Elbussar i Örnsköldsvik : En analys över vad som krävs för att elektrifiera bussarna i tätortstrafiken i Örnsköldsvik.

Sammanfattning: For Sweden to achieve its environmental goals by 2045, municipalities need to reducegreenhouse gas emissions, especially from from the transport sector. Recentmeasurements in Örnsköldsvik have shown poor quality air in the built-up environment.Buses are the vehicle classes that emit, proportionally the most carbon dioxide equivalentgases. The intention is to replace the current city buses with electric vehicles to take asignificant step on the road to zero emissions.When electric buses are planned for a city traffic implementation, you must first establishwhat kind of electric buses you want to use. In Örnsköldsvik, the most relevant alternativestoday are either depot-charged or additional-charged buses.Which of the bus types that the municipality chooses to implement will affect themdifferently. If they choose depot-charged buses, the vehicles will be more expensive, but itwill not be necessary to add as much infrastructure and the circulation plan will not be asaffected as in the other case. In addition, some of the lines are too long to run all day, atsome point during the day a depot-charged bus must be run empty back to the depot to bereplaced by a charged bus. If additional-charging is chosen, the infrastructure will be moreexpensive (though fixed infrastructure has a low total cost compared to the cost of thevehicles as these have a longer depreciation period) and the circulation plan will need somechanges so that the buses have time to charge for a few minutes at the end stops.With current electric bus technology, electric buses should work in Örnsköldsvik’s urbanarea. Most with depot charging, some lines may need additional charging. Minimumrecommendations are made for the depot size, location and electric effect needed. Also,recommendation of piloting with 6 busses rather than taking a “Big bang” approach toimplementation to gain experience.