energy, innovation, Ultracapacitors
Maxwell Gets Work for Hybrid Electric Bus
Bruce V. Bigelow 4/22/09
San Diego-based Maxwell Technologies (NASDAQ: MXWL) said today it has begun supplying its energy-storage devices to three transit bus makers in China under purchase orders totalling $13.5 million. Maxwell says its BoostCap ultracapacitors will be used to boost the energy efficiency of the hybrid diesel-electric buses. According to Maxwell’s president and CEO David Schramm, deliveries of the company’s 48-volt modules have already begun.
Bruce V. Bigelow is the editor of Xconomy San Diego. You can e-mail him at bbigelow@xconomy.com or call 858-202-0492
5/6/09 8:01 am
[...] In February, three-year-old startup Proterra unveiled an all-electric bus prototype equipped with Altairnano batteries and a motor from UQM Technologies. Last month, the Department of Energy awarded a $10 million grant for Navistar Corp. to develop plug-in hybrid school buses. Also in April, San Diego, Calif.-based Maxwell Technologies said it began delivering its BoostCap ultracapacitor under a $13.5 million supply agreement with three Chinese transit bus makers, XConomy reported. [...]