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fleets and fueling stations will be part of the DOE's Controlled Hydrogen Fleet & Infrastructure Demonstration & Validation Project.
The joint proposal calls for Ford to provide up to 30 hydrogen-powered Ford Focus FCVs, with up to 10 vehicles in each metro area. Assembly of the vehicles will begin in the fourth quarter of 2004, depending on the timing of successful contract negotiations with DOE and various state and local entities.
The Ford Focus FCV is one of the first hybridized FCVs, which combine the improved range and performance of hybrid technology with the overall benefits of a fuel cell. The car uses an 85 kWe stack supplied by Ballard Power Systems, hybridized through the addition of a NiMH battery pack and a brake-by-wire electrohydraulic regenerative braking system.
BP plans to install a network of stations demonstrating state-of-the-art fueling technologies to support the fleets. Some BP hydrogen stations will evaluate technologies with nearterm commercial feasibility, such as reformation of natural gas, while others will explore more long-term technology options and assess the potential to produce renewable-based hydrogen that achieve DOE hydrogen fuel cost targets.
Up to 10 Focus FCVs will be placed across the California Air Resources Board, California Energy Commission and Department of General Services in Sacramento, with service and maintenance at the existing California Fuel Cell Partnership facility, and with BP installing refueling sites in the Sacramento area. In addition, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District plans to use Focus FCVs in its Electric Transportation Group, and the City of Davis will use Focus FCVs to support city services and for outreach and education; the latter vehicles will be able to use the existing hydrogen refueling facility at the University of California at Davis.
Ford will also deploy up to 10 Focus FCVs in the Orlando area with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) staff office, with park rangers at Wekiwa Springs State Park, and with Progress Energy in Lake Mary. BP is examining several sites in north Orlando, to locate a fueling site central to the three proposed fleet users, and is again examining several hydrogen production methods. The Progress Energy facility in Longwood will be used for fleet service and maintenance.
In Michigan, Ford plans to place up to 10 vehicles with the City of Taylor and the University of Michigan. BP is considering several sites for refueling infrastructure, including the Wayne County Metropolitan Airport and the EPA vehicle test lab in Ann Arbor, which has offered the use of its existing hydrogen refueling facility. The vehicles in southeast Michigan will
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