Fuel cell bus
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A fuel cell bus is a bus that uses a hydrogen fuel cell as its power source for electrically driven wheels, sometimes augmented in a hybrid fashion with batteries or a supercapacitor.
A few companies are conducting hydrogen fuel cell research and practical trials. These include:
- Daimler AG, with thirty-six experimental units powered by Ballard Power Systems fuel cells completing a successful three-year trial, in eleven cities, in January 2007.
- Thor Industries (the largest maker of buses in the U.S.), based on UTC Power fuel cell technology
- Irisbus, based on UTC Power fuel cell technology
There are also fuel cell powered buses currently active or in production, such as a fleet of Thor buses with UTC Power fuel cells in California, operated by SunLine Transit Agency.[3]
The Fuel Cell Bus Club is a global cooperative effort in trial fuel cell buses.
Ford began leasing E-350 shuttle buses in late 2006.
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- ^ European Fuel Cell Bus Project Extended by One Year. DaimlerChrysler. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ Fuel cell buses. Transport for London. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
- ^ UTC Power - Fuel Cell Fleet Vehicles.
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