Development of a design urban bus with a new type of (green) propulsion powered by CNG compressed natural gas
‘Aid programme reference number: Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure and Development of 10 July 2015 on the granting of financial assistance by the Polish Agency for the Development of Enterprise under the Operational Programme Intelligent Development, 2014-2020 (Dz. U. of 2018, item. 871, as amended), the reference number of the aid programme SA.42799(2015/X)"The object of the project is to carry out a professional design process (PPP) and an initial investment, which will result in a new product – AUTOBUS MIEJSKI powered by CNG, a new style that will be consistent with the design of MODELA MMI and become a guideline for stylistic solutions. The project will be developed on base components (the chassis, powertrain, driving system) and will cover the front, rear, side line and solutions for the driver’s cabin and passenger space, profiling the bus for urban applications. The final result will be a small urban bus with a segment of 7-9 m long, directed to the public sector (community carriers) and private (transport companies). The need to implement the project results from: — the inconsistent design of MMI buses, requiring uniformity for brand identity – outdated, unattractive and non-ergonomic stylistic solutions for the outside and interiors, including unsuitable for urban applications. The above-mentioned difficulties will be eliminated as a result of the implementation of: 1. A PPP comprising: IT’S 1.1. Preliminary diagnosis: feasibility and relevance of the project from the perspective of the applicant’s current situation, human, infrastructure and financial resources. IT’S 1.2. Synthesis and analysis: the aim of this part is to confirm the assumptions made in the diagnosis regarding key needs, including the synthesis of information collected from users (decision makers, drivers, passengers) and in the field of technological solutions, completed with the development of assumptions for the design brief. IT’S 1.3. Development of prototypes and testing of solutions – in III