GREEN BUSES
* India - CNG buses between Sonepat and Delhi
Sonepat,Haryana,India -The Hindu (Chennai,Ind)/PTI -Aug. 27, 2006: -- The Haryana Transport Department will begin plying 15 CNG buses between Sonepat and Delhi from September 10... The department had already decided to ply such buses in the cities and towns of Haryana falling under the jurisdiction of the National Capital Region (NCR), official sources said...
* Australia - Cooking oil on the menu as STA buses try green route
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald, by Daniel Dasey -August 27, 2006: -- Buses that run on fuel made from cooking oil could soon be making their trial run on Sydney streets, after transport authorities signed an alternative fuel deal with an international vehicle maker... Sydney would become one of three international testing grounds for environmentally friendly vehicles being developed by Volvo... Hybrid vehicles rely on two power sources. A clean diesel engine is complemented by an electric motor. Often a generator for the electric motor is charged using friction generated when the brakes are applied... Earlier this year, Volvo successfully tendered for part of the $250 million contract for 250 new clean Euro-5 diesel buses and 255 compressed-natural-gas buses...
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