Monday, 5 August 2013

Tata Motors develops country’s first fuel cell bus

Tata Motors in association with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has developed a Hydrogen-powered automobile bus after several years of research. It’s a CNG-type bus. Hydrogen in bottles at high pressure is stored at the top of the bus and there would be zero pollution. The fuel cell technology makes it a clean and silent bus on-road.

An ISRO team had generated technical specifications for all the elements and general specifications for the bus. ISRO and Tata Motors entered into an MoU in 2006 to design and develop an automobile bus using hydrogen as a fuel through fuel cell route. The company has successfully completed design and development of Fuel Cell Power System (FCPS) for bus application starting from 20Kw to 120Kw with co-operation of ISRO.

Tata Motors is India's largest automobile company, is the leader in commercial vehicles in each segment, and among the top in passenger vehicles with winning products in the compact, midsize car and utility vehicle segments. It is also the world's fourth largest truck and bus manufacturer.

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