Lufthansa LEOS, inyanzvi yebasa repasi panhandare dzendege huru dzekuGermany, yave kushandisa eTug yekutanga pasi rose paFrankfurt Airport kubva muna 2016. Bazi rinotsigira reLufthansa Technik raisa yechipiri kushanda. Panguva yekuvaka kwayo, mamwe maitiro ekuvandudza akatorwa, iyo kambani yakaita pamusana pechiitiko chekushanda neTug yekutanga - zvose maererano nekugadzirwa kwemagetsi emotokari uye ergonomics kumutyairi.
Motokari yemagetsi ye700 kW yakagadzirwa nekambani yekuSweden yeKalmar Motor AB yakasvika paLufthansa LEOS muFrankfurt muchirimo chegore rino. Mushure mebasa rinodiwa rekusimudzira, sekuiswa kweredhiyo nematransponder, rava kushandiswa paFrankfurt Airport. Iyo eTug inochengetedza kuchengetedzwa kwezvakatipoteredza uye kudhonza chinzvimbo pamwe nekusundidzira kumashure kwendege hombe dzinotakura vanhu. Iyo inounza ndege dzakaita seAirbus A380 kana Boeing 747 zvemagetsi chete kunzvimbo dzadzo dzekupaka, kune hangar, kugedhi kana munzira uchishandisa pushback uye inogona kufambisa ndege kusvika pahuremu hwekusimuka hwematani mazana matanhatu. Ndizvo zvakapetwa ka600 uremu hwake.
Nekushandisa iyo eTug, inosvika makumi manomwe neshanu muzana ehutsi inogona kuchengetedzwa kana ichienzaniswa neyakajairwa, ine simba redhiziri tarakita. Iyo ruzha nhanho yeTug zvakare yakaderera zvakanyanya.
Motokari yemagetsi ine mavhiri ese uye mavhiri ese, zvekuti kunyangwe kureba kwayo kwemamita 9.70 uye hupamhi hwemamita 4.50, zviri nyore kufambisa kunyangwe munzvimbo yakaganhurirwa yezvigadziriso zvinosungirirwa. Mabhatiri e-lithium-ion ane simba re180 kilowatt maawa. Izvi zvinoenderana nekashanu kusvika katanhatu kugona kwemotokari yemagetsi inotengeswa. Kana zvichidikanwa, mabhatiri anogona zvakare kubhadharwa panguva yekushanda nerubatsiro rweiyo yakabatanidzwa dizeli injini, iyo range extender. Iyo dizeli unit saka inozadzisa basa rekuchengetedza, kuitira kuti mishoni iri kuuya iitwe chero zvazvingava.
Iyo eTug ipurojekiti mukati meE-PORT AN chirongwa paFrankfurt Airport. Chinangwa chayo ndechekushandura zvakatevedzana mhando dzemotokari paapron kuita electro-mobile drive tekinoroji. Pamusoro peLufthansa Group, vanodyidzana muchirongwa ichi vanosanganisira Fraport AG, State of Hesse uye Rhine-Main electromobility modhi dunhu. Iyo Federal Bazi rezvekutakurwa uye Digital Infrastructure iri kutsigira kudyara kwevadyidzani kwemamirioni akati wandei mumapurojekiti aya anotarisisa emagetsi emagetsi. Chirongwa ichi chinotsigirwa nesainzi neTechnical University yeDarmstadt uye Technical University yeBerlin. Muna 2014 E-PORT AN yakagamuchira mubairo une mukurumbira weGreenTec muchikamu che "Aviation", muna 2016 iyo Air Transport World Award se "Eco-Partnership of the Year". Kare muna 2013, hurumende yeGermany yakapa E-PORT AN sechirongwa chechiedza.
