Partnership to develop zero emissions hybrid fuel cell bus announced
Wed 25 October 2006
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General Electric's (GE) Niskayuna Research Centre has announced a new $13m project to develop a hybrid fuel cell bus in partnership with the Federal Transit Administration, Ballard Power Systems and A123 Systems.
The partnership aims to develop a lightweight, battery dominant zero emissions hybrid fuel cell bus with a range of up to 200 miles.
The research will be led by GE’s Global Research Center, New York, where researchers have long experience in hybrid vehicles and expertise in battery chemistry.
The focus of the research partnership will be to reduce fuel cell power requirements and improve energy storage technologies, which would help to increase the commercial viability of the technology.
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