Arotech Corp. (New York) announced that it has received approval from the United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to fund half of the $1.5 million cost-shared budget associated with the new Phase IV of Arotech's Electric Fuel Zinc-Air Electric Transit Bus Program. The remainder of the budget will be shared by the partners in the program.
The new Phase IV program will explore steps necessary for commercializing the all-electric zinc-air/ultracapacitor hybrid bus. It will focus on continued optimization of the propulsion system developed in previous Phases, on additional vehicle and system testing, including testing alternative advanced auxiliary battery technologies, and on evaluating alternative zinc anodes, which are more commercially available in North America.
