Innovation Segment : Electric Vehicles

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e-troFit to retrofit diesel buses to electric

Germany

German electronics and software company, in-tech, has now founded an independent arm called etroFit in order to retrofit diesel buses with electric drives in series production.

“Right from the start, our development goal was a professional retrofit solution that is in no way inferior to a new electric vehicle,” says Andreas Hager, Managing Director of the newly founded e-troFit GmbH.

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Innovation themes: LinkDrive EV-conversion kit, LinkDrive EVretrofit kit, Emission-free public transport.

Relevant for

  • Mechanical engineer
  • Automobile engineer
  • Electrical engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Power electronics engineer
  • Microelectronics engineer
  • Electrochemical engineer

Innovation sector

  • Electrical engineering
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy storage
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Logistics & transportation

Domain

Sustainable transport

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry

Transportation & logistics