Van Hool's new A330 Fuel Cell
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Van Hool A330 fuel cell bus in Groningen |
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| A330 fuel cell | |
| Manufacturer | Van Hool |
| design type | Low-floor - bus |
| Production period | since 2005 |
| axes | 3 |
| engine | Electric motor from Siemens |
| power | 210 kW |
| length | 13,115 m |
| width | 2.55 m |
| height | 3.42 m |
| Wheelbase | 5110 + 16900 mm |
| Floor height | 330 mm |
| Seats | 34 |
| Standing room | approx. 50 |
| Similar models | Mercedes-Benz Citaro BZ |
The Van Hool A330 Fuel Cell is an electrically powered, low-floor city bus from the Belgian manufacturer Van Hool . The bus is based on the A330 platform, is 12 meters long and has two or three doors. The A330 Fuel Cell Europe variant is available for the European market and the A330 Fuel Cell USA and A300 L Fuel Cell USA variant for the American market .
Use in Europe
The hybrid drive of the A330 Fuell Cell Europa works with fuel cells. The PEM - fuel cell manufactured by Ballard Power Systems , provide the power for the electric motor with 210 kW capacity, manufactured by Siemens . Additional lithium-ion batteries support the drive. The buses are built at Van Hool's production facility in Koningshooikt .
In 2008, test drives with the A330 Fuel Cell were carried out in the province of South Holland . This bus was later handed over to the Belgian transport company De Lijn . Further missions took place in major European cities.
In 2015 Van Hool and Transport for London signed a contract for the delivery of two A330 Fuel Cell buses. The buses run on the line RV1 in London's city center.
In spring 2018, Van Hool received the order to supply ten A330 fuel cell buses to the Wuppertaler Stadtwerke and 30 other vehicles of the same type to Regionalverkehr Köln . Procurement is funded by the BMVI and the Horizon 2020 program. In Wuppertal, the first of a total of 10 buses went into operation in December 2019, the other buses will follow at the beginning of 2020. The unit price is € 650,000.
Use in the United States
There has been a Van Hool hydrogen bus in the USA since 2004 . This was developed on the basis of the A330 and was a model for the European and later for the American market, which was developed from the A300L. The first models of the A330 Fuel Cell were powered by PEM fuel cell modules from United Technologies Corporation with 120 kW, two Siemens traction motors with 85 kW each and a Zebra battery with 95 kW. The components were built into the bus by ISE (company) .
Four buses were used within the framework of the CaFCP , three of them since 2005 with the regional bus operator AC Transit in Alameda County and Contra Costa County in the west of the Bay of San Francisco . The fourth bus has been operated by SunLine in the Palm Springs and Coachella Valley area since early 2006.
A fifth bus has been in service with CTTransit in the Hartford area, Connecticut , since April 2007 . It is the first hydrogen bus on the east coast of the United States .
variants
Source: Van Hool
| A330 fuel cell Europe | A330 fuel cell USA | A300 L fuel cell USA | |
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| Length (mm) | 13155 | 13155 | 12360 |
| Height (mm) | 3420 | 3420 | 3460 |
| width (mm) | 2550 | 2550 | 2590 |
| Seats | 34 | 34 | 28 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 5110 + 1690 | 5110 + 1690 | 6840 |
| Front overhang (mm) | 2715 | 2715 | 2055 |
| Rear overhang (mm) | 3640 | 3640 | 3225 |
| Boarding height (mm) | 330 | 330 | 370 |
Web links
credentials
- ↑ A. Kockartz: Van Hool builds hydrogen buses for Europe. In: deredactie.be. January 21, 2015, accessed April 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Van Hool builds 2 fuel cell buses for London. In: vanhool.be. December 22, 2015, accessed April 5, 2018 .
- ↑ 40 hydrogen buses for Cologne and Wuppertal transport companies. In: njuuz.de. February 28, 2018, accessed April 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Sebastian Schaal: Wuppertal receives its first fuel cell bus. In: electrive.net. December 20, 2019, accessed March 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Hybrid Fuel Cell - Public Transport. In: vanhool.be. Retrieved April 5, 2018 .