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Fuel Cell Buses in U.S. Transit Fleets : Current Status 2009
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2009-10-03
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Abstract:This report documents progress in meeting the technological challenges of fuel cell propulsion for transportation based on current fuel cell transit bus demonstrations and plans for more fuel cell transit buses and hydrogen infrastructure. Introducing new types of buses into the transit world is a well-understood, if sometimes challenging, process involving testing, demonstration, and limited production using increasingly greater numbers of vehicles. The three steps to introduce transit buses with fuel cell propulsion technology are: Step 1. Operational field testing and design shakedown (one to three vehicles). Step 2. Full-scale operational demonstration and fleet-ready reliability testing (five to twenty vehicles at several locations). Step 3. Limited production and full operation (50 to 100 vehicles at a small number of locations). Based on the number of buses in operation (currently 10 fuel cell buses in six locations in the United States, fuel cell transit bus introduction in North America is currently in step one. However, current plans in the United States and Canada will change this status from step one to step two within the next year.
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