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Toyota trialing FCEVs and fuel cell powered forklifts in Australia
Toyota Material Handling Group: www.global-toyotaforklifts.com
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Toyota Material Handling Australia: www.toyotamaterialhandling.com.au
oyota Australia is partnering with Hobsons Bay City Council in Melbourne, Victoria for the first realworld trial of fuel cell electric vehicles in Australia. And Toyota Material Handling Australia has put Toyota hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts – the first to be deployed outside Japan – into action during trials at Toyota Australia’s former manufacturing plant in nearby Altona. Three Toyota Mirai passenger cars will be the first FCEVs to be driven by members of the public in Australia, provided to Hobsons Bay City Council for a 12-week trial. The FCEVs will be driven by council staff under a range of conditions and at different times of day, and refueled at a mobile hydrogen refueler based at Toyota’s former manufacturing site in nearby Altona. The trial with Hobsons Bay City Council is the first of several trials that will be run by Toyota Australia over the next three years, with plans to loan the Mirai FCEVs to participating companies or organisations for up to 12 weeks at a time. ‘We know that it’s only a matter of time before CO2 regulations arrive in Australia, and that’s why there is such a huge focus on zeroemission vehicles like the Mirai,’ says Matt MacLeod, Manager of Advanced Technology Vehicles & Site Development for Toyota Australia. ‘Like most hydrogen powered vehicles, the Mirai isn’t currently available for sale in Australia, mainly because there isn’t existing hydrogen refueling infrastructure to support it.’ Meanwhile, two hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts are being trialed at the Toyota Australia parts centre at its former manufacturing plant in Altona. Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) is running the trial, which is the first time that the Toyota Material Handling fuel cell powered forklifts will be in service outside of Japan [e.g. FCB, April 2018, p4]. The forklifts, with a nominal rating of 2500 kg (5500 lb) lift capacity, will also be refueled at Toyota’s mobile refueler in Altona, which is installed on a Hino 700 Series truck. The forklifts are being shipped to Sydney this month, ahead of their unveiling at the official opening of the new Toyota Parts Centre in Kemp’s Creek in Sydney, New South Wales, where they will also be trialed.
Toyota Industries Corporation: www.toyota-industries.com Toyota Australia: www.toyota.com.au
High V.LO-City fuel cell bus demonstration under way in Sanremo
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he Sanremo site of the High V.LO-City project was formally launched at the end of November, with the deployment of three fuel cell electric buses and the requisite hydrogen refueling infrastructure in the city in northwestern Italy, near the French border. The three Van Hool buses are operated by the local bus operator Riviera Transporti, and replace conventional diesel powered buses, in an effort to cut emissions from public transport in the city. The buses entered full commercial service at the beginning of December. The bus drivers have been trained to operate the buses as well as refuel them, with training provided by Canadian-based Ballard Power Systems, which supplied the fuel cell power modules. The deployment and testing of the buses is part of the High V.LO-City project, co-funded by the EU-supported Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), which aims to facilitate the deployment of fuel cell electric buses and their required hydrogen refueling infrastructure in European cities [FCB, February 2014, p3]. The demonstration site in Sanremo (also known as San Remo) will pave the way towards the deployment of more fuel cell electric buses in Italy, and in other cities and regions in Europe. ‘Supporting the development of fuel cell buses, from making a business case to proving commercial viability, is an ongoing journey for the FCH JU. High V.LO-City is important as it successfully trials small bus fleets in various cities in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, and today in Italy,’ says Bart Biebuyck, Executive Director of the FCH JU. ‘The project is proving that fuel cell buses can operate with the same flexibility as diesel buses, preserving the productivity of public transport without noise, emissions, or particle pollution.’ The buses will be operated on the Sanremo– Taggia suburban line, which is about 14 km (9 miles) long. ‘The line was served by trolley buses until the first years of this century.
