Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) previously engaged the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida (USF) to establish a reporting system, and CUTR has been collecting and reporting transit fleet performance and cost data to… Read more ›
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to conduct in-service evaluations of advanced technology buses. The eight evaluations selected to date include battery electric buses (BEBs) and fuel… Read more ›
This report summarizes results of a battery electric bus (BEB) evaluation at Foothill Transit, located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles. Foothill Transit is collaborating with the California Air Resources Board and the U.S. Department of Energy’s… Read more ›
This report summarizes the progress of fuel cell electric bus (FCEB) development in the United States and discusses the achievements and challenges of introducing fuel cell propulsion in transit. The report provides a summary of results from evaluations performed by… Read more ›
A 2017 research by Carnegie Mellon University compares life cycle agency and social costs, as well as other particular challenges for eight alternative fuel technologies for transit buses, including: conventional diesel, diesel hybrid electric, rabid-charging battery-electric, slow-charging battery-electric, compressed natural… Read more ›
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has engaged the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) to collect and report performance and cost data related to the operation and maintenance of transit vehicles in Florida. CUTR made repeated attempts to collect… Read more ›
Source: PRNewswire According to market research “Global Electric Bus Market Size, Share, Development, Growth and Demand Forecast to 2025 – Industry Insights by Technology (Series Parallel Hybrid Bus, Series Hybrid Bus, Parallel Hybrid Bus, Pure Electric Bus)“ published by P&S… Read more ›
The electric bus (e-bus) market is growing at a CAGR of 20% in terms of unit sales. The rapid growth is a game changer for the battery market as electric buses require large-sized batteries ranging from 74 kWh (fast charging… Read more ›
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is evaluating the in-service performance of 12 fast-charge battery electric buses compared to conventional compressed natural gas buses operated on similar routes by Foothill Transit in West Covina, California. Launched in 2015 in conjunction… Read more ›
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has engaged the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) to collect and report performance and cost data related to the operation and maintenance of transit vehicles in Florida. CUTR made repeated attempts to collect… Read more ›
by NGT News on Tuesday July 14, 2015 The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has announced it is working with automakers Ford Motor Co. and FCA US LLC on a study to help boost the efficiency of… Read more ›
Development of an On-board H2 Storage and Recovery System Based on Lithium Borohydride Submitted to: Center for Transportation and Materials Engineering, Youngstown State University By: Clovis A. Linkous STEM College professor Department of Chemistry Youngstown State University phone: (330) 941-1958… Read more ›
Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, commissioned by the California Air Resources Board (ARB), have issued their initial evaluation of the hydrogen fuel cell buses in operation at BC Transit. The report covers two years of revenue service data… Read more ›
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the 2012 Renewable Energy Data Book on behalf of the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The annual report is an important assessment of U.S. energy statistics for 2012, including… Read more ›
This report is the sixth in a series of annual status reports from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).It summarizes status and progress from demonstrations of fuel cell transit buses in the United States. Since… Read more ›
What is VISION? The VISION model has been developed to provide estimates of the potential energy use, oil use and carbon emission impacts of advanced light- and heavy-duty vehicle technologies and alternative fuels through the year 2050. Beginning in 2008,… Read more ›
Prepared by:Douglas B Horne, P.E.Clean Vehicle Education Foundationwww.cleanvehicle.orgAugust 31, 2012 The growth of natural gas vehicle (NGV) fleets in recent years, especially for those vehicles in interstate commerce, has increased the need for additional gaseous fuel friendly maintenance facilities across… Read more ›
Tracking Costs of Alternatively Fueled Buses in Florida – Phase II FDOT BDK85 977-38 For: Robert E. Westbrook, Project Manager Florida Department of Transportation Public Transit Office 605 Suwannee Street, MS 30 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450 By: Stephen L. Reich, Alexander… Read more ›