Cargotec and Vision Industries to demo hydrogen fuel cell hybrid terminal tractors in Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
07 August 2012
Vision Industries (earlier post) and Cargotec USA have agreed to cooperate to complete a zero-emission terminal tractor demonstration project for the Technology Advancement Program (TAP), a clean-air initiative sponsored by the twin Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The project calls for demonstrating the efficacy of deploying zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell-electric hybrid terminal tractors to move containerized cargo within the Port facilities.
We are excited to be working with Cargotec USA. They are the market leader in terminal tractors.
—Martin Schuermann, CEO of Vision Industries Corp.
In this collaboration effort, Vision Industries will install its hybrid drive system on the Cargotec Kalmar Ottawa model, the global market leader in terminal tractors.
There is a growing global demand for clean container movement technologies.
—David Wood, Director of Terminal Tractors in North America for Cargotec USA Inc.
The innovative solution that Lufthansa demonstrated several months ago is far more appealing. The fuel cell has been installed in the bird itself and delivers power to the in-wheel motors in the front gear. Aditionally, all the elctric loads on board are supplied from the 100 kW FC. No more terminal tractors and far less pollution.
Posted by: yoatmon | 08 August 2012 at 10:50 AM