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This paper gives an overview on the potentials of NEFLEET (New Electrical Fleet), the first fuel cell (FC) bus fleet to be operated on public roads in 10 European cities. The department of Life Cycle Engineering of IKP, University of Stuttgart and PE will perform a life cycle analysis of this new propulsion technology together with the needed infrastructure and possible hydrogen production routes. This includes a comparison to existing bus based transportation systems such as diesel busses, CNG and trolley busses.

Introducing a new fuel alternative to gasoline is a very complex task. According to their short to mid term economical feasibility selected processes are modeled. Selected emissions and the primary energy demand of the production and the utilization of hydrogen and methanol as fuels for fuel cell powered buses are compared to conventional diesel powered buses. Different production routes for the alternative fuels are considered. Ecological and economical numbers are given and interpreted.