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Title: SunLine Transit Agency Advanced Technology Fuel Cell Bus Evaluation: Fourth Results Report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1083361· OSTI ID:1083361

SunLine Transit Agency, which provides public transit services to the Coachella Valley area of California, has demonstrated hydrogen and fuel cell bus technologies for more than 10 years. In May 2010, SunLine began demonstrating the advanced technology (AT) fuel cell bus with a hybrid electric propulsion system, fuel cell power system, and lithium-based hybrid batteries. This report describes operations at SunLine for the AT fuel cell bus and five compressed natural gas buses. The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is working with SunLine to evaluate the bus in real-world service to document the results and help determine the progress toward technology readiness. NREL has previously published three reports documenting the operation of the fuel cell bus in service. This report provides a summary of the results with a focus on the bus operation from February 2012 through November 2012.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fuel Cell Technologies Program
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1083361
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-5600-57560
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English