North America’s largest transit bus maker, New Flyer of America and New Flyer Canada, has ordered high-pressure hydrogen (H2) tanks from Hexagon Composites to be used on 25 of its groundbreaking Xcelsior® H2 fuel cell (or fuel cell-electric) transit buses.
“New Flyer and Hexagon have been breaking new ground in alternative fuel use since 1993,” said Rick Rashilla, Senior Vice-President of Hydrogen Automotive for Hexagon Composites Group.
“Pressure containment technology is the foundation of our company. We are pleased to combine the attributes of our current H2 tanks with the successful reliability of the compressed natural gas tanks used by New Flyer today.”
The new H2 tanks, which rely upon Hexagon’s internally developed technology, will be used to store compressed zero-emission H2 gas as an alternative to natural gas and diesel fuel.
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