Year Engine Fuel Cell Fuel Cell Range Max. Bus Mfr. Operation Model Fuel Type Picture Shown Type Size/Type Mfr. (mi/km) Speed
Bus Fuel cell/ 50kW/ Generation I of Georgetown 30-foot Phosphoric Fuji 250mi 55mph Manufacturing 1994 battery Methanol University’s program Transit Bus Acid FC Electric 402km 90km/h U.S.A., Inc. hybrid (PAFC)
Bus Fuel cell/ Generation I of Georgetown 30-foot 50kW/ Fuji 250mi 55mph Manufacturing 1995 battery Methanol University’s program Transit Bus PAFC Electric 402km 90km/h U.S.A., Inc. hybrid
Bus Fuel cell/ Generation I of Georgetown 30-foot 50kW/ Fuji 250mi 55mph Manufacturing 1995 battery Methanol University’s program Transit Bus PAFC Electric 402km 90km/h U.S.A., Inc. hybrid
Generation II of Georgetown 100kW/ NovaBus University’s program 40-foot heavy Fuel cell/ PAFC UTC Corporation This bus will start a 1 yr. 350mi 66mph duty transit 1998 battery Fuel Methanol demonstration with 563km 106km/h (a subsidiary of buses hybrid Ambient- Cells Washington DC’s Metro Area Volvo) pressure Transit Authority NovaBus Generation II of Georgetown University’s program 40-foot heavy Fuel cell/ Corporation 100kW/ 350mi 66mph duty transit 2000 battery Ballard Methanol PEMFC 563km 106km/h (a subsidiary of This bus is used for national buses hybrid Volvo) demonstration purposes
40-foot low- At least Generation III of Georgetown Undetermined floor bus 2003 Fuel cell 240 kW/ Undeter. N/a N/a Methanol University’s program platform PEMFC P1; low fl. 1993 transit bus Fuel cell/ New Flyer 90kW/ 250mi 60mph Compress. Proof of Concept based on battery Ballard world’s PEMFC 400km 95km/h Hydrogen Industries Ltd. New-Flyer hybrid first model 40 Fuel cell/ P2: full-sized, 205kW/ 250mi Compress. N/a Proof of Concept 1995 battery Ballard N/a 40-foot PEMFC 400km Hydrogen hybrid U.S. Air Force, State of Fuel Hawaii’s High Technology Hydroge Enova Systems N/a 2004 cell/battery 20kW N/a N/a Hydrogen Development Corporation and nics hybrid Hydrogenics partnership Nebus: EvoBus: Accumulated over 540 hrs 405 low-fl. Fuel cell/ a Daimler driving exper. By 1997; two 205kW/ 155mi 50mph Compress. urban 1997 battery Ballard week road test in Oslo, PEMFC 250km 80km/h Hydrogen Chrysler regular- hybrid Germany 1999 company service bus EvoBus: Zebus (P4): Demonstrated at SunLine Fuel cell/ a Daimler 40 ft. (1 year 205kW/ Compress. Transit, AC Transit, and 1999 battery Ballard N/a N/a demo with PEMFC Hydrogen Chrysler CaFCP hybrid company SunLine) Citaro (P5): EvoBus: Sold as part of the CUTE; Compress. (33 for the Fuel cell/ a Daimler ECTOS; Perth, Australia 205kW/ 124mi 50mph Hydrogen CUTE, 2003 battery Ballard programs. Cost ~US$3 million PEMFC 200km 80km/h @ 5,000 Chrysler ECTOS, hybrid unsubsidized each. psi company STEP)
VTA, San Metro Transportation Fuel cell/ 205 kW/ Gillig Corporation District, CaFCP & CARB - N/a 2004 battery Ballard N/a N/a Hydrogen PEMFC 3 FC Buses will be operated hybrid at VTA in San Jose, Ca
60kW/ Irisbus: Fuel cell/ UTC Demonstrated in Torino, Italy PEMFC Compress. a Renault V.I. 40 foot 2001 battery Fuel N/a N/a beginning in 2002 Ambient- Hydrogen hybrid Cells and Iveco Co. pressure
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40 ft. low- MAN Regular service in Erlangen floor city bus Fuel cell/ 1548 L 120kW/ 155mi 50mph and Nurernberg, Germany. NL 263 2000 battery Siemens Compress. PEMFC 250km 80km/h “Bavaria 1” 50% funded by Bavarian State hybrid Hydrogen "Bavaria I" Fuel cell/ 700 L Will be used for EU’s 40 ft. MAN N Not Super 5 x 30kW/ Liquid MAN THERMIE program: Berlin, L223 low Nuvera N/a N/a Compl capacitator PEMFC Hydrogen Copenhagen, Lisbon floor hybrid @ -253° C Will deliver one fuel cell bus to H2 tanks Fuel cell/ be operated as part of the 40 ft. MAN Not on the roof MAN battery PEMFC Ballard N/a N/a N/a hydrogen project at Munich low floor Compl at 5,000 hybrid Airport psi 2 years fee-paying service in Fuel cell/ public traffic in the German Midi bus N 40kW/ 373mi 30mph Compress. Neoplan 1999 battery Nuvera spa resort Oberstdorf. 8008 FC PEMFC 600km 50km/h Hydrogen hybrid Funded by Bavarian State
Fuel cell/ Proton N8012 - 33- 100kW 80kW/ Motor 155mi 50mph Compress. Neoplan Available for Sales 2000 seat bus flywheel PEMFC Fuel Cell 250km 80km/h Hydrogen hybrid GmbH
Demo. service of 3 buses in P3: Fuel cell/ New Flyer 205kW/ Compress. Chicago (1997) and H40LF 1998 battery Ballard N/a N/a PEMFC Hydrogen Industries Vancouver (1998) for 2 years models hybrid
Natural Resources Canada Distributed (US$1.9 million) and array of New Flyer Hydrogenics for demo in March 25kW 180kW/ Hydroge Compress. 40 ft. N/a N/a N/a Industries Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 2005 modules PEMFC nics Hydrogen *Will incorp. Vehicle-To-Grid w/ ultra- technology capacitors NovaBus Zinc-Air Demonstrated in NY, NV, and Standard 40- Corporation fuel cells 65mph DC. Received FTA funding to foot transit 1999 Zinc-Air Arotech N/a Zinc with 105km/h (a subsidiary of continue program. bus Volvo) batteries
NovaBus Zinc-Air Plans for RTC (Nevada Standard 40- Corporation fuel cells Transit Agency) to use 2 – 5 foot transit 2001 Zinc-Air Arotech N/a N/a Zinc with ultra- (a subsidiary of buses bus Volvo) capacitors 30 ft. Low Will be tested by SunLine 75kW/ Thor Industries Floor El Fuel cell/ UTC Transit in 2002 for 6 months PEMFC 200mi 55mph Compress. (ThuderPower Dorado 2001 battery Fuel (started public service at Ambient- 322km 90km/h Hydrogen National E-Z hybrid Cells LLC) Sunline Nov. 6, 2002) pressure Rider Fuel cell/ PEMFC UTC 5,000 psi 3 will be used in regular 2005 250mi 65mph Van Hool 40 foot battery Ambient- Fuel Compress. service at AC Transit goal 400km 105km/h hybrid pressure Cells Hydrogen Fuel cell/ 700 Liters No Demonstration (Project 18 meter 78kW/ 186mi Van Hool 1995 battery Elenco N/a Liquid EUREKA) City Bus PAFC 300km hybrid Hydrogen
Fuel cell/ PEMFC UTC 1 will be used in regular Not Compress. NABI 45 foot battery Ambient- Fuel N/a N/a N/a service at SunLine Transit Compl Hydrogen hybrid pressure Cells
Macchi-Ansaldo Full size Fuel cell/ 600 Liters Company Testing only; part of 45kW/ 250mi (EC project regular floor 1997 battery Nuvera N/a Liquid the EC project EQHHPP PEMFC 400km EQHHPP) city bus hybrid Hydrogen
Compress. Hino Motors Ltd. Low-floor city Fuel cell/ 160kW/ 186mi 50mph Hydrogen (Toyota Toyota in-house testing bus: FCHV- 2001 battery Toyota PEMFC 300km 80km/h @ 5,000 BUS1 hybrid subsidiary) psi Tokyo metro. gov. began 60 pass. Low Compress. Hino Motors Ltd. using this bus during summer Fuel cell/ 180kW/ fl., diesel 186mi 50mph Hydrogen (Toyota 2003 on waterfront route – 2002 battery PEMFC Toyota model: 300km 80km/h @ 5,000 Japan’s nat’l debut of public hybrid [2 x 90kW] subsidiary) FCHV-BUS2 psi fuel cell buses
NovaBus Proton BVG - Berlin’s public 15.3 meter Corporation Not Motor transportation body - to buy 2 long Double- N/a N/a N/a N/a Hydrogen Compl Fuel Cell (a subsidiary of prototypes Decker Volvo) GmbH