Boston Orders Nearly 200 Electric-Hybrid Systems from BAE Systems for New Buses
January 02 2019 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
BAE Systems, a global provider of more than 10,000
electric-hybrid, battery-electric, and fuel-cell electric systems,
today announced that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
(MBTA) has ordered 194 electric-hybrid buses using the BAE Systems
Series-ER extended range propulsion system. As transit agencies
continue to advance toward more electric systems to help them meet
their environmental goals, the demand for BAE Systems’ reliable and
efficient hybrid-electric systems continues to grow. Half of the
10,000 system deliveries were made in the past three years,
demonstrating a rising trend for BAE Systems’ propulsion
systems.
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BAE Systems will provide nearly 200
electric-hybrid systems for new buses in Boston. (Photo: BAE
Systems)
The company is delivering its Series-ER system with a higher
capacity battery to help Massachusetts reduce emissions and noise
pollution on its transit bus routes. The Series-ER system – which
uses electric motors instead of diesel engines to power the buses –
builds on the company’s proven technology that is saving more than
22 million gallons of fuel and 250,000 tons of CO2 each year across
the globe.
Traditionally, a transit bus powers its wheels with a diesel
engine, which produces harmful emissions and uses large amounts of
fuel. Instead, electric-hybrid buses are propelled by an electric
motor, with power provided from a highly efficient battery system.
The battery is recharged by both an on-board generator set, using a
down-sized internal combustion engine and by regenerative energy
produced when the bus slows to a stop. By moving to a Series-ER
system, a fleet can operate a portion of the day electrically with
the engine off, reducing maintenance, idling, fuel use and
emissions. Transit operators are embracing this technology because
it gives them zero emission travel without the need to stop and
charge the bus, and it eliminates the need to invest in costly
charging infrastructure. Cities like Nashville are using Series-ER
technology to drive on battery-electric power near hospitals,
schools, and in the downtown tourist area, and Boston plans to use
the technology to drive through their tunnels with zero
emissions.
“Our new technology provides Massachusetts with an innovative
and practical electric-hybrid solution,” said Steve Trichka, vice
president and general manager of the Power and Propulsion Solutions
business at BAE Systems. “This system provides clean electric
operation that can be rapidly scaled now to help Massachusetts reap
the benefits seen in thousands of buses worldwide.”
For more information about the Series-ER electric drive
propulsion system, visit www.hybridrive.com.
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