Re: EVLN(Las Vegas zinc-air Ebus Demo, 110 mile range record)

[Dave Goldstein <goldie.ev1@juno.com>]

Morris,

   My E-mail remains spotty and my two PCs are
still having their "ups and downs,"  but here is an
item that I just caught on our Israeli friends in
Las Vegas (and not at the casinos! ;-) )

   Regards,

   Dave

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On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:26:22 -0800 (PST) Bruce EVangel Parmenter
<brucedp@yahoo.com> writes:
> EVLN(Las Vegas zinc-air Ebus Demo, 110 mile range record)
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> Electric Fuel's Electric Bus Takes First On-Road Drive in Las Vegas
> Public Demo of Company's Zinc-Air, Zero-Emission Bus Is Scheduled
> Today, Coinciding with Two-Day Symposium for Transit Operators and
> Industry Representatives
> 
> LAS VEGAS, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric Fuel Corporation 
> today announced the first on-road demonstration drive of the
> zero-emission electric bus based on the company's zinc-air fuel cell
> technology.  The demonstration, scheduled today in Las Vegas, is 
> part
> of a two-day event showcasing the vehicle to transit operators and
> industry representatives from around the country. Members of the
> public as well as select congressional, government and industry VIPs
> are invited to participate in the test drive.
> 
> The demonstration marks the public debut of the first full-sized
> electric bus offering an affordable alternative to diesel fuel.  The
> bus is designed to eliminate pollution as well as health problems
> associated with diesel fuel emissions.
> 
> "The zero-emissions bus we are demonstrating in Las Vegas promises 
> to
> provide a better quality of life for people in urban environments
> today and for their children and their children's children in years 
> to
> come," said Yehuda Harats, President and CEO of Electric Fuel
> Corporation.  "It offers cleaner and healthier air, eliminates the
> noise created by conventional city buses, and even promotes a sound
> energy policy by helping reduce our dependence on imported
> petroleum."
> 
> "Electric Fuel's electric bus takes an important step toward 
> reducing
> pollution as well as  promoting energy conservation by eliminating 
> the
> need to power city buses with diesel fuel," said Senator Harry Reid
> (D-Nevada). "Building a bus that offers an affordable alternative 
> fuel
> source and that is nearly ready for delivery is a major
> accomplishment, and I would like to see this kind of vehicle on the
> streets of our cities as quickly as possible."
> 
> With a capacity of 40 seated and 37 standing passengers, Electric
> Fuel's 40-foot bus utilizes a patented zinc-air fuel cell system 
> that
> stores and produces sufficient energy to operate for a full day, 
> even
> with air conditioning and a full passenger load.
> 
> Installed in a standard transit bus manufactured by Volvo subsidiary
> NovaBus Corporation, the system creates clean electricity by using
> oxygen from the air to react with Electric Fuel's proprietary
> refuelable zinc fuel.  It produces no emissions, can be refueled
> quickly, is nearly ready for commercial use, and is expected to be
> cost-competitive with diesel fuel when it goes into regular service.
> 
> In contrast, buses powered by conventional batteries are limited in
> size and driving range by the weight of the batteries, while buses
> under development using hydrogen fuel cells are considered to be
> expensive and are not expected to be commercially available for many
> years.
> 
> In August, the Electric Fuel bus was driven a record-breaking 110
> miles on a single refueling carrying the weight of a typical heavy
> passenger payload. More than 100 miles of the test on a taxiway of 
> the
> former Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York, were driven for
> eight hours under the rigorous stop-and-go conditions of the Society
> of Automotive Engineers' Central Business District (CBD) test cycle,
> meeting all industry standards for an urban transit bus in all-day
> service.
> 
> Funding for the project is provided by the Federal Transit
> Administration as well as Electric Fuel Corporation, General 
> Electric
> Corporation-Corporate Research & Development, and the Regional
> Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, with additional 
> funding
> from the Israel-U.S. Bi-national Industrial Research and Development
> ("BIRD") Foundation.  The program originated in 1998 and, with
> continued funding, is expected to put 15 to 20 electric transit 
> buses
> on the street for a pilot project by 2003.
> 
> About Electric Fuel
> Electric Fuel Corporation (http://www.electric-fuel.com), with
> corporate and sales offices in New York and London, England, and
> manufacturing and R&D facilities in Israel and Alabama, is a world
> leader in primary and refuelable Zinc-Air fuel cell technology,
> pioneering advancements in consumer electronics, electric vehicles,
> and defense and safety products. Electric Fuel's INSTANT POWER(TM)
> batteries and chargers are also based on the Company's patented,
> cutting-edge Zinc-Air fuel cell technology, and are on sale at 
> retail
> outlets throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Israel.
> 
> The matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking
> statements [...] SOURCE  Electric Fuel Corporation CO:  Electric 
> Fuel
> Corporation ST:  Nevada IN:  CPR OIL ENV TRN SU: 11/27/2001 11:08 
> EST
>  ...
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