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Today’s Transit for Tomorrow’s World
Progressing the Deployment of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses
Lauren Skiver CEO/General Manager
SunLine Facts SunLine Operations
• Fourteen (14) local SunBus fixed routes, (1) express line, (1) Riverside Commuter Link, ADA Paratransit
• 66 CNG buses • 5 Electric Hydrogen Fuel Cell buses • 3 All Electric Battery buses • 35 CNG Paratransit Vehicles • 220 Kg Hyradix Reformer • Usage 100 Kg per day • Operated 4.3 million revenue miles for
4.5 million passenger trips • 315 Employees
Leaders In Alternative Fuel Technology Early and Current Hydrogen Projects
Leaders in Hydrogen Electric Fuel Cell Bus Technology for over a decade
SunLine will have 19 Electric Fuel Cell Buses in 2-3 years
Leaders In Alternative Fuel Technology Current Battery Electric Buses
Three BYD 40’ Battery Electric Buses Leased and put in service January 2016
People Often Ask Us
• What has contributed to SunLine’s success? • Mission focus on alternative fuel use • Commitment by SunLine staff • Board Policy/support • Internal expertise and continual reinvestment • Solution based approaches with OEM’s • Sustained efforts to pioneer the technologies that the
industry is using today • Data collection and review of performance, costs and life
cycle reliability • Strong communication to our internal team and external
stakeholders
SunLine Board Policy
• Adopting a Policy of the Purchase of Alternatively Fueled Vehicles
• Approved March 24, 1993
Actions to be Followed “The State of California has established four categories of alternate fuel vehicles: 1) Zero Emission Vehicles; 2) Ultra Low Emission Vehicles; 3) Low Emission Vehicles; 4) Transitional Low Emission Vehicles. SunLine will, whenever possible, purchase vehicles in the same order as listed above.
Definition of Opportunity
• Commercialization of Zero Emission Technology must include the Transit Industry’s perspective in three key areas: – Risk associated with the investment in the technology
(purchase readily accepted vs. introductory technology) – Performance associated with the reliability of the
equipment • Mission focus and organization communication focused
on Zero Emission Program that starts at the top but is routinely reinforced at all levels
– Affordability of initial investment and support costs
Moving Forward
• What would it take to move to a 100% Hydrogen Fleet? • Greater understanding of the reliability of Hydrogen
technology • Greater maintainability of Hydrogen technology • Commercialization of the Hydrogen technology
• Competition • Price Reduction • Increased Fueling/Fueling Infrastructure Options
• Trained mechanics/technicians • Repeatable acquisitions strategy • Repeatable In-Service Management strategy
SunLine’s Center of Excellence
• Establish a Center of Excellence to house investments in learning • For every investment in technology, there is investment in
training and learning • Funding partners have already made substantial investments in the
technology • Center of Excellence will be a site to preserve and enhance
those learning investments • Acquisition and in-service management • Leverages prior investments and prevents duplication in future
technology projects • Is not limited to transit technology and can transcend other “spill over”
applications
Center of Excellence Update
• Where we are in the project? • $1,519,855 funding received from FTA (Maintenance and Training
Facility) • $270,000 funding received from FTA (Center of Excellence Staffing) • $8,000 funding received from California Fuel Cell Partnership (Outreach)
• Milestones SunLine and its partners have achieved: • Built Center Collaborations with:
• Ballard • BAE • BYD • California Fuel Cell Partnership • College of the Desert • CTE • Rio Hondo College • New Flyer of America • Proterra
SunLine’s Capital Project List • The following project awards are on schedule for the
next 36 months:
• (5) Hydrogen Buses & Onsite Hydrogen Station • New Operations Facility • (5) Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses (LoNo) • Transportation Demand Management (Vanpool) • Battery Dominant Fuel Cell Bus • (4) Zero Emission Buses – All Electric • Center of Excellence Facility for Zero Emission Vehicle
Training
• Total Project Awards: $43,314,422
Community Focus
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