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In lieu of trucking the bus to Dearborn for the exhibit and flying Michigan to attend the event, members of the Siemens Hybrid Drives team elected to take a 600 mile road trip from Alpharetta GA to Dearborn MI to attend the HTUF event. They'll Tweet and Facebook along the way! Follow them, and their honorary companion, Flat Stanley, then join us all at HTUF to test drive this cool new technology. htuf.org
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Journey to HTUF The Siemens Hybrid Team’s Road Trip to Dearborn Michigan
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Introduction / Contents
HTUF (the Hybrid Truck Users Forum) is a national, multi-year, user-driven program to speed the commercialization of medium- and heavy-duty hybrid and high-efficiency technologies. It is operated by CALSTART in partnership with the U.S. Army’s National Automotive Center (NAC), with project support from the Hewlett Foundation and the Department of Energy. HTUF has been very successful in helping launch the first production of hybrid trucks and is credited with cutting up to two years from product development. HTUF has helped create the first markets and is now working to get purchase incentive funding.
HTUF 2010
Event information
The Bus
The Road Trip
The Plan
The Crew
Follow us…
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Event information
DatesSeptember 28-30, 2010
Who are the attendees?North America’s industry-leading truck and bus suppliers, OEM’s and end users in a unique setting and will provide an unprecedented opportunity to reach customers and industry leaders. More than 600 attendees are expected including a record 200 fleet members, along with approximately 40 hybrid and high efficiency medium and heavy-duty vehicles on display or available to drive, together with the latest displays of technology, systems and components.
PlaceDearborn, Michigan
Event organizersCALSTART – a member supported organization of more than 140 firms, fleets and agencies worldwide dedicated to supporting a growing high-tech, clean transportation industry that cleans the air, creates jobs and reduces global warming emissions.
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The Bus
Vehicle Workhorse Custom Chassis
Shuttle Bus Integrated by Azure
Dynamics
Technology ELFA® Series Hybrid
Electric 4.8-liter GM Vortec engine Cobasys NiMHax 336-70
nickel metal hydride battery pack
Siemens ELFA® Components Motor Generator Inverter
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The Road Trip
In lieu of trucking the bus to Dearborn for the exhibit and flying Michigan to attend the event, members of the Siemens Hybrid Drives team elected to take a 600 mile road trip from Alpharetta GA to Dearborn MI to attend the HTUF event.
Some schedule stops during the trip including community outreach activities in the Cincinnati Ohio area where the team will be conducting a Siemens Science Day at a local elementary school to encourage students interests in math and science with hands on experiments.
The crew will be documenting and shearing their experiences of this Hybrid Road Trip via facebook and twitter for anyone interested in following their progress along the way.
http://www.facebook.com/siemens.hybridtech.us
@Siemens_HT_US
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The Plan (along the way)
Community Outreach
Siemens Science Day – Volunteer at Cincinnati area elementary school and metro Detroit area Boys and Girls Club to conduct hands on science experiments with the students to promote math and science with the concept of Learn by Doing and relate what they learn in the class rooms to their daily lives
For the Love of a Great Road Trip Flat Stanley – An honorary member of our crew (per
special request). To learn more about him visit www.flatstanleyproject.com
In the spirit of a Great American Road Trip tradition – the crew will be making impromptu stops during the trip to explore and showcase a few of the sometimes hidden wonders of America.
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The Crew
Thomas OrbergerSiemens Industry, IncDrive TechnologiesHybrid DrivesBusiness Manager
Joshua NelkeSiemens Industry, Inc
Drive TechnologiesHybrid Drive
Project Manager
Helen WuSiemens Industry, Inc
Drive TechnologiesHybrid Drive
Mkt Comm Mgr
Sina Weberskirch Siemens Industry, IncDrive TechnologiesHybrid DrivesMarketing Intern
Flat Staley
Honorary Crew MemberWorld Traveler
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We invite you to follow us on our journey…
http://www.facebook.com/siemens.hybridtech.us
@Siemens_HT_US
