TMC, Hino to offer fuel-cell bus for Tokyo Airport routes
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Hino Motors will provide a fuel-cell hybrid bus for a commercial bus route between central Tokyo and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) run by Airport Transport Service.
TMC and Hino will modify their jointly developed 'FCHV-BUS' fuel-cell hybrid bus to airport-route specifications and lease it to HySUT, and HySUT will outsource operation of the bus to Airport Transport Service.
The bus will make one round trip per day starting on 16 December, on a route between Shinjuku Station's West Exit and Haneda Airport and on one between Tokyo City Air Terminal and Haneda Airport.
The provision is in response to a request from the Research Association of Hydrogen Supply/Utilization Technology (HySUT), a participant in the Hydrogen Highway Project, a part of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)'s Demonstration Program for establishing a Hydrogen-based Social System.
The bus will be fueled with hydrogen at Tokyo Suginami Hydrogen Station in central Tokyo and Haneda Hydrogen Station in Haneda; both facilities are to begin operations on 15 December.
TMC and Hino plan to analyse data from the operations of the bus and, with a mind toward practical application of fuel-cell hybrid buses, to proceed with further research and development.
Both the companies brought their own technologies and expertise to the development of the vehicle, with TMC responsible for developing the fuel-cell system and Hino the body, including the chassis.
The bus is fitted with an electric-motor hybrid system powered by batteries and fuel cells, and is fueled with high-pressure hydrogen gas.
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