I-Lufthansa LEOS, uchwepheshe wezinsizakalo zokusingatha phansi ezikhumulweni zezindiza ezinkulu zaseJalimane, ibisebenzisa i-eTug yokuqala emhlabeni e-Frankfurt Airport kusukela ngo-2016. Inkampani engaphansi kwe-Lufthansa Technik manje isifake eyesibili ukusebenza. Ngesikhathi sokwakhiwa kwayo, kucatshangelwe amandla athile okuthuthukiswa, inkampani eyenziwe ngesisekelo sesipiliyoni sokusebenza nge-eTug yokuqala - kokubili mayelana nomklamo wezobuchwepheshe wemoto kanye ne-ergonomics yomshayeli.
Imoto kagesi enamandla angu-700 kW eyakhiwe inkampani yaseSweden iKalmar Motor AB ifike eLufthansa LEOS eFrankfurt ngentwasahlobo yalo nyaka. Ngemva komsebenzi odingekayo wokuthuthukisa, njengokufakwa komsakazo nama-transponder, manje isisetshenziswa e-Frankfurt Airport. I-eTug iqinisekisa ukunakekelwa kwemvelo kanye nokudonsa indawo kanye nokuphusha kwezindiza ezinkulu zabagibeli. Iletha izindiza ezifana ne-Airbus A380 noma i-Boeing 747 ngogesi kuphela ezindaweni zazo zokupaka, endaweni yokuphakela izimoto, esangweni noma endleleni isebenzisa i-pushback futhi ingahambisa indiza ifike esisindweni esiphezulu sokusuka esingamathani angu-600. Lokho kuyisisindo esiphindwe ka-15 kwesakhe.
Ngokusebenzisa i-eTug, kufikela kumaphesenti angama-75 okukhishwa kwegesi kungongiwa uma kuqhathaniswa nogandaganda wendiza evamile, osebenza ngodizili. Izinga lomsindo we-eTug nalo liphansi kakhulu.
Imoto kagesi inamasondo onke kanye nesiteringi esinamasondo onke, kangangokuthi naphezu kobude bayo obungamamitha angu-9.70 nobubanzi obungamamitha angu-4.50, kulula ukuyiqondisa ngisho nasendaweni elinganiselwe kancane yama-hangars okunakekela. Amabhethri e-lithium-ion anomthamo wamahora angu-180 kilowatt. Lokhu kuhambisana cishe nokuphinda izikhathi ezinhlanu kuya kweziyisithupha umthamo wemoto kagesi etholakalayo ukuthengisa. Uma kunesidingo, amabhethri angaphinde ashajwe ngesikhathi sokusebenza ngosizo lwenjini edidiyelwe yedizili, i-extender yebanga. Ngakho-ke iyunithi ye-diesel igcwalisa umsebenzi wokuvikela, ukuze ukuthunyelwa okuzayo kungenziwa kunoma yikuphi.
I-eTug iphrojekthi engaphakathi kohlelo lwe-E-PORT AN e-Frankfurt Airport. Inhloso yawo ukuguqula ngokulandelana izinhlobo zemoto ngayinye ku-apron zibe ubuchwepheshe bokushayela kwe-electro-mobile. Ngaphezu kweQembu le-Lufthansa, ababambisene kulolu hlelo bahlanganisa i-Fraport AG, i-State of Hesse kanye nesifunda semodeli ye-electromobility ye-Rhine-Main. I-Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure isekela ukutshalwa kwezimali kozakwethu kwama-euro ayizigidi ezimbalwa kulawa maphrojekthi abheke phambili e-electromobility. Lesi sinyathelo sisekelwa ngokwesayensi yi-Technical University yase-Darmstadt kanye ne-Technical University yaseBerlin. Ngonyaka wezi-2014 i-E-PORT AN yathola indondo edumile ye-GreenTec emkhakheni othi “Aviation”, ngo-2016 indondo Yomhlaba Yezokuthutha Zomoya njengokuthi “I-Eco-Partnership of the Year”. Kakade ngo-2013, uhulumeni waseJalimane waklonyelisa i-E-PORT AN njengomklamo wokukhanya.
