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According to foreign media, Alstom, a French company, recently demonstrated the latest ground-based charging system SRS in Malaga, Spain, which has been proved to be dedicated to electric buses. As part of the Paloma pilot project in the southern Spanish city, an SRS prototype is powering an electric bus at a bus stop in front of the school of industrial engineering at the University of Malaga. The prototype is equipped with a 200 kW charger and connected to a 12 meter long linker electric bus. The bus operates on line 1 and is operated by EMT, the local transport operator. (picture source: Alstom) Paloma (alternative operation mode prototype of travel assets) is a pilot project jointly funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund and CDTI financing organization. Alstom is becoming a leader in an alliance that includes Endesa, a Spanish utility provider, and Mansel, an electrification contractor, supported by the city of Malaga, EMT, a transport operator, and the University of Malaga, with the goal of creating the world's first prototype of an automated ground rapid charging system for 100% of buses. All cities are committed to achieving the grand goal of decarbonization. Cities such as Paris, Brussels and Madrid aim to completely eliminate diesel locomotives by 2030. And electric buses play an important role in this kind of goal, which promotes the demand for charging system, which must be efficient, unobtrusive and compatible with the growing electric bus fleet. The SRS system developed by Alstom for electric buses can bring various benefits to cities and bus operators. SRS is a completely safe, ground-based, conductive and static charging system, which can allow on-board equipment to automatically charge, such as when the bus is running on the line or in the parking lot, or when it is off duty, it can be in the "state of charge". As a ground-based solution, SRS system eliminates the need to build overhead infrastructure in the city, so as not to affect the aesthetic feeling of urban landscape. In the parking lot, SRS can avoid the cost of building the infrastructure related to the overhead infrastructure, simplify the maintenance to the greatest extent, and it is also compatible with the on-board access equipment in the parking lot at present. SRS system is an extensible, interoperable and non dedicated system, which is applicable to all kinds of buses, and is not affected by different bus manufacturers or technologies. The SRS system developed for electric bus is based on Alstom's static charging technology for tram SRS, which is a proven solution and has been operated in nice, France. For 15 years, Alstom has been developing and deploying wireless charging solutions to fully integrate trams into the city center with a long history in technology and aesthetics. Such APS and SRS solutions have been sold to 12 cities around the world and provide power for trams, supporting them to run more than 40 million kilometers.