 Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen Welcome to this press conference in the very snowy Davos at the 48th annual meeting at for the World Economic Forum Thank you for joining us in the room and on live stream today. I'm joined by my panelist Taziz Kios Kazil mayor of Davos unfortunately The earl rich spearhoff the CEO of ABB won't be able to join us because of that forementioned Snow, but Christoph Cedar Head of communication at ABB will be joining us So today, I will invite my panelist to speak on this partnership for sustainable Transportation, mr. Kassili. Please go ahead Thank you very much for this in Traduction the mr. Cedar from ABB dear participants of the World Economic Forum Dear media representatives dear guests It is a great pleasure for me to welcoming you in the name of the municipality of Davos to today's media event in fall 2017 the municipality of Davos and ABB Decided to go into a partnership in the field of e-mobility Actually, this partnership consists of an electric bus project during the annual meeting 2018 as well as the installation of eight electric charging stations for private e-mobility within the city boundaries All the projects are hopefully to follow For the municipality of Davos this partnership is a unique possibility To enlarge its infrastructure for private e-mobility and to gain experience with e-mobility in the public transport sector We are very pleased to have the first e-bus fast charging in the force for the next days Only a few days ago. This bus has won the world door of art 2018 which is awarded by the Swiss Federation office of energy for excellent energy performance The municipality of Davos has been focusing on a consistent and goal oriented energy policy for many years in 2011 Davos was the first municipality in canton of greece's to get the label of an energy city This label is given to cities that are promoting renewable energies and ecologically sensitive mobility and efficient use of our resources Since its certification as an energy city the municipality of Davos has been Concentrating its efforts mainly on energy saving measures in its own buildings and companies Being a role model for its inhabitants be by doing so Many municipality buildings were energetically refueled bit and he he end The heating systems were changed to system using renewable energies in the sector of mobility The municipality has focused its efforts on an attractive public transport and On promoting measures for non-motorized traffic With the new e-bus project during this year's world economic forum The public transport company of the force gets the possibility to tie in with its pioneer work in 1999 At that time the public transport company changed its gas station to show for free diesel and Installed waste gas treatments in its buses Today all public buses of the force and its partners are equipped with oxidation catalysers and particle filters most of the Tradition traction power is gained by SCR technology however Co2 emissions could not be reduced significantly so far This is only possible by emission-free systems such as e-buses The present e-buses test. It's therefore very important to see if a permanent use of a buses on 1,500 meters above sea level is possible of course Electricity is gained to a hundred percent by hydro Hydroelectric power from the force and the canton of reasons Dear ladies and gentlemen, we have been aware since many years That we have to decrease our co2 emissions in order to prevent further Climate change and we know that this cannot only be done in the sector of heating But that but that we need to change our mobility as well Our results in the mobility sector were little so far But it is the present project and co cooperation with ABB that allows us to go a step further We can gain experience with emission-free power systems for public and private transport And we will hopefully be able to continue our pioneer work in this field We are happy to present our e-bus project to a large international public during these years world economic forum So thank you for your attention Actually, there will be right after this press conference an opportunity for you to try There will be a demonstration of these award-winning e-buses and you'll be able to see and Experience that so now I'm gonna ask mr. Cedar To explain the involvement of ABB in this partnership. Thank you very much, and thank you very much And thank you all for coming. Of course, we're thrilled about this partnership And we're very excited that we can announce this here today at the right at the beginning of the world economic forum 2018 Davos has always been a city that looks forward and leads the way and we at ABB are honored to have been able to support the city in Doing just that for well over a century In the 1890s our predecessor company BBC equipped the Davos power station with the transformer and the generator amongst other equipment and We electrified the Davos plots shots out for Nicola railway that many of you are familiar with already back in 1924 the local utility grid powered by hydroelectric generators and solar installations employs ABB technology and Now we are partnering with Davos to install some of our most advanced e-mobility infrastructure systems for both public and Private transportation So why are we doing this and why are we