Local cell to power Beijing Olympics
17/11/2003 15:47
A locally developed eco-friendly automobile power system based on fuel
cells will help Beijing to create a clean environment during the Beijing
Olympics, as it's been selected by Tsinghua University for the capital's fuel
cell bus development.
The first batch of the so-called "green-hearted" buses
are expected to hit the Beijing roads in 2008.
According to Shanghai Shen-Li
High-Tech Company Ltd., developer of the fuel cells, the clean power vehicle is
one of the largest projects of the 863 Program, a national high-tech development
program. Shanghai is undertaking the sedan section, while Beijing is handling
the buses. After the sample Santana 2000 sedan equipped with this power system
passed appraisal this August, Shen-Li's cell development for cars has achieved
substantial progress
Its success has spread to its bus power system, which
has won praise from the Beijing bus developer, Tsinghua, after the test bus
powered by Shen-Li cells had successfully driven 1,000-plus kilometers in the
capital.
The bus fuel cell, weighing about 600 kilograms, is 20 percent
lighter than the existing auto power systems.
Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news
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