A government, industry and academic cooperative has developed a Hybrid Electric Transit Bus (HETB). Goals of the program include doubling the fuel economy of city transit buses currently in service, and reducing emissions to one-tenth of EPA standards. Unique aspects of the vehicle's power system include the use of ultra-capacitors for the energy storage system and the planned use of a natural gas fueled turbogenerator, to be developed from a small jet engine. At over 17000 kg gross weight, this is the largest vehicle to use ultra-capacitor energy storage. A description of the HETB, the results of performance testing, and future vehicle development plans are the subject of this report.


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    Title :

    Baseline Testing of the Hybrid Electric Transit Bus


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    59 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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