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Ballard Now Powering New Zealand's First-Ever Fuel Cell Electric Bus, Designed & Manufactured by Global Bus Ventures
Ballard Now Powering New Zealand's First-Ever Fuel Cell Electric Bus, Designed & Manu...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Ballard Now Powering New Zealand's First-Ever Fuel Cell Electric Bus, Designed & Manufactured by Global Bus Ventures\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n Ballard Now Powering New Zealand's First-Ever Fuel Cell Electric Bus, Designed & Manufactured by Global Bus Ventures\n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC,\n \n March 16, 2021\n \n /CNW/ - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) (TSX: BLDP) today announced that the Company's FCmove\n \n ®\n \n fuel cell module is powering the first-ever Fuel Cell Electric Bus (FCEB) manufactured in\n \n New Zealand\n \n . The FCEB has been designed and built by Global Bus Ventures (GBV;\n \n www.globalbusventures.co.nz\n \n ), a leading bus manufacturer serving\n \n New Zealand\n \n ,\n \n Australia\n \n ,\n \n Asia\n \n and the\n \n Middle East\n \n , and is currently completing testing activities with planned deployment in revenue service later this month with Auckland Transport.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n New Zealand\n \n passed its\n \n Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act 2019\n \n , putting the country on a path to net zero emissions by 2050 and making it one of the few countries to have a zero-emissions goal enshrined in law.\n \n \n Also, in 2019 Global Bus Ventures was awarded a contract by Auckland Transport – which has responsibility for all transport services in the city – for the supply of a Fuel Cell Electric Bus to be used as part of the Ports of\n \n Auckland\n \n hydrogen fuel production and refueling plant trial. The GBV-designed FCEB has been road-tested over the past several weeks in the city of Rolleston and was delivered to Auckland Transport earlier this month.\n \n \n \n Mike Parker\n \n , Executive Vice President at Global Bus Ventures said, \"We selected Ballard as they have a strong fuel cell history in mobile applications and their latest FCmove\n \n ®\n \n product is a perfect fit for us. The fact that the system was commissioned remotely due to the COVID border restrictions shows the quality of the Ballard su...