TECHNO-NEWS
* UK - Moovera and Vodafone Collaborate on Wi-Fi for Public Transport
Sittingbourne, UK -Thomas Net -April 19, 2007 -- Moovera Networks, a leading developer of mobile wireless broadband technology, and Vodafone UK have announced the successful commercial launch of high-speed Internet access on Europe's most frequent express coach service, the Oxford Tube... Passengers traveling on the Stagecoach Group plc service between Central London and Oxford now have email and web access on the move at speeds up to 1.4Mbps thanks to the combination of Moovera's mobile Wi-Fi equipment and Vodafone UK's 3G broadband network, which now covers 80% of the UK population...
* France - Valeo Stop-Start technology Equips a Microbus of the Parisian Public Transport Company - When the bus Stops, so Does the Engine
Paris,France -The Auto Channel -May 21, 2007: -- The RATP is using a Gruau Microbus fitted with a Valeo Stop-Start system on the "Bièvre-Montsouris" local service. The system allows the engine to be switched to standby when the bus stops, saving on fuel consumption and reducing noise levels... This experiment, the result of a research partnership between the RATP, Valeo and the manufacturer Gruau, was selected and approved by ANR (French National Agency for Research) and PREDIT (French Program for Transport Research) in 2006, with the financial support of ADEME as part of the national "clean and cost-cutting vehicles" program... The Microbus is fitted with a Stop-Start starter-alternator which has been integrated into volume-produced vehicles since 2005; the Microbus, however, has an additional function, the regenerative braking system...
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