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.
Baseline Testing of the Hybrid Electric Transit Bus
1999
59 pages
Report
No indication
English
Road Transportation , Environmental Studies , Electric hybrid vehicles , Urban transportation , Engine design , Design analysis , Performance tests , Hybrid propulsion , Energy storage , Capacitors , Natural gas , Turbogenerators , Fuel consumption , Environment effects , Technology transfer , Jet engines
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