From this June a Skoda fuel cell hybride bus, powered by a 48 kW Proton Motor fuel cell and 22 Li-Ion batteries and 4 ultra capacitors, will be touring Neratovice in the Central Bohemian region of the Czech Republic. The bus will have a range of 250 km and stores hydrogen at 350 bar. The hydrogen is produced off site by the Linde Group. Storage will be upgraded to 700 bar. The bus has been funded by EU Strucutral funds and the Czech Ministry of Transport. The project is coordinated by the Nuclear Research Insitutute Rez. The institute is hosting the Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform who just applied for membership to the EHA.
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