BUSMAKERS' NEWS * China - to run zero-emission fuel-cell buses in July
Shanghai,China -Fuel Cell Works (USA), by George Gao -6 May 2008: -- At the recent Beijing auto show, Beiqi Foton Motor launched China's first city bus model using the third-generation zero-emission fuel cell technology. The carmaker has produced four city buses powered by the fuel cells and will put them into a trial run on the designated streets in Beijing after the industry and municipal authorities give the green light... Featuring the all-new third-generation fuel-cell technology, this Foton fuel-cell bus (codenamed Ou-V Bus, or Eu-V Bus) is equipped with the NiMH power battery and uses the hybrid fuel cell power to achieve the eco-friendly "zero-emission" standard. Foton's sophisticated fuel cells and supporting technologies ensure the "zero-emission" function of the new-energy bus... Beiqi Foton said it will produce only a limited number of the fuel-cell-driven buses later this year because the manufacturing cost of the fuel-cell bus is still prohibitively high (at about 5 million yuan, or $716,000). The company will export some of the fuel-cell buses, and it has received the first order from the United States for the vehicle.Labels: busmakers' news
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