Tests and Simulations for Assessment of Electric Buses Passive Safety

Electro-mobility is an increasing trend across the globe. In these vehicles, the passive safety has new and rather specific aspects. Some requirements for passive safety of parts of electric buses have already been set out in the UN/ECE 100.2 regulation. The REESS (Rechargeable Energy Storage System) poses a considerable risk in the event of a collision between a battery-powered electric bus and a massive barrier. Since the testing required for the vehicle approval is very costly, one can expect computer simulations in this field to flourish. This is the task with which authors of this paper have dealt in relation to the development of SKODA battery-powered buses.