SAN
DIEGO, CA, April 16, 2008 — ISE Corporation
(ISE), a leading supplier of hybrid drive systems for
heavy duty vehicles, and Crane Carrier Company (CCC)
have been selected by CALSTART's Hybrid Truck Users
Forum (HTUF) Refuse Working Group to negotiate building,
validation and testing of Class 7 & 8 hybrid electric
refuse vehicles.
The working group members
taking part in this hybrid refuse vehicles pilot project
include the Department of Sanitation, City of New York;
the City of Chicago; and Solid Waste Management Department,
City of Houston. There will be 5 vehicles built and
powered by a variant of ISE's ThunderVolt hybrid drive
systems. New York will take delivery of 3 hybrid-electric
vehicles, while Chicago and Houston will receive one
each.
"We are excited to
collaborate with ISE on this important project," said
Glenn A. Pochocki, II , V.P. Sales & Marketing of Crane
Carrier Company. "Our LET2 chassis together with ISE's
hybrid drive system will provide the perfect platform
to meet our customers' refuse truck applications requirements
while helping to significantly reduce fuel usage and
emissions."
ISE and CCC proposed
a series hybrid-electric refuse system using a self-contained
hybrid drive assembly that can be easily mounted between
the frame rails in most truck chassis. This hybrid system
takes the place of the conventional manual or automatic
transmission assembly in the CCC LET2 chassis. ISE will
use components that it has already developed for the
transit market in heavy 60 ft. articulated bus applications,
and will employ either nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries
or ultracapacitor packs to store energy recovered from
the high number of braking cycles experienced by the
refuse collection vehicles during their normal operation.
ISE will also install an onboard GPS and Remote Diagnostic
Unit (RDU) to allow for real time performance monitoring
and remote troubleshooting. The RDU conveys location,
vehicle status and offers web-based access.
"ISE is
ready to make our hybrid drive system available to
Class 7 & 8 refuse truck applications," said Gary Willms,
ISE's V.P. of Business Development. "With more than
100 ThunderVolt hybrid drive systems currently in
commercial service, we believe our system is the best
fit to help CCC build a hybrid electric truck system
that will have significant and positive environmental
impacts for our cities."
About ISE Corporation:
ISE Corporation, based in San Diego, CA, is a leading
supplier of hybrid drive systems and components
for heavy-duty vehicles such as buses, trucks,
trams, airport equipment, and military vehicles.
ISE is a world leader in electric, hybrid-electric,
and fuel cell technologies, and the only authorized
distributor of Siemens ELFA® electric and hybrid-electric
drive components for the U.S. transit bus market.
www.isecorp.com
ISE Contact:
Gary Willms
Vice President Business Development
gwillms@isecorp.com
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