Yes, quite a number of companies are doing buses, with mixed results. Short distance drayage are getting there (hopefully the Tesla and Nikola trucks will prove successful). But for the uses of really really heavy things, there hasn’t been much success.
For airport tugs, there has been an unmet need, so if you know someone that has a product, have them contact me offline. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Apr 25, 2020, at 5:47 PM, Willie via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 4/25/20 6:24 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV wrote: >> According to a colleague at the California Air Resources Board, tugs are one >> area that they have not been able to find anyone that can provide a full >> battery solution (which I assume is what you meant, because fuel cells are >> an electric technology). >> If you know any of these companies, there is funding available. They should >> apply immediately. > > Seems pretty straightforward. I imagine, if there were enough money in it, > someone would be doing it. There are quite a few starting points. Electric > buses. The coming generation of highway electric truck tractors. > Operational electric ferries. Even airplanes might be considered a starting > point. The CyberTruck. > > Wayne Alexander was doing tugs. I think to push airplanes around. That was > quite a few years ago and I don't know what happened to the project. Or, > what became of Wayne. > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
