Ballard, Tuttotrasporti target South American fuel cell bus market
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 2011
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-2859
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✦ Synopsis
Toyota FCVs to be trialed in Tokyo airport car-service operation I n Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation is providing several Toyota FCHVadv fuel cell hybrid vehicles for a carservice trial program between Narita International Airport and other destinations. The announcement comes soon after Toyota and Hino Motors provided a hydrogen fuel cell/battery hybrid bus for a commercial bus route between central Tokyo and Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport [FCB, January 2011]. The FCHV-adv cars are being supplied in response to a request from the Research Association of Hydrogen Supply/Utilization Technology (HySUT), a participant in the Hydrogen Highway Project being run by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) as part of its Demonstration Program for Establishing a Hydrogen-based Social System [see also page 8].
The vehicles entered service at the end of January with All Nippon Airways. ANA operates the Welcome-Home Limousine Taxi Service from Narita Airport for passengers returning to Japan on flights from Europe or the US, and for its early morning pickup plan.
To continue to promote the widespread use of FCVs, Toyota will verify data obtained from the car-service trials (which will include highway use), and conduct ongoing research and development while cooperating with various organizations including the national government and the energy industry.
The Toyota FCHV-adv is powered by a 90 kW Toyota FC Stack with a NiMH battery. It can travel approximately 515 miles (830 km) on a single tank of hydrogen, stored at 700 bar (10 000 psi), and can operate in temperatures as low as -30°C.