Patent ID: 8720617
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60Y,B62D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electric bus, comprising: a body including a floor, a rear cabin, and two front wheel wells, the front wheel wells being disposed in a middle section of the body, the body further including a seat area having one or more seats arranged in one or more rows, the rear cabin being disposed behind a back row of the seats; a chassis; a battery system for providing electric power to the electric bus; wherein, the battery system, comprising: a first battery group disposed above the respective front wheel wells; a second battery group disposed under the floor and proximate to an intermediate row of the seats; a third battery group disposed under the floor and proximate to a back row of the seats and in the rear cabin behind the back row of seats; and two battery assembly cabinets disposed above respective front wheel wells of the body, the battery assembly cabinets being disposed symmetrically with respect to a longitudinal center line of the body.