HYBRID BUSES
* Canada - Hamilton's new Hybrid Buses a first in - Ontario and Hamilton partner on public transitHamilton,Canada -CNW Telbec -April 3, 2007: -- ... were joined today by representatives of Hamilton transit users to introduce Hamilton Street Railway's new fleet of eco-friendly hybrid buses. The fleet is composed of 12 diesel/electric hybrid buses - including seven 60-foot articulated buses - the first of their kind inCanada. These new, quieter buses will help lower greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality and increase capacity for public transit users in Hamilton... The hybrid buses are part of an $18 million bus fleet purchase using $6 million in federal Gas Tax Funds, $3.4 million of the provincial Gas Tax and Ontario Transit Vehicle Program (OTVP) funds and $8.5 million from the City of Hamilton. Last month, a fleet of 22 conventional lower emission diesel buses went into service in Hamilton...
* USA - New hybrid buses have debuted in Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara,CAL,USA -AP/The San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego,CA,USA) -April 4, 2007: -- The fleet of eight hybrids – powered by diesel fuel and batteries – was rolled out Tuesday by the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District. Biodiesel will be used by the 40-foot-long buses later this year... The buses have Cummins diesel engines, which will be using B5 biodiesel by May 1 and B20 this summer. District spokesman David Damiano said emission reductions through hybrid technology can top 90 percent...
* USA - First Hybrid School Buses Hit the Streets
FL,USA -Gizmodo.com (Budapest,Hungary)by Adam Frucci/Christian Science Monitor (USA) -4 Apr 2007: -- ... taking a cue from the hybrid 18-wheeler we saw last week, a school district in Florida has just started using the first two plug-in hybrid school buses in the country. While a normal yellow bus gets about 6 mpg, this new version gets a whopping 12 mpg... That might sound kind of crappy, but when you're starting at a measly 6 that's pretty damned good. Cutting the fuel costs in half could be a huge boon for school districts, so hopefully we'll see these buses popping up all over the place in the near future... (See Photo)
FL,USA -Gizmodo.com (Budapest,Hungary)by Adam Frucci/Christian Science Monitor (USA) -4 Apr 2007: -- ... taking a cue from the hybrid 18-wheeler we saw last week, a school district in Florida has just started using the first two plug-in hybrid school buses in the country. While a normal yellow bus gets about 6 mpg, this new version gets a whopping 12 mpg... That might sound kind of crappy, but when you're starting at a measly 6 that's pretty damned good. Cutting the fuel costs in half could be a huge boon for school districts, so hopefully we'll see these buses popping up all over the place in the near future... (See Photo)
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