FUEL ECONOMY - USA - HYBRID promises don't materialize
Older models have gotten better mpg
Seattle,WA,USA - Seattle Post Intelligencer,By JANE HADLEY - 13 DEC 2004 - .... Expensive new hybrid diesel-electric buses, that were portrayed by King County Metro as "green" heroes that would use up to 40 percent less fuel than existing buses, have fallen far short of that promise.... In fact, at times, the New Flyer hybrid articulated buses have gotten worse mileage than the often-maligned 1989 dual-mode Breda buses they are replacing... Yet the hybrid buses cost $200,000 more each than a conventional articulated diesel bus.... Metro's articulated hybrid buses were getting 3.75 miles a gallon in September.... The disappointing results are a far cry from the rosy predictions made by officials....
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/203509_metro13.html
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