article thumbnail

New Flyer to start development of first 60' fuel cell hybrid bus in North America; introduces 40' battery-electric bus

Green Car Congress

New Flyer’s Xcelsior Electric is a 40'' battery electric bus powered by a 100-300 kWh battery pack (scaled to customer need) that can be charged at stops via an Eaton pantograph-based system. DC power is converted to AC power and is supplied to each of these major systems separately.

article thumbnail

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

NEL Hydrogen (Wallingford, Connecticut). Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin). High-Power Oak Ridge Converter (ORC) for Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) Applications, $750,000. Power Converters and Components for Resilient MVDC Microgrids, $299,754. (Watertown, Massachusetts). De Nora Tech, LLC (Concord, Ohio).