Test - USA - LTD chooses well-tested hybrid buses for fleet
Eugene,Oregon,USA -The Register-Guard, by Edward Russo -Sept 7, 2005: -- Jim Boon had been intrigued by the potential of electric hybrid buses since they first came on the transit scene in the late 1990s. But he wanted reassurance that they would work reliably on Seattle's busy streets... Then, in 2002, Boon got Metro Transit to spend $1 million on a single test bus from New Flyer Corp. so he could put it through its paces... Drivers put 47,000 miles on the bus - more than a normal year's mileage - in three months. They loaded it with 55-gallon drums filled with water to exceed the weight of standing-room-only passengers loads... Finally persuaded, Boon recommended that King County Metro Transit buy hybrid buses for its fleet. In 2003, the district ordered 213 hybrids from New Flyer. Based on the same recommendation, adjoining Sound Transit bought 22 hybrids from New Flyer... New Flyer, a 75-year-old Canadian firm, bills itself as the largest maker of heavy-duty transit buses in North America. The hybrid power plant is a combination General Motors Allison electric drive...
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