BUSMAKERS' NEWS * Germany - Mercedes to debut new fuel cell bus
Stuttgart,Germany -Autobloggreen, by Sam Abuelsamid -May 12, 2009: -- Next month at the UITP Congress in Vienna (the World Congress of the International Association of Public Transport) Mercedes-Benz will debut its next generation Citaro FuelCELL hybrid bus... Daimler has been working on fuel cell buses since 1997 and the new buses will be deployed into test fleets across Europe beginning this fall... Previous generations of Mercedes' fuel cell buses have accumulated more than 1.2 million miles and 135,000 hours of service in field testing. The new bus incorporates technology from the recently introduced Citaro G BlueTec hybrid bus and uses a series hybrid configuration with hub motors and a lithium ion battery. The hybrid powertrain, which relies more on the battery for transient power requirements allowing the fuel cell to run at constant output, cuts fuel consumption by 10-25 percent... * Germany - Daimler Gets a Piece of the Tesla Pie
Stuttgart,Germany -The Green Motorist, by Melissa -May 19, 2009: -- Daimler AG and Tesla (USA) have already been in collaboration on a lithium ion battery project. Now, the company has acquired a nearly 10% stake in Tesla... Prof. Herbert Kohler, Daimler’s VP of E-Drive and Future Mobility, will be joining Tesla’s Board of Directors...
* Germany - Proton Motor Previews Triple-Hybrid Electric Drive Passenger Bus
Puchheim,Germany -Eco Silly (USA) -15 May 2009: -- Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH, has previewed the first passenger bus using the company’s “triple-hybrid” fuel cell system... The new vehicle is the product of a cooperation agreement between Skoda Electric, UJV Nuclear Research Institute Rez plc and Proton Motor. As a manufacturer of trolley buses and electric-powered rail vehicles, Skoda Electric was responsible for the vehicle, including its electric drive system and system integration. The project was coordinated by UJV, a leading research institution in the Czech Republic. Proton Motor supplied the propulsion system... The triple-hybrid system combines a 50 kW PM Basic A 50 fuel cell system, battery pack and ultra-capacitors. Factoring in regenerative braking as well, the system enables energy savings of more than 50% compared to a conventional diesel bus, according to Proton, while being emissions-free in operation... The basic vehicle is a 12-meter standard bus with a total permissible weight of 18 tonnes... The bus carries 20 kg of compressed gaseous hydrogen at 350 bar, and the filling process takes less than 10 minutes. The vehicle will go into operation in and around Prague from mid-2009 onwards...Labels: busmakers' news worldwide
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