American Fuel Cell Bus Project: First Analysis Report

Details

• Creators:
  Eudy, Leslie ; Chandler, Kevin
• Corporate Creators:
  Battelle Memorial Institute ; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fuel cell vehicles
  • Bus transit operations
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Electric buses
  • Research reports
  • Hybrid vehicles
  • Hydrogen
  • Public transit
  • Zero emission vehicles
  • Infrastructure
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0047
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1503617
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  California
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Research, Demonstration, and Innovation
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Bus Transportation
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes the experience and early results from the American Fuel Cell Bus Project, a fuel cell electric bus demonstration funded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the National Fuel Cell Bus Program. A team led by CALSTART and SunLine Transit Agency developed a next-generation fuel cell electric bus for demonstration. The 40-foot ElDorado National transit bus features a BAE Systems series hybrid propulsion system powered by a Ballard Power Systems fuel cell and lithium iron phosphate batteries. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been tasked by FTA to evaluate the buses in service. This report documents the early development and implementation of the buses and summarizes the performance results through February 2013.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  CO-26-7004
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36118/dot_36118_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.30 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7d915ee44bb5140544ad6e2415efda5a49a8607da876c00334556ba465b14391