/h speed.

The championship, result of a mixture of engineering, technology, sport, science and design, proves electric vehicles’ role in the  future of the motor industry, contributing to raise interest for these cars and promoting their sustainability.

With Formula E season two, teams and manufacturers can showcase their own electrical energy innovations. Based on FIA technical specifications, teams will work for improving and developing battery technology, further supporting everyday electric vehicle market.

Next championship’s stop-over will be in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on November 22nd.