Responsibles
Electric Mobility
Jürgen Lange
Team Manager of Electric Mobility j.lange@vcdb.de
Jürgen Lange is devoted to innovation subjects such as electric mobility and alternative propulsion technologies. The focus therefore is on hybrid technology in regional passenger transport and the technological implementation of electric driven buses.
Since 1996 Jürgen Lange has already been active for VCDB as project manager of complex start-up missions in Germany and abroad.
Vita
- Craftsman for Urban Transport, Master of Transport Technology
- Graduate in Transport and Transportation Engineering from Ingenieurschule für Transportbetriebstechnik Gotha
- 1976 – 2008 Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG, e.g. Head of the Operations Department and Assistant Head of Center Bus, Project manager of implementation and starting up of CargoTram, low-floor articulated bus Solaris, Hybrid Bus
- Since 1996 working for VCDB (with interruptions), since 2010 Team Manager of business unit Electric Mobility
- Qualification as certified Project Management Expert (GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e.V.)
Christian Soffel
Project Engineer c.soffel@vcdb.de
Project development and management in the areas of electric vehicles and renewable energies are Christian Soffel’s specialist subjects. Together with transport companies, research and industrial partners he has carried out projects in the fields of electric vehicles, charging technologies, network integration and sustainable transport concepts for funding agencies at federal and state levels.
Vita
- Graduate in Geography, Geology and Political Sciences in Mannheim, Hamburg and Frankfurt/Main; focus on transportation geography and logistics, urban geography, cartography
- 2001 – 2002 trainee and freelancer for CargoLifter Network GmbH in Frankfurt/Main
- 2004 project assistant for “Nahverkehrsberatung Südwest”, Heidelberg
- Since 2005 project engineer and assistant of the management board of VCDB
Christine Schwärzel
Project Engineer c.schwaerzel@vcdb.de
Christine Schwärzel is responsible for the project management of research and development projects all about electric mobility and alternative propulsion technologies of all transport sectors.
Delivering feasibility studies as well as macroscopic and microscopic modelling belong to her fields if activity in the range of transport planning.
Vita
- Graduate in Transportation Engineering, specialised in transport planning and transport engineering, University of Technology Dresden
- 2002 – 2005 working as freelancer
- Since 2006 project engineer for VCDB
