Indias First Fuel Cell Bus 2013

Indias First Fuel Cell Bus 2013 Hydrogen-Powered Automobile Bus

ISRO, Tata Motors develop India's first fuel cell bus

Hydrogen-powered automobile bus has been developed by Tata Motors and Indian Space Research Organisation after several years of research.

It's a CNG-type bus. Hydrogen in bottles at high pressure is stored at the top of the bus and there would be zero pollution.

The hydrogen cells were a spin-off of the cryogenic technology that ISRO had been developing for the last few years, the Bangalore-headquartered ISRO officials said.

This electricity is used to charge the battery to power the motor of the bus. A number of fuel cells are combined to form a fuel cell stack, which is placed in the rear module of the bus.

ISRO and TML entered into an MoU in 2006 to design and develop an automobile bus using hydrogen as a fuel through fuel cell route.

Tata Motors Research Centre (TMRC) premises were used for the design and development of fuel cell power system in cooperation with ISRO and DSIR support.