doing this here and now? Quite simply so that participants attending this year's World Economic Forum meeting can witness how Efficient and effective e-mobility already is today The centerpiece of this partnership will be the same ABB electric bus charging technology that won the prestigious Swiss innovation award What door it's a revolutionary new flash charging solution for electric buses. That is a mission-free Silent and requires no overhead lines or embedded tracks This is Tosa it looks just like a regular city bus until you look carefully at the roof There you will find a laser-controlled moving arm which connects in less than a second to an overhead receptacle integrated into the bus shelter It's flash charging technology delivers a 20 second high-power charge at selected bus stops as passengers leave or are boarding the bus This is world record time Thanks to recharging along the route the battery size and the weight of the bus have been reduced Resulting an increased space for passengers and greater overall energy efficiency So while these e-buses have smaller quick charge batteries They're big enough to carry more passengers and they can change their routes when needed So Tosa paves the way to a better future for people who live in cities ABB first installed Tosa in Geneva and We have been contracted to supply this technology for a new fleet of 24 meter articulated buses in the French city of Nantes When complete those buses are projected to carry some 2,500 commuters every hour The beauty of the Tosa system is its flexibility It can be applied to fully electric or hybrid buses and can be charged wherever there's a roof mounted connector For the duration of the World Economic Forum our Tosa flash charging system will running from the tourist information center to the hospital The charging stations at bus stops along this route will be powered by curbside transformers Which take alternating current from the power grid and convert it to direct current used by the E-Bus ABB is very pleased to partner with Davos on this installation Given its deserved reputation as city that promotes scalable Sustainable green urban development projects. We strongly support such projects We're complimenting the temporary Tosa bus route with eight permanent Terra multi-standard DC charging stations for private cars and Many of the trains serving Davos are equipped with ABB technology as is the power grid powered by hydroelectric generators and solar installations In short Davos has adopted an end-to-end electric mobility system that will serve as a potential global model for clean climate-friendly sustainable transport Sustainable transport solutions make up an important part of ABB's extensive portfolio of clean energy efficient technologies We've worked particularly hard in recent years to expand our position as the world's leading provider of electric vehicle fast charging stations With more than six thousand charges installed in already 56 countries and Through our recently announced partnership with the formula electric car racing organization ABB is helping to refine the design and functionality of electric vehicles and infrastructure as well as associated digital platforms We are here because we want to show the world that our e-mobility solutions are as resilient and reliable as there is simple and elegant The world economic forum is an ideal location for this e-mobility initiative because the web serves as an enabler and connector Its goal is to improve the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global regional and Industry agendas. It is our hope that by showcasing the latest e-mobility solutions here We can underline that transport technologies present a tremendous opportunity and the fight against climate change Thank you very much Thank you We might have a few minutes for questions. So I'm gonna open up the floor And then we can go ahead. So Mike will come to you Please state your name and the organization that you're with Thank you to two questions One is not really related to this. Mr. Mayor. Would you give us an indication on the snow and how divorce has been handling? The snow because I believe it's three weeks now that you having to work over time maybe just give us a little bit of background to that and Mr. Cedar, could you maybe update us on solar impulse? It made a big splash here last year And now it's been quite for the next year. So perhaps what's going on in that side. Thank you So at the moment we have a lot of problems with the snow in the last 48 hours became More than two meters of snow and that's a big problem for us because we have always to transport the snow out Of the force and we don't have at the moment enough places to to Keep out the snow So we have problems with alavances in the morning. We tried to shoot the alavances. So Two of ten they go down and the other eight we must try tomorrow I hope that tomorrow we don't we can fly with the helicopter and I hope that we can shoot the other alavances, but It will be okay. I hope so tomorrow. It's finished with snow and we will have Tomorrow and The other two or three three days of this week beautiful weather with a lot of sunshine and then We don't have so much problems as we had the last time So we tried to shoot the avalanche with the helicopter. So with a gas gas Bomb it's just the right the right