General Assembly meeting
On 29 January, the Consortium held its General Assembly meeting online. The technical progress have been presented and discussed in detail, special attention was payed to the progress towards the [...]
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02, 2021
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10, 2020
Flash news: Bus Demo on roller bench
Before summer vacations the ORCA Bus demonstrator has been tested on roller test bench in electric mode using new multimodal driveline. Soon the vehicle will be completed with the installation [...]
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09, 2020
Flash news: Regional Distribution Truck in full electric mode
A major milestone has been achieved in WP4 just before summer vacations started, the ORCA truck can finally be driven in full electric mode. Now the focus of the team [...]
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09, 2020
Update: Optimisation Framework and Methodology
The work on ‘Optimisation Framework and Methodology’ is still progressing well, despite minor Covid-19 delays. An extensive comparison between CNG and Diesel engine has been performed to assess the impact [...]
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03, 2020
Update: Regional Distribution Truck
ORCA is developing a distribution Plug-In Hybrid truck to be able to cope with future ZEZ (Zero Emission Zones) restrictions in cities and urban areas. The truck hardware build has [...]
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03, 2020
Update: Optimisation Framework and Methodology
Cycling and calendar ageing tests are currently being performed at the VUB to characterise the bus prototype battery storage system with relevant State of Charge and State of Health algorithms. [...]
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11, 2019
The fourth ORCA General Assembly meeting
The fourth ORCA General Assembly meeting The fourth General Assembly meeting took place on 24 and 25 October 2019 at VUB’s premises in Brussels, Belgium. The main focus has been [...]
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11, 2019
Internal ORCA workshop on Measurements & Evaluation
The last challenging stage of the ORCA project has just started: developed concepts and solutions are to be validated/verified through virtual and experimental testing. Laboratory based testing of both the [...]
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09, 2019
The ORCA Demonstrators
ORCA will produce two hybrid demonstrator vehicles: a truck and a bus. They will be exhibited at the project’s final event which will take place at TNO’s premises in Helmond, [...]
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09, 2019
Virtual Investigation of CNG vs. Diesel Engine Usage
Within the ORCA project, various methods and tools have been developed and applied to improve the design and specifications of hybrid powertrain components leading to better efficiency and to downsize [...]