Viabilidad técnica para el funcionamiento de vehículos eléctricos en el sistema de transporte urbano en el cantón Riobamba.

Abstract

The objective of this project is to conduct analysis to determine the technical feasibility of the operation of electric buses in the urban public transportation system in the canton of Riobamba. For this, documentary research was conducted where studies on the urban transport system of the canton Riobamba were reviewed and data of certain operational parameters were obtained, along with this the implementation of electric buses in other cities of the world was analyzed in search of sustainable mobility and considerable reduction of greenhouse gases to obtain initial research parameters and conducting a field study to determine the state of the road infrastructure and urban transport system, and descriptive research which represents the data obtained in previous research to expose making a comparison between benefits and detriments. The technical characteristics that the electric bus must-have for its optimal operation in this transportation system are determined, with the determined operational parameters, considering the most critical values of the 16 routes identified as population and sample of the study. In this way, the electric bus will be able to operate technically without problems. The economic impact is high, due to the high price of the acquisition of an electric bus, which is $4,195,500 compared to a diesel bus at $13,2000. In terms of maintenance and energy consumption, the diesel bus is more economical, but its recovery in comparison to the price is very high. The environmental impact is that Ecuador does not have manufacturing companies that can recycle the batteries and can be reused them without leaving aside the tons of greenhouse gases that will be saved per year by the use of this type of transport.