TSA is presenting a new generation of electric motors addressed at the electric bus market. Already today the Austrian supplier is among the partner of Solaris with regards to the trolleybus range. TSA central motor is also available on the battery-electric Urbino bus range.

Now it’s time to unveil a new generation of the application, which features an high torque value and is therefore particularly developed for steep roads.

tsa drive for electric buses

Traktionssysteme Austria, ‘Road Division’ for automotive products

The newly developed electric motor developed by TSA (Traktionssysteme Austria) contains several innovations regarding design, supply chain and manufacturing, the company points out. This is the second motor from a series of automotive-orientated products built within TSA’s ‘Road Division‘. TSA, as mentioned above, has created the ‘High Torque‘ solution for vehicles to easily handle steep roads or mountain slopes.

TSA and the decarbonization of transport

Public transportation and the commercial vehicle sector will be assigned a leading role in the reduction of CO2 emissions in the years ahead. TSA will take advantage of these opportunities in order to enter this product segment with the focused development of motors. By offering reliable electric motors for electric-powered buses and commercial vehicles, TSA will significantly contribute to the post-fossil mobility of tomorrow.

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The bus industry’s smartphone moment

On 18 March 1895, at 6:25 in the morning, the world’s first motor bus line opened between Siegen, Netphen and Deuz. The vehicle was a Benz Landauer. It had eight seats, a one-cylinder engine of five horsepower, and fifteen kilometres of bad road ahead of it. On the steepest hill, the passengers had ...

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