Published on: Feb.10, 2011
Hilliard, Ohio — Vanner, Inc. received the Green Award at the annual TechColumbus Innovation Awards last week. The Innovation Awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of central Ohio technology organizations and business leaders.
The Vanner engineering team for the Hybrid Beltless Alternator™ (HBA™), led by CTO Alec Cook, was honored for developing the HBA™ which replaces the traditional alternator and improves the efficiency of the power for hybrid buses. Fleets can save thousands of dollars with the HBA™ by reducing downtime, eliminating alternator maintenance and replacements costs, and by improving the reliability of transit buses.