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    St. Louis Metro Transit, New Flyer partner with The Mobility House to launch largest electric bus fleet in U.S.

    Dec. 3, 2020
    The Mobility House’s smart charging system is now operational as construction for the project continues.
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    St. Louis Metro Transit has received The Mobility House’s comprehensive smart charging solution for the agency’s battery-electric bus fleet charging project, which is the largest in the U.S.

    Working for New Flyer of America, Inc. (New Flyer), the 4.35MW charging project has the first of its 20 150kW and three 450kW chargers now operating intelligently with the use of the Charging and Energy Management system ChargePilot from The Mobility House. ChargePilot adjusts the charging performance of electric buses according to real-time travel schedules, as well as the local utility Ameren Missouri’s time-of-use tariffs and peak demand charges, to deliver charging at the lowest cost to St. Louis Metro Transit.

    “With over 10 percent of the European bus market intelligently controlled by our technology, we are bringing a wealth of best practices and lessons learned in electric fleet charging management to this landmark project in St. Louis,” said The Mobility House U.S. Managing Director Greg Hintler. “Our experience at more than 500 commercial installations around the world and with automotive partners ranging from Audi to Tesla, has illustrated why our open standards-based approach to smart charging management not only optimizes charging costs but also future-proofs operations. As fleets scale their EV operations, it is interoperable systems that will ensure different chargers interface with other on-site systems regardless of vendor.”

    The Mobility House optimizes depot charging infrastructure and plans for managing overhead in-route charging to ensure St. Louis Metro Transit buses maintain a sufficient state-of-charge to complete all scheduled operations. The ChargePilot charging and energy management system can save more than 30 percent in operational charging costs versus unmanaged charging by reducing peak load and demand charges as well as through time-of-use (TOU) tariff optimization, where charging is scheduled during the most cost-effective times.