Vision hydrogen fuel cell truck for TTSI, 100 on order

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Vision hydrogen fuel cell truck for TTSI, 100 on order

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n California, Vision Industries Corporation has delivered its first hydrogen fuel cell-electric Class 8 truck to Total Transportation Services Inc (TTSI), a national trucking company that will put the vehicle to test in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The effort is part of the ports’ Technology Advancement Program, designed to encourage the commercialization of clean goods-movement vehicles and equipment. Rancho Dominguez-based TTSI will operate the Vision truck – an electric truck with a battery recharged by a hydrogen fuel cell – under typical short-haul conditions at the twin-port complex for the next six months. The initial truck will perform typical drayage operations, hauling freight containers from port terminals in the Ports of Los Angles and Long Beach to rail yards and other distribution facilities. The trucks are capable of carrying 36 tonne loads with a range of up to 400 miles, but port officials will run a series of tests on the new big rigs to determine how they operate under varying road conditions, distances, and load factors. On successful testing, TTSI plans to move forward with a Letter of Intent for the purchase of 100 vehicles, at a total purchase price of approximately $27 million. The LOI also gives TTSI the option to purchase an additional 300 trucks, bringing the total contract value to approximately $108 million. ‘We are pleased to see such demand from a trucking company of TTSI’s caliber,’ says Martin Schuermann, CEO of Vision Motor Corporation and its holding company, Vision Industries Corporation. ‘It underlines our assumptions that there are multiple commercial applications for our hydrogen-powered, zeroemission big rigs in today’s trucking industry.’ The Port of Los Angeles recently awarded Vision Motor a contract worth up to $1.4 million to retrofit a total of 15 Port-owned electric trucks with range-extending, hydrogen fuel cell electric hybrid systems [FCB, May 2011]. Last fall Vision contracted to develop and demonstrate both a hydrogen fuel cell/plug-in electric Tyrano™ Class 8 onroad truck, and a hydrogen fuel cell/plug-in electric ZeroEmission Terminal Tractor (ZETT™) for the Port of Long Beach [FCB, December 2010].

Vision Motor Corporation, El Segundo, California, USA. Tel: +1 310 450 0299, www.visionmotorcorp.com Total Transportation Services Inc: www.tts-i.com

APFCT wins Taiwan contract for fleet demo of 80 fuel cell scooters

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sia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies in Taiwan has won a project contract to build a fleet of 80 fuel cell scooters for demonstration and validation of fuel cell technologies. The contract was awarded by the Bureau of Energy (BOE) in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. APFCT has previously built and run a fleet of 10 fuel cell scooters under the same BOE subsidy program. This new project is the continuation of the previous project, and takes the demonstration and validation process to a further stage, with testing in real-life usage. The manufacturing of the scooter fleet is expected to be complete next May, then the fleet operation will get under way. The scooters will be used by people in different areas and scenarios of daily usage, for example, for work commuting or tourist rental. Another focus of this project is to better understand user perception and their experience of using fuel cell scooters. The project will also collect information on the hydrogen supply model, which is achieved through the exchange of metal hydride canisters. Earlier this year three APFCT fuel cell scooters completed a 170 mile (280 km) drive across Taiwan [FCB, February 2011], and last summer an APFCT fuel cell scooter completed a 620 mile (1000 km), four-day test drive around the country [FCB, June 2010]. APFCT has also been constructing a fleet of 10 fuel cell micro cars under the BOE program [FCB, September 2010]. Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies Ltd, Chunan, Miaoli, Taiwan. Tel: +886 37 584019, www.apfct.com

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Horizon fuel cells propel winners at Shell EcoMarathon Asia

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wo student teams from Singapore won their regional categories at the Shell EcoMarathon Asia, powered by new high-efficiency hydrogen fuel cells designed by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies.

August 2011