Accelerating New York Fuel Cell Bus & Hydrogen Infrastructure Deployments

This project will put two fuel-cell electric buses (FCEB) in Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) service out of Gun Hill Depot in the Bronx, demonstrating that hydrogen is a feasible, efficient, and cost-effective zero-emissions solution and thereby accelerating zero-emission vehicle adoption to the MTA and beyond. FCEBs provide two complimentary but significant advantages compared to the primary alternative, battery-electric buses: longer range and faster fueling. FCEBs have shown an operating range upwards of 300 miles before requiring refueling, which is especially useful for city buses which can be on the road 18 hours/day and can fuel in 10- 20 minutes per bus.

This project will deploy 2 sustainable, quiet reliable 40' New Flyer FCEBs powered by a fuel cell power module with a range of over 300 miles. The station will be able to fuel up to 40 FCEBs in as little as 10-20 minutes per bus; and the buses and fueling station will have software and communications capabilities to monitor operations in real-time. The MTA will operate the buses on 8 routes serving multiple disadvantaged communities throughout the Bronx, providing an important emissions reducing strategy for these neighborhoods.

Solution Location: Bronx