Proterra LLC, the pioneering innovator and manufacturer of zero emission commercial transportation solutions from city transit buses to class 4-8 trucks, today announced its role in a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) pilot project designed to test an end-to-end clean hydrogen energy cycle. Proterra's bus will be used as part of the pilot to demonstrate the economic, operational and environmental benefits of fuel cell technology in a full sized transit bus. Led by the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), the pilot project will include all elements of a clean hydrogen energy cycle, from local hydrogen generation to bulk hydrogen storage to hydrogen load in the form of fuel-cell powered forklifts and Proterra's fuel cell powered bus.
Proterra's plug-in, battery-electric bus with hydrogen fuel cell range extension will play a key role in the two-year long pilot, and will be used to transport tens of thousands of staff between Ft. Lewis and McChordAir Force Base in Tacoma, Washington. Allowing for significant cost and environmental benefits, Proterra's revolutionary TerraVoltTMEnergy Storage technology can be completely charged in under 10 minutes, representing a dramatic improvement in the industry.
The project will include the historic testing of an end-to-end clean hydrogen energy cycle, including:
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