Preliminary test of a Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Minibus

Many actions have been recently carried out within European cities with the aim of reduce the negative impacts on traffic and environment caused by city logistics. New technologies for vehicles and traffic management will be key to lower transport emissions in the EU as in the rest of the world. In order to meet the increasingly complex challenges of urban areas new, efficient, and user-friendly technologies and services - in particular in areas of energy, transport, and ICT - are required. Within a national project CNR TAE Institute is involved in infrastructure, logistic and vehicle development with the aim to reduce the impact of transportation on the cities and touristic areas. This work present preliminary road test of a Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Minibus developed in the i-NEXT (Innovation for Green Energy and eXchange in Transportation) project.