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In This Section  | NewsCZECH REPUBLIC LAUNCH TriHyBus - JUNE 25TH, 2009
The TriHyBus project comprises the R&D, implementation and the demo operation of a city bus with hybrid electric propulsion using hydrogen fuel cells. The bus will be operated in the city of Neratovice.
The project is coordinated by Nuclear Research Institute Rez in the Czech Republic; its main partners are Škoda Electric (Czech Republic), Proton Motor (Germany), Linde Gas (Czech Republic), IFE Halden (Norway) and Veolia Transport (Czech Republic).
The bus was manufactured in Pilsen by Škoda Electric using Iveco‘s Irisbus Citelis chassis. A 48-kW Proton Motor membrane fuel-cell is used as the main power-source for its electric traction motor. Additional traction accumulators and ultracapacitors are engaged while the bus accelerates or ascends, working alongside the fuel cell, allowing for energy recuperation while decelerating. The bus uses a hybrid design that increases efficiency of its propulsion system (lower fuel consumption = higher range). The hydrogen bus was co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic and the individual partners of the project.
TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THE BUS CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE
The TriHyBus Brochure can be DOWNLOADED HERE
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