word. So and then the bomb Are one meter or two meters Over the the snow level. There is an explosion and then the alamange We hope so that they go goes down It's Not so easy to do it When we we need a lot of although we need their beautiful weather that we can fly with the helicopter and tomorrow at 10 o'clock One alamange just one Goes down in in the foe staff Regarding your question about soul impulse so soul impulse was a very exciting project for us ABP is a pioneering technology company serving utilities industry transport and infrastructure and obviously for us It was key to be associated with the project. We got engaged heavily We had engineers on the project and as you all know It turned out to be not a one-year project, but a two-years project So in 2016 when it finally successfully circumnavigated the world as the first Plane in human history and not using a single drop of fossil fuel. We were I guess as thrilled as Petronica was an Andrew Boschberg or dear friends. We're still in close contact. But as you know, the program was wrapped up afterwards And so at the moment there is no further plans for soul impulse to roll out a second such project from our Understanding at least but we were highly highly pleased with the outcome with a lot of R&D work that we put into and we learned a lot from that project That we will now apply for our customer benefits So we have one more a time for one more question on the sustainable transportation Go ahead Andreas van der Basler Zeitung I have a question concerning the bus stops and the charging system so how much kilowatts can charge at one time and How if you have then a fleet of buses How much would be the investment into infrastructure if you would have to put it up for example with the example in note? Let me start answering with your second question. Obviously the Benefit of the system is that you do not require an overhead infrastructure You don't need any sort of wayside lines to be installed. So Versus the current existing trolley bus system It's a huge advantage in that sense and of course and also from a maintenance perspective It's much more efficient and then it depends obviously on the terrain on the topology of the bus line Whether it's a hilly terrain whether it's a flight terrain whether you have a lot of stops at traffic lights And then you need to design the bus line according To the needs where will most of the people board where you have the heaviest load So that's like I said, it's the beauties its flexibility It can be installed anywhere. It can also be installed for example, especially in sub-urban areas So where you the construction of overhead lines would be very expensive So taking from the city centers to the outskirts So there we see a huge market and the huge potential also, of course if you have cities where you have a historic Monument or where that under historic protection and then you don't need to have all the cabling and wiring Or cities like Davos where you know, you have to serve a lot of you have as you know Davos is a very long-stretched city, but then you have a lot of outskirts Settlements that you can reach with that ebus solution in a quite inexpensive and efficient way So that's what we believe regarding the voltage. I would like to throw the question to our experts as Wato here Do you know the highest voltage possible? 600 kilowatts Yes, it's flesh charging Yes, it's it's a robot arm that comes out with the cable and that connects to the bus And therefore it's a flesh charging technology like I said, it's world record So we can do it actually in 15 seconds. The requirement in Geneva was to do it within 20 seconds But it can be done in 15 seconds I just asked you to sorry you need the 600 kilowatts Cable a relatively thick cable with how much ampere To go to this bus stop which before used only electricity for lighting, isn't it? Just what you can answer The idea is if you did it so quickly then the grid would trip So as the buses are moving slowly the There's a battery that's being charged and when the bus comes it Gives the charge in a flash So that way it does not trip the grid so it draws from the grid very slowly right Very quick question. We'll take it and then we'll have to wrap up. Thank you for your enthusiasm It's my third time to be here But I found it's the most terrible Traffical jam here today and our boss from Zurich to here cost our Cost us maybe four hours much much longer than usual so can do you think this problem would be improved or? What can we do for it? I Don't know that problem is that we have so so much of snow What shall we do? It's impossible. We must Put the snow or try to to bring the snow out of of the force and We can do nothing we hope that Tomorrow or the tomorrow morning during this night. I hope that we begin Maybe 20 or 30 sentiments of snow Maybe a half of a meter the only what you can do is take to train or take the Public transport possibility that we have that you can take to train From the first off to the first blood so to close this or that's the only what you can do The best is you take the ABB train E-buss Yes on that note I will thank you all for joining us today for this press conference for the people in the room and online and I again invite you to go to the demonstration to see these award-winning e-buses. Thank you. Thank you very much