Project HyMove: Hydrogen city bus for Arnhem, Netherlands
Association Hydrogen Gelderland (SWOG) has the ambition to run the worlds' first direct-drive city bus with Hydrogen range extender. Project HyMove will be tested in the municipality of Arnhem, the Netherlands.
e-Traction® is very proud to be leader in the conversion of this bus. In doing so, we gain fundamental understanding in the integration of fuel cell stacks into our e-Traction system®. NedStack is responsible party for operation of the stack system. The advantage of combining efficient TheWheel® motors with fuel cell stacks:
- The fuel cell stack in this vehicle is just 30kW. A significant reduction in weight and cost.
- Lower fuel cell storage - multiple days without refueling (just 15 kg on 350 bar)
- Redundancy: battery and fuel cell stack guarantee a driving vehicle
See also the newspaper article in De Gelderlander. (Dutch language)
News and Events
Spring 2011
Delivery of vehicle
2010
Engineering on vehicle
May 2010
Presentation of the bus in Essen, Germany
Technology in the HyMove
Motor drives, axle and suspension Two TheWheel® SM500/2 form the traction system of the bus. e-Traction® designed the rear-axle for this type of bus (VDL Ambassador). For more information, see our TheWheel overview section
Energy storage and supply Li-Ion batteries power the traction system during accleration and heavy load. In addition, 90% of all brake energy is restored in the energy buffer.
Range extender and auxilliariesNedStack is partner in delivering the fuel cell stack with an average output of just 30kW. Average energy consumption of the vehicle will not meet 30kW, resulting in considerable downsizing of the stack.
