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Goals & Timeline
 

Goals

  • To design, build, and demonstrate a PHEV bus as a first step to commercialization.
  • To have a minimum of two buses ready for field-testing before the end of Spring 2005. More "test" buses may be built as new partners join the project, increasing funding.


Timeline

March 18, 2003
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Aug 2003 ~


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July-Oct 2004
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Nov-Dec 2004
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Feb 2004
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April 2005
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A consortium, consisting of EPRI, MEC and the KCATA entered into a JPP agreement with the Federal Transit Administration [FTA] known as the On-Grid Hybrid Electric Bus project.

DaimlerChrysler: Start of Project

Development Stage of Kansas City Para-transit Bus

Production Stage of Kansas City Para-transit Bus

Initial Testing of Kansas City Para-transit Bus in Germany

Delivery of Kansas City Para-transit Bus to Kansas City

Initial Testing of the Kansas City Para-transit Bus