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An important milestone was reached, as part of the City Mobility demonstration project, with the installation of a first pantograph at Angrignon terminus. This very first quick-charging station will soon be ready to start working, with a second station planned near Square Victoria, in the city’s Quartier international.
An important milestone was reached, as part of the City Mobility demonstration project, with the installation of a first pantograph at Angrignon terminus. This very first quick-charging station will soon be ready to start working, with a second station planned near Square Victoria, in the city’s Quartier international.
A pantograph is similar to an articulated arm that unfolds when a bus stops beneath it, using conduction to fully recharge the batteries located on top of the bus at the back, an operation that takes fewer than five minutes. Once that recharge is completed, the pantograph retracts and is ready to be used again when the next bus arrives.
The project also includes the installation of a slow-charging station at LaSalle bus garage, so that bus batteries may be recharged overnight.
Next steps
Once the installation of quick-charging and slow-charging stations is completed, the STM will take delivery of three electric buses and conduct testing without passengers starting in winter 2017. Passenger service implementation will follow in spring.
Testing will go on until December 2019.
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