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Fuel cell electric buses (e.g. non-articulated type of bus)

No.

Parameter

Unit

State of the art

FCH 2 JU target

SoA 2012

International SoA 2017*

Target 2020

Target 2024

Target 2030

1

Fuel cell system durability

h

10,000

16,000

20,000

24,000

28,000

2

Hydrogen consumption

kg/100 km

9

8.5

8.0

7.5

7.1

3

Availability

%

85

90

90

93

93

4

Yearly operation cost (including labour)

EUR/year

-

-

16,000

14,000

11,000

5

Fuel cell system cost

EUR/kW

3,500

1,500

900

(250 units)

750

(500 units)

600

(900 units)

6

Bus cost

thousand EUR

1,300

650

625

(150 units)

600

(250 units)

500

(300 units)

Notes:

1. Durability of the fuel cell system subject to EoL criterion, fuel cell stack life 10% degradation in power or H2 leak rate as per SAE2578

2. Hydrogen consumption for 100 km driven under operations using exclusively hydrogen feed acc. to SORT 1 and 2 drive cycle

3. Percent amount of time that the bus is able to operate versus the overall time that it is intended to operate for a fleet availability same as diesel buses.

4. Costs for spare parts and man-hours of labour for the drivetrain maintenance

5. Actual cost of the fuel cell system - excluding overheads and profits subject to yearly overall fuel cell bus module volume as stated

6. Cost of manufacturing the vehicle. In case of buses for which a replacement of the fuel cell stack is foreseen, the cost of stack replacement is included in the calculation. Subject to yearly volumes per OEM as assumed in Roland Berger FC bus commercialisation study.

*for cost aspects, when relevant, the European SoA is indicated and labelled with an asterisk