André Burdet, Hitachi ABB Power Grids. The e-bus is a system: focus on the charging infrastructures

André Burdet is Vice President Product Management and Strategy and Head of e-mobility business at Hitachi ABB Power Grids. The company is sponsor of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2021 and will take a part to the webinar “The electric depot. Charging and managing large e-bus fleets”, scheduled for tomorrow, 6th of May. With the launch […]

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André Burdet is Vice President Product Management and Strategy and Head of e-mobility business at Hitachi ABB Power Grids.

The company is sponsor of the Sustainable Bus Tour 2021 and will take a part to the webinar “The electric depot. Charging and managing large e-bus fleets”, scheduled for tomorrow, 6th of May. With the launch of the Grid-eMotion Fleet system, last year, the company is targeting the market of large-scale public transport and commercial fleets of electric vehicles. And the portfolio features a flash charging solutions formerly (and widely) known as TOSA…

Topics of the videointerview: the takeover of ABB Power Grids by Hitachi; approaches to charging infrastructures; barriers and opportunities of the transition. A view towards the future: ‘electric mobility hubs’. Digitalization will be crucial.

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