WeBus - The digital platform for fleet analysis and charging infrastructure planning

WeBus makes electrifying your bus system easy: the platform intuitively guides you through fleet analysis, processes schedule data, and shows you where the bus network can be optimally electrified. Automatic cost calculations and visualizations make complex decisions simple. Get started and create your own scenarios.

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Isometric illustration of electric bus infrastructure

Investment

1,2 M. €

Stop is electrified

Features

Simple operation

The website guides you step by step through the simulation process. Default values are available for all necessary input parameters. Expert knowledge is not required.

Diverse input data

You can upload bus schedules in various formats, e.g. as a simple .csv table or VDV-compliant as .x10. Alternatively, we offer open scenarios created from schedule data (GTFS).

Detailed process modeling

The tool takes into account a wide range of constraints that significantly affect the operation of electric vehicles. Charging times, cleaning, reparking, limited space, charging curves, and much more are all taken into consideration.

Electrification strategy

WeBus checks whether your bus fleet can get by with depot charging alone or whether opportunity charging along the route is needed. For charging along the route, WeBus optimizes your system so that as few terminal stops as possible need to be electrified.

Cost calculation

A cost calculation gives you an estimate of the total cost of ownership and an important benchmark for comparing scenarios.

Visualization

WeBus visualizes the key results of your scenario and also displays them on a map, quickly giving you a foundation for your next steps in electrifying your vehicle fleet.

WeBus-Code

Our software for modeling bus systems is publicly available. Here you can find the source code for SimBA, eFLIPS, and WeBus.

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The RLI tool SimBA

WeBus uses a combination of simulation tools in the backend. Here you'll find SimBA, a modular tool for calculating fleet electrification with a focus on charging strategies.

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The TUB tool eFLIPS

eFLIPS can be used to simulate, plan, and design electric fleets and depots.

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Consortium

WeBus was created as part of the E-Bus 2030+ research project. It was developed by TU Berlin and the Reiner Lemoine Institute and tested with BVG.