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NEWS / EDITORIAL Several roundabouts where then built along the road and the trolley line was abandoned, replaced by diesel buses,’ explains Sandro Corrado, Director at Riviera Transporti. ‘I am sure the passengers and inhabitants of Arma and Taggia will welcome the return of silent, electric buses with the fuel cell buses.’ The buses are being refueled at the hydrogen refueling station funded by the project, located in the eastern suburbs of Sanremo. The station has been built by Air Liquide [see also pages 4, 8, 10, and 11], with the hydrogen currently used to refuel the buses delivered by truck trailers. The station has been designed to be scaled up in the future: the long-term objective is to produce 100% ‘green’ hydrogen onsite via electrolysis using renewably generated electricity. ‘Van Hool has been building hydrogen buses for the American market since 2005 [November 2005, p2], and for the European market since 2007 [May 2006, p7],’ comments Filip Van Hool, CEO at bus manufacturer Van Hool, and coordinator of the High V.LO-City project. ‘We have gained a lot of expertise through the 11 buses already in operation in the three other sites in the project. Sanremo will directly benefit from the experience accumulated by all partners, and we are expecting the operation of the buses to be a success.’ The High V.LO-City project, coordinated by the bus manufacturer Van Hool, started in 2012 and will run until the end of 2019. During the course of the project, 14 buses will be operated in four locations: two buses in Groningen in the Netherlands [see the News Feature in March 2017]; four buses in Aberdeen in Scotland, UK [April 2014, p2]; five buses in Antwerp in Belgium [June 2014, p3]; and now three buses in Sanremo. The 14 fuel cell hydrogen buses will be used as like-for-like replacements of conventional diesel buses and trolley buses. High V.LO-City project: www.highvlocity.eu Van Hool, Fuel Cell Buses: https://tinyurl.com/vanhool-fuelcell Air Liquide, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/hydrogen-energy-airliquide Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: www.fch.europa.eu More about fuel cell buses in Europe: www.fuelcellbuses.eu
Wrightbus showcases first hydrogen fuel cell double-decker bus
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orthern Ireland-based Wrightbus unveiled its StreetDeck double-
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decker fuel cell electric bus at the recent Euro Bus Expo 2018 in Birmingham, UK. Wrightbus unveiled a prototype doubledecker fuel cell bus two years ago [FCB, December 2016, p3]. The commercially ready double-decker bus shown at EBE 2018 is being used to demonstrate the technology, and has recently completed a route shadowing trial in Aberdeen, Scotland. Built to meet Transport for London (TfL) specifications, the 11 m (36 ft) long bus features a Ballard FCveloCity® hydrogen PEM fuel cell, a Siemens drivetrain, and a 48 kW traction battery pack. The standard bus has a 200 mile (320 km) operating range, with an extended storage option which increases the range to 265 miles (430 km). The bus – which has a capacity of 64 seated and 21 standing passengers – is typically refueled at the end of the working day, with refueling taking just 7 minutes. The double-decker fuel cell bus [see also the next item] features an electric drive axle packaged to allow a fully flat floor throughout the bus, a zero-emission heating/ cooling system, and remote diagnostics. The keys to the success of this concept are the lightweight hydrogen storage tanks, and the automatic battery management system, which continuously monitors and balances the stored energy while the vehicle is in operation. The modular platform concept developed by Wrightbus means that the new StreetDeck fuel cell bus shares the same chassis as the fully battery electric models in the range, with the rear module containing overnight charging, opportunity charging, or fuel cell components as appropriate. The chassis also provides the same platform for single- or double-decker models. Earlier this year Wrightbus was selected as the sole supplier of double-decker buses in the UK for the Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles in Europe (JIVE), following a competitive tender process. The company has also been confirmed as one of two bus manufacturers that will provide single-decker buses for the project. JIVE and JIVE2 will promote the development of fuel cell technology in nearly 300 fuel cell buses throughout Europe [see the JIVE News Feature in February 2017, and the JIVE2 announcement in March 2018, p2]. In the UK, the project involves Aberdeen, Birmingham and London, where up to 50 fuel cell powered buses will be operated. Plans to expand JIVE are expected to be announced shortly. Wrightbus Ltd: www.wrightsgroup.com Ballard Power Systems: www.ballard.com
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e have a saying here in the UK that you wait ages for a bus, then two come along at once – which is what has happened with fuel cell double-decker buses this month… The first bus to come along was the StreetDeck double-decker fuel cell electric bus from Northern Ireland-based Wrightbus [see this page]. This commercially ready bus recently completed a ‘route shadowing’ trial in Aberdeen, Scotland. Earlier this year Wrightbus was selected as the sole supplier of double-decker buses in the UK for the Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles in Europe (JIVE), and is one of the two bus manufacturers providing single-decker buses for the project. In the UK the JIVE project involves Aberdeen, Birmingham and London, with up to 50 fuel cell buses entering commercial service. The Wrightbus modular platform concept means that the new StreetDeck fuel cell bus shares the same chassis as the fully battery electric models in the range – the rear module contains overnight charging, opportunity charging, or fuel cell components as appropriate. The chassis also provides the same platform for single- or double-deckers. This was quickly followed by Scottish-based Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) demonstrating hydrogen fuel cell technology in an Enviro400 double-decker bus [see page 4], which has also been operated in route shadowing trials. The demonstration bus has been developed in collaboration with fuel cell system integrator Arcola Energy. ADL says that it is now taking vehicle orders, and will be working with cities, bus operators, and other stakeholders around the UK to explore the potential for hydrogen fuel cell buses in fleet trials. Talking of buses, Sanremo in Italy has just deployed three fuel cell buses and a hydrogen refueling station, the final deployment of the High V.LO-City project [see page 2]. The project, coordinated by Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool, was launched in 2012 and will run until the end of 2019. It will see 14 buses operated in four locations: two in Groningen in the Netherlands, four in Aberdeen in Scotland, five in Antwerp in Belgium, and three in Sanremo. We also report on Hyundai Motor Group’s newly announced long-term roadmap, FCEV Vision 2030 [see page 1], under which it will leverage its global leadership in fuel cell electric vehicle technologies to expand beyond the transportation sector. The Group will invest some US$6.7 billion in R&D and facility expansion, which is expected to create more than 50 000 jobs, and dramatically boost its fuel cell systems production capacity to 700 000 units per annum by 2030. Steve Barrett
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Toyota trialing FCEVs and fuel cell powered forklifts in Australia
Toyota Material Handling Group: www.global-toyotaforklifts.com
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Toyota Material Handling Australia: www.toyotamaterialhandling.com.au
oyota Australia is partnering with Hobsons Bay City Council in Melbourne, Victoria for the first realworld trial of fuel cell electric vehicles in Australia. And Toyota Material Handling Australia has put Toyota hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts – the first to be deployed outside Japan – into action during trials at Toyota Australia’s former manufacturing plant in nearby Altona. Three Toyota Mirai passenger cars will be the first FCEVs to be driven by members of the public in Australia, provided to Hobsons Bay City Council for a 12-week trial. The FCEVs will be driven by council staff under a range of conditions and at different times of day, and refueled at a mobile hydrogen refueler based at Toyota’s former manufacturing site in nearby Altona. The trial with Hobsons Bay City Council is the first of several trials that will be run by Toyota Australia over the next three years, with plans to loan the Mirai FCEVs to participating companies or organisations for up to 12 weeks at a time. ‘We know that it’s only a matter of time before CO2 regulations arrive in Australia, and that’s why there is such a huge focus on zeroemission vehicles like the Mirai,’ says Matt MacLeod, Manager of Advanced Technology Vehicles & Site Development for Toyota Australia. ‘Like most hydrogen powered vehicles, the Mirai isn’t currently available for sale in Australia, mainly because there isn’t existing hydrogen refueling infrastructure to support it.’ Meanwhile, two hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts are being trialed at the Toyota Australia parts centre at its former manufacturing plant in Altona. Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) is running the trial, which is the first time that the Toyota Material Handling fuel cell powered forklifts will be in service outside of Japan [e.g. FCB, April 2018, p4]. The forklifts, with a nominal rating of 2500 kg (5500 lb) lift capacity, will also be refueled at Toyota’s mobile refueler in Altona, which is installed on a Hino 700 Series truck. The forklifts are being shipped to Sydney this month, ahead of their unveiling at the official opening of the new Toyota Parts Centre in Kemp’s Creek in Sydney, New South Wales, where they will also be trialed.
Toyota Industries Corporation: www.toyota-industries.com Toyota Australia: www.toyota.com.au
High V.LO-City fuel cell bus demonstration under way in Sanremo
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he Sanremo site of the High V.LO-City project was formally launched at the end of November, with the deployment of three fuel cell electric buses and the requisite hydrogen refueling infrastructure in the city in northwestern Italy, near the French border. The three Van Hool buses are operated by the local bus operator Riviera Transporti, and replace conventional diesel powered buses, in an effort to cut emissions from public transport in the city. The buses entered full commercial service at the beginning of December. The bus drivers have been trained to operate the buses as well as refuel them, with training provided by Canadian-based Ballard Power Systems, which supplied the fuel cell power modules. The deployment and testing of the buses is part of the High V.LO-City project, co-funded by the EU-supported Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), which aims to facilitate the deployment of fuel cell electric buses and their required hydrogen refueling infrastructure in European cities [FCB, February 2014, p3]. The demonstration site in Sanremo (also known as San Remo) will pave the way towards the deployment of more fuel cell electric buses in Italy, and in other cities and regions in Europe. ‘Supporting the development of fuel cell buses, from making a business case to proving commercial viability, is an ongoing journey for the FCH JU. High V.LO-City is important as it successfully trials small bus fleets in various cities in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, and today in Italy,’ says Bart Biebuyck, Executive Director of the FCH JU. ‘The project is proving that fuel cell buses can operate with the same flexibility as diesel buses, preserving the productivity of public transport without noise, emissions, or particle pollution.’ The buses will be operated on the Sanremo– Taggia suburban line, which is about 14 km (9 miles) long. ‘The line was served by trolley buses until the first years of this century.
December 2018
NEWS / EDITORIAL Several roundabouts where then built along the road and the trolley line was abandoned, replaced by diesel buses,’ explains Sandro Corrado, Director at Riviera Transporti. ‘I am sure the passengers and inhabitants of Arma and Taggia will welcome the return of silent, electric buses with the fuel cell buses.’ The buses are being refueled at the hydrogen refueling station funded by the project, located in the eastern suburbs of Sanremo. The station has been built by Air Liquide [see also pages 4, 8, 10, and 11], with the hydrogen currently used to refuel the buses delivered by truck trailers. The station has been designed to be scaled up in the future: the long-term objective is to produce 100% ‘green’ hydrogen onsite via electrolysis using renewably generated electricity. ‘Van Hool has been building hydrogen buses for the American market since 2005 [November 2005, p2], and for the European market since 2007 [May 2006, p7],’ comments Filip Van Hool, CEO at bus manufacturer Van Hool, and coordinator of the High V.LO-City project. ‘We have gained a lot of expertise through the 11 buses already in operation in the three other sites in the project. Sanremo will directly benefit from the experience accumulated by all partners, and we are expecting the operation of the buses to be a success.’ The High V.LO-City project, coordinated by the bus manufacturer Van Hool, started in 2012 and will run until the end of 2019. During the course of the project, 14 buses will be operated in four locations: two buses in Groningen in the Netherlands [see the News Feature in March 2017]; four buses in Aberdeen in Scotland, UK [April 2014, p2]; five buses in Antwerp in Belgium [June 2014, p3]; and now three buses in Sanremo. The 14 fuel cell hydrogen buses will be used as like-for-like replacements of conventional diesel buses and trolley buses. High V.LO-City project: www.highvlocity.eu Van Hool, Fuel Cell Buses: https://tinyurl.com/vanhool-fuelcell Air Liquide, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/hydrogen-energy-airliquide Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: www.fch.europa.eu More about fuel cell buses in Europe: www.fuelcellbuses.eu
Wrightbus showcases first hydrogen fuel cell double-decker bus
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orthern Ireland-based Wrightbus unveiled its StreetDeck double-
December 2018
decker fuel cell electric bus at the recent Euro Bus Expo 2018 in Birmingham, UK. Wrightbus unveiled a prototype doubledecker fuel cell bus two years ago [FCB, December 2016, p3]. The commercially ready double-decker bus shown at EBE 2018 is being used to demonstrate the technology, and has recently completed a route shadowing trial in Aberdeen, Scotland. Built to meet Transport for London (TfL) specifications, the 11 m (36 ft) long bus features a Ballard FCveloCity® hydrogen PEM fuel cell, a Siemens drivetrain, and a 48 kW traction battery pack. The standard bus has a 200 mile (320 km) operating range, with an extended storage option which increases the range to 265 miles (430 km). The bus – which has a capacity of 64 seated and 21 standing passengers – is typically refueled at the end of the working day, with refueling taking just 7 minutes. The double-decker fuel cell bus [see also the next item] features an electric drive axle packaged to allow a fully flat floor throughout the bus, a zero-emission heating/ cooling system, and remote diagnostics. The keys to the success of this concept are the lightweight hydrogen storage tanks, and the automatic battery management system, which continuously monitors and balances the stored energy while the vehicle is in operation. The modular platform concept developed by Wrightbus means that the new StreetDeck fuel cell bus shares the same chassis as the fully battery electric models in the range, with the rear module containing overnight charging, opportunity charging, or fuel cell components as appropriate. The chassis also provides the same platform for single- or double-decker models. Earlier this year Wrightbus was selected as the sole supplier of double-decker buses in the UK for the Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles in Europe (JIVE), following a competitive tender process. The company has also been confirmed as one of two bus manufacturers that will provide single-decker buses for the project. JIVE and JIVE2 will promote the development of fuel cell technology in nearly 300 fuel cell buses throughout Europe [see the JIVE News Feature in February 2017, and the JIVE2 announcement in March 2018, p2]. In the UK, the project involves Aberdeen, Birmingham and London, where up to 50 fuel cell powered buses will be operated. Plans to expand JIVE are expected to be announced shortly. Wrightbus Ltd: www.wrightsgroup.com Ballard Power Systems: www.ballard.com
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e have a saying here in the UK that you wait ages for a bus, then two come along at once – which is what has happened with fuel cell double-decker buses this month… The first bus to come along was the StreetDeck double-decker fuel cell electric bus from Northern Ireland-based Wrightbus [see this page]. This commercially ready bus recently completed a ‘route shadowing’ trial in Aberdeen, Scotland. Earlier this year Wrightbus was selected as the sole supplier of double-decker buses in the UK for the Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles in Europe (JIVE), and is one of the two bus manufacturers providing single-decker buses for the project. In the UK the JIVE project involves Aberdeen, Birmingham and London, with up to 50 fuel cell buses entering commercial service. The Wrightbus modular platform concept means that the new StreetDeck fuel cell bus shares the same chassis as the fully battery electric models in the range – the rear module contains overnight charging, opportunity charging, or fuel cell components as appropriate. The chassis also provides the same platform for single- or double-deckers. This was quickly followed by Scottish-based Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) demonstrating hydrogen fuel cell technology in an Enviro400 double-decker bus [see page 4], which has also been operated in route shadowing trials. The demonstration bus has been developed in collaboration with fuel cell system integrator Arcola Energy. ADL says that it is now taking vehicle orders, and will be working with cities, bus operators, and other stakeholders around the UK to explore the potential for hydrogen fuel cell buses in fleet trials. Talking of buses, Sanremo in Italy has just deployed three fuel cell buses and a hydrogen refueling station, the final deployment of the High V.LO-City project [see page 2]. The project, coordinated by Belgian bus manufacturer Van Hool, was launched in 2012 and will run until the end of 2019. It will see 14 buses operated in four locations: two in Groningen in the Netherlands, four in Aberdeen in Scotland, five in Antwerp in Belgium, and three in Sanremo. We also report on Hyundai Motor Group’s newly announced long-term roadmap, FCEV Vision 2030 [see page 1], under which it will leverage its global leadership in fuel cell electric vehicle technologies to expand beyond the transportation sector. The Group will invest some US$6.7 billion in R&D and facility expansion, which is expected to create more than 50 000 jobs, and dramatically boost its fuel cell systems production capacity to 700 000 units per annum by 2030. Steve Barrett
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