Archives: Hydrogen Buses

Now that Sunline Transit and Ford have been rolling out hydrogen buses over the past year or two, primarily in the Western and Southern U. S., there has been a flurry of hydrogen bus activity in the Northeast U. S. as well. On Monday, April 9, the University of Delaware unveiled a hydrogen fuel cell • Read More »

HyFLEET: CUTE is a European project that is promoting hydrogen buses worldwide. Right now, there are 10 different cities in Europe, Asia and Australia running tests and demonstration projects of buses using either hydrogen fuel cells or internal combustion engines (ICE). The goal of HyFLEET: CUTE is to reduce CO2 emission and reduce dependency upon • Read More »

Today, the hydrogen fuel cell ECObus makes its debut in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza. The first hydrogen fuel cell bus in Arizona, the ECObus is the result of a joint partnership between ECOtality and Arizona Public Service (APS) company. The statewide tour of this green public transportation vehicle is meant as • Read More »

Berlin, German is tearing down the wall of resistance to new technology by introducing four new hydrogen buses as part of an EU-sponsored HyFLEET:CUTE project. Hydrogen buses have been seen around Berlin since their introduction at the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament this past summer 2006 in the Green Goal project. Under the HyFLEET:CUTE project, • Read More »

In July 2006, Ford went into production of a fleet of 20 hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine (ICE) shuttle buses. The first eight hydrogen shuttle buses, which hold 12 passengers apiece, went to the state of Florida. Now, Canada has received its first three of 10 hydrogen shuttle buses to be delivered. Canada’s Parliament (Senate of • Read More »

Alchemy Enterprises, Limited of Scottsdale, Arizona is coming out with a bus that will run on hydrogen-on-demand. Backed by a $12.5 million placement from Brookstreet Securities of Irvine, California, Alchemy is acquiring a hydrogen bus from Hydrogenics Corporation of Ontario, Canada and refitting it with their own Hydratus system. The Hydratus system does not use • Read More »

Well, first there was the “glass ceiling” comprised of men in top-level management positions keeping qualified women from busting through, but when we talk about energy for the transportation industry, there instead is a “gas ceiling” that is keeping other types of alternative energy sources from busting through. Like other types of hydrogen vehicles that • Read More »

Brazil has been in the various stages of planning for the past three years and is expected in 2007 to roll out eight 90-passenger hydrogen buses for testing in Sao Paulo and also in Rio de Janeiro the following year. The eight hydrogen fuel cell buses are expected to log about 600,000 miles of testing • Read More »

On June 12, 2006 I had talked about how Ford was delivering five E-450 hydrogen shuttle buses to the Palm Springs, California region to be operated by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Ford is now in production of 20 of the V-10 powered hydrogen shuttle buses, but the first eight are scheduled to • Read More »

Royal Dutch Shell aims to rollout the world’s largest hydrogen public transportation project in Rotterdam, The Netherlands within the next 3 years. Shell, along with bus manufacturer MAN Truck and Bus corporation of Nevada, will be implementing 20 hydrogen-powered internal combustion buses with the help of the Dutch authorities. The buses will be operated by • Read More »