Endicott’s BAE Systems Gets Millions to Build More Fuel Cell Buses

ENDICOTT, N.Y. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced Thursday 13.6 million in federal funding to advance the commercialization of American-made fuel cell buses for the transit industry.

Eight projects were selected to receive a share of FY2012 funds through FTA’s National Fuel Cell Bus Program, which has provided nearly $90 million since 2006 to speed the development of fuel cell technology by tapping American innovation and bringing more opportunities to American manufacturers.

Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff made the announcement at BAE Systems in Endicott, which makes hybrid propulsion systems. A current funding recipient under FTA’s National Fuel Cell Bus Program, BAE is helping to build next-generation fuel cell buses for the Sunline Transit Agency in Thousand Palms, California; the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority in Cleveland, and Tompkins Consolidated Transit Authority in Ithaca.