Ford Delivers Two Hydrogen Shuttle Buses to Detroit Airport
18 March 2008
Ford Motor Company has delivered two hydrogen-fueled Ford E-450 shuttle buses to be used for transporting airline passengers between terminals at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW).
The delivery is the result of a partnership involving Ford, the Wayne County Airport Authority and the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG). The project is being funded with a Department of Energy grant that was supported by Congressman Dingell, who represents Michigan’s 15th District.
Ford has delivered H2ICE buses to Greater Orlando Airport Authority (GOAA), Orlando Convention Central District, SeaWorld Orlando, University of Missouri Raleigh, city of Las Vegas, the San Mateo (Ca.) County Transportation Authority, and 10 buses to Canada for use in Prince Edward Island, Ottawa and Vancouver. To date, 23 buses of the 30 built have been delivered to customers for commercial use.
Power for the Ford E-450 shuttle buses is provided by a 6.8-liter V-10 internal combustion engine that has been supercharged and modified to run exclusively on hydrogen fuel. DTW’s new buses will be fueled by a hydrogen pumping station located in Taylor, Mich., located just east of the airport.
This makes sense, but Ford is still suffering from having an moron almost run the company into the ground. When your focus as a company is not on actually building a better product/providing a better service, you will eventually go bankrupt....this was Ford's problem for years with Bill Ford Jr.
Posted by: ejj | 18 March 2008 at 05:16